Chords for Bowling For Soup - 1985 (Acoustic)
Tempo:
125.75 bpm
Chords used:
B
E
Ab
Gb
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Um, this is a song called 1985.
[Bb] [G] What note does this start on?
It starts on a B.
Oh, that's right.
Yeah, it's a song called 1985 and it's not really about 1985.
But it does start on B.
It does.
Okay.
[B]
[E]
[Abm] [Gb]
[B] [E]
[Abm] [Gb] Debbie [G] just hit the [E] wall, she never [Ab] had it all
[Gbm] One Prozac a [Gb] day, [Em] husband's a [B] CPA
Her dreams went out the [Em] door, [Ab] she turned 24
Only [N] been with one [Gb] man, what happened [B] to her plan?
She was gonna be [E] an actress, she was gonna be [Ab] a star
And she was gonna shake [Gb] her ass on the hood of White [B] Snake's car
Her yellow [E] SUV is now the [Abm] enemy
Looks at her [Gb] average life and nothing has been
Right [B] since Bruce Springsteen, [E] Madonna
Way before Nirvana, [Ab] there was U2 and [A] Blondie
Music still on [B] MTV, her two kids in [E] high school
They tell her that she's uncool, [Ab] she's still [A] preoccupied
With 19, 19, 1985, [B] [E]
1985
[Abm] She's [Gb] [B] seen all the [Em] classics, she knows [Gb] every [Abm] line
Breakfast Club, [E] Pretty in [Gb] Pink, [E] even St.
Elmo's [B] Fire
She rocked out to [Em] Wham!
Not a big Limp [Ab] Bizkit fan
Thought she'd [G] get a [Gb] hand, all I remember is [A] Duran [B] Duran
Where's the mini [E]-skirt made of snake [Ab] skin?
And who's the other [Gb] guy that's singing in Van [B] Halen?
When did [E] reality become [Ab] TV?
Whatever happened [Gb] to sitcoms, game shows, [Dbm] on [B] the radio?
What's Springsteen, [E] Madonna?
Way before Nirvana, [Ab] there was U2 and [A] Blondie
Music still on [B] MTV, her two kids [Em] in high [E] school
They tell her that she's [Ab] uncool, she's still [A] preoccupied
With 19, 19, 1985
[B] She [E] [Ab] [Abm]
[Gb] [B]
[E] hates time, [Em] make [Ab] it stop
When [Abm] did Motley Crue [Gb] become classic rock?
[B] And when did [A] [E] Ozzy become an actor?
[Ab] Please [Gb] make this stop, stop, stop
[C] Are you okay?
Did you hurt yourself on that one?
No, I almost did, but
Okay, he's fine, it's, uh, we're, okay?
You wanna go?
Sure
And [B] bring back Springsteen, Madonna
[E]
Way before Nirvana, [Ab] there was U2 and [Em] Blondie
[A]
Music still on MTV, [B] her two kids in high [Em] school
[E] They tell her that she's [Ab] uncool, she's still [A] preoccupied With [B] 1985 Springsteen, [Em] Madonna
[E] Way before Nirvana, [Ab] there was U2 [Em] and [A] Blondie
Music still on MTV, [B] her two kids in [E] high school
They tell her that she's uncool, [Ab] she's still [A] preoccupied
With 19, 19, [N] 1985
[Bb] [G] What note does this start on?
It starts on a B.
Oh, that's right.
Yeah, it's a song called 1985 and it's not really about 1985.
But it does start on B.
It does.
Okay.
[B]
[E]
[Abm] [Gb]
[B] [E]
[Abm] [Gb] Debbie [G] just hit the [E] wall, she never [Ab] had it all
[Gbm] One Prozac a [Gb] day, [Em] husband's a [B] CPA
Her dreams went out the [Em] door, [Ab] she turned 24
Only [N] been with one [Gb] man, what happened [B] to her plan?
She was gonna be [E] an actress, she was gonna be [Ab] a star
And she was gonna shake [Gb] her ass on the hood of White [B] Snake's car
Her yellow [E] SUV is now the [Abm] enemy
Looks at her [Gb] average life and nothing has been
Right [B] since Bruce Springsteen, [E] Madonna
Way before Nirvana, [Ab] there was U2 and [A] Blondie
Music still on [B] MTV, her two kids in [E] high school
They tell her that she's uncool, [Ab] she's still [A] preoccupied
With 19, 19, 1985, [B] [E]
1985
[Abm] She's [Gb] [B] seen all the [Em] classics, she knows [Gb] every [Abm] line
Breakfast Club, [E] Pretty in [Gb] Pink, [E] even St.
