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Rockin' the Suburbs Chords

Music by: Ben Folds
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[Intro 1]
[C][D][F][C][D][Dm][F][C]
[D][F][C][D][F][C]
[D]
[Dm][F]

[Verse 1]
[C]Let me tell y'all wha[D]t it's like,
[F]Being male, middle-class and and white.
[C]It's a bitch, if you don[D]'t believe,
[F]listen up to my new CD.

[Interlude 1]
[C][D][F][C][D][F][G]

[Verse 2]
[C]I got shit running tho[D]ught my brain,
[F]It's so intense that I can't explain.
[C]All alone in my whi[D]te-boy pain,
pain,
[F]Shake your booty while the band
complain[C]s.
[D][F][C][D]

[Verse 3]
[F]
I'm [C]rockin' [D]the suburbs,
just like Mi[F]chael Jackson [C]did,
I'm rockin' [Dm]the suburb[D]s,
except that he [F]was talented.
[C]I'm rockin' the[Dm] suburbs,[D]
I take the check[F]s and face the facts,
[C]That some produc[Dm]er with com[D]puters
fixes [F]all my shitty tracks.

[Interlude 2]
[C][D][F][C][D][F]

[Verse 4]
[C]I'm pissed off, but I'm too[D] polite,
[F]When people break
in the McDonald's [C]line.
Mom and Dad you made me [D]so uptight,
[F]I'm gonna cuss on the mic [D]tonight.
I don't know how much I [F]can take,
[C]Girl, give me something I
[D]can break.
[C]I'm rockin' the suburbs,

[Verse 5]
[D]
just [F]like Quiet Riot [C]did,
I'm rockin' [Dm]the suburb[D] s,
except that they [F]were talented.
[C]I'm rockin' the[Dm] suburb s,[D]
I take [F]the cheques and face the facts,
[C]That some produc[D]er with computers fix[Dm]es all[F]
my shitty tracks.
[C][Dm][G][C][F][C][F][G]

[Verse 6]
[C][F]
In a [C]haze these [F]days,
I [C]pull up to [F]the stop light,
[G]I can [C]feel that something's not [F]right.
I can [C]feel that someone's
[F]blasting me [Am]with [C]hate,
And [F]bass, sending [C]dirty
[F]vibes my way.
Cause my Great, [C]Great, Great,
Great, [F]Grandad,
Made someone's [C]Great, Great, Great,
[F]Great Grandad[C]dies slaves.[F]
It wasn't my [C]idea, [F]it wasn't my ide[C]a,
[F]never was my [C]idea.
[F]I just drove to the store

[Verse 7]
[Dm]for[D]
some [F]Preparation-H.
[C]y'all[D][F][C][D][F]
[C]y'a[D]ll [F]don[C]'t know what it's li[D]ke,
[F]being male, middle-class and and whi[C]te [Re[Dm]peats]

[Verse 8]
[F]It [C]get[D]s m[F]e real piss[C]ed off,
it makes me [D]want to say,
It gets me [F]real pissed off and
it makes me want to say,
[C]It gets me real pissed off and
it makes me [D]want to say,
[F]Fuck![Dm][D]
[Dm]Just like

[Verse 9]
[F]Jon Bon Jovi[C]did,
I'm rockin' [Dm]the suburb[D]s,
Except that he [F]was talen[C]ted,
I'm