Elmo's [B] Fire
She rocked out to [Em] Wham!
Not a big Limp [Ab] Bizkit fan
Thought she'd [G] get a [Gb] hand, all I remember is [A] Duran [B] Duran
Where's the mini [E]-skirt made of snake [Ab] skin?
And who's the other [Gb] guy that's singing in Van [B] Halen?
When did [E] reality become [Ab] TV?
Whatever happened [Gb] to sitcoms, game shows, [Dbm] on [B] the radio?
What's Springsteen, [E] Madonna?
Way before Nirvana, [Ab] there was U2 and [A] Blondie
Music still on [B] MTV, her two kids [Em] in high [E] school
They tell her that she's [Ab] uncool, she's still [A] preoccupied
With 19, 19, 1985
[B] She [E] [Ab] [Abm]
[Gb] [B]
[E] hates time, [Em] make [Ab] it stop
When [Abm] did Motley Crue [Gb] become classic rock?
[B] And when did [A] [E] Ozzy become an actor?
[Ab] Please [Gb] make this stop, stop, stop
[C] Are you okay?
Did you hurt yourself on that one?
No, I almost did, but
Okay, he's fine, it's, uh, we're, okay?
You wanna go?
Sure
And [B] bring back Springsteen, Madonna
[E]
Way before Nirvana, [Ab] there was U2 and [Em] Blondie
[A]
Music still on MTV, [B] her two kids in high [Em] school
[E] They tell her that she's [Ab] uncool, she's still [A] preoccupied With [B] 1985 Springsteen, [Em] Madonna
[E] Way before Nirvana, [Ab] there was U2 [Em] and [A] Blondie
Music still on MTV, [B] her two kids in [E] high school
They tell her that she's uncool, [Ab] she's still [A] preoccupied
With 19, 19, [N] 1985
Key:
B
E
Ab
Gb
Em
B
E
Ab
_ _ _ Um, this is a song called 1985.
_ _ [Bb] _ [G] What note does this start on?
It starts on a B.
Oh, that's right.
Yeah, it's a song called 1985 and it's not really about 1985.
But it does start on B.
It does.
Okay.
_ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
[Abm] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
[Abm] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ Debbie _ _ _ _ [G] _ just hit the [E] wall, she never [Ab] had it all
[Gbm] One Prozac a [Gb] day, [Em] husband's a [B] CPA
Her dreams went out the [Em] door, [Ab] she turned 24
Only [N] been with one [Gb] man, what happened [B] to her plan?
She was gonna be [E] an actress, she was gonna be [Ab] a star
And she was gonna shake [Gb] her ass on the hood of White [B] Snake's car
Her yellow [E] SUV is now the [Abm] enemy
Looks at her [Gb] average life and nothing has been
Right [B] since Bruce Springsteen, [E] Madonna
Way before Nirvana, [Ab] there was U2 and [A] Blondie
Music still on [B] MTV, her two kids in [E] high school
They tell her that she's uncool, [Ab] she's still _ [A] preoccupied
With 19, 19, _ 1985, [B] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ 1985
[Abm] _ _ She's [Gb] _ _ _ _ [B] _ seen all the [Em] classics, she knows [Gb] every [Abm] line
Breakfast Club, [E] Pretty in [Gb] Pink, [E] even St.
Elmo's [B] Fire
She rocked out to [Em] Wham!
Not a big Limp [Ab] Bizkit fan
Thought she'd [G] get a [Gb] hand, all I remember is [A] Duran [B] Duran
Where's the mini [E]-skirt made of snake [Ab] skin?
And who's the other [Gb] guy that's singing in Van [B] Halen?
When did [E] reality become [Ab] TV?
Whatever happened [Gb] to sitcoms, game shows, [Dbm] on [B] the radio?
What's Springsteen, [E] Madonna?
Way before Nirvana, [Ab] there was U2 and [A] Blondie
Music still on [B] MTV, her two kids [Em] in high [E] school
They tell her that she's [Ab] uncool, she's still _ [A] preoccupied
With 19, 19, 1985
[B] _ _ She [E] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Abm] _
[Gb] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
[E] hates time, [Em] make [Ab] it stop
When [Abm] did Motley Crue [Gb] become classic rock?
_ [B] And when did [A] [E] Ozzy become an actor?
[Ab] _ Please [Gb] make this stop, stop, stop
[C] Are you okay?
Did you hurt yourself on that one?
No, I almost did, but_
Okay, he's fine, it's, uh, we're, okay?
You wanna go?
Sure
And [B] bring back Springsteen, Madonna
[E]
Way before Nirvana, [Ab] there was U2 and [Em] Blondie
[A]
Music still on MTV, [B] her two kids in high [Em] school
[E] They tell her that she's [Ab] uncool, she's still _ [A] preoccupied With [B] 1985 Springsteen, [Em] Madonna
[E] Way before Nirvana, [Ab] there was U2 [Em] and [A] Blondie
Music still on MTV, [B] her two kids in [E] high school
They tell her that she's uncool, [Ab] she's still _ [A] preoccupied
With 19, 19, [N] _ 1985 _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ [G] What note does this start on?
It starts on a B.
Oh, that's right.
Yeah, it's a song called 1985 and it's not really about 1985.
But it does start on B.
It does.
Okay.
_ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
[Abm] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
[Abm] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ Debbie _ _ _ _ [G] _ just hit the [E] wall, she never [Ab] had it all
[Gbm] One Prozac a [Gb] day, [Em] husband's a [B] CPA
Her dreams went out the [Em] door, [Ab] she turned 24
Only [N] been with one [Gb] man, what happened [B] to her plan?
She was gonna be [E] an actress, she was gonna be [Ab] a star
And she was gonna shake [Gb] her ass on the hood of White [B] Snake's car
Her yellow [E] SUV is now the [Abm] enemy
Looks at her [Gb] average life and nothing has been
Right [B] since Bruce Springsteen, [E] Madonna
Way before Nirvana, [Ab] there was U2 and [A] Blondie
Music still on [B] MTV, her two kids in [E] high school
They tell her that she's uncool, [Ab] she's still _ [A] preoccupied
With 19, 19, _ 1985, [B] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ 1985
[Abm] _ _ She's [Gb] _ _ _ _ [B] _ seen all the [Em] classics, she knows [Gb] every [Abm] line
Breakfast Club, [E] Pretty in [Gb] Pink, [E] even St.
Elmo's [B] Fire
She rocked out to [Em] Wham!
Not a big Limp [Ab] Bizkit fan
Thought she'd [G] get a [Gb] hand, all I remember is [A] Duran [B] Duran
Where's the mini [E]-skirt made of snake [Ab] skin?
And who's the other [Gb] guy that's singing in Van [B] Halen?
When did [E] reality become [Ab] TV?
Whatever happened [Gb] to sitcoms, game shows, [Dbm] on [B] the radio?
What's Springsteen, [E] Madonna?
Way before Nirvana, [Ab] there was U2 and [A] Blondie
Music still on [B] MTV, her two kids [Em] in high [E] school
They tell her that she's [Ab] uncool, she's still _ [A] preoccupied
With 19, 19, 1985
[B] _ _ She [E] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Abm] _
[Gb] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
[E] hates time, [Em] make [Ab] it stop
When [Abm] did Motley Crue [Gb] become classic rock?
_ [B] And when did [A] [E] Ozzy become an actor?
[Ab] _ Please [Gb] make this stop, stop, stop
[C] Are you okay?
Did you hurt yourself on that one?
No, I almost did, but_
Okay, he's fine, it's, uh, we're, okay?
You wanna go?
Sure
And [B] bring back Springsteen, Madonna
[E]
Way before Nirvana, [Ab] there was U2 and [Em] Blondie
[A]
Music still on MTV, [B] her two kids in high [Em] school
[E] They tell her that she's [Ab] uncool, she's still _ [A] preoccupied With [B] 1985 Springsteen, [Em] Madonna
[E] Way before Nirvana, [Ab] there was U2 [Em] and [A] Blondie
Music still on MTV, [B] her two kids in [E] high school
They tell her that she's uncool, [Ab] she's still _ [A] preoccupied
With 19, 19, [N] _ 1985 _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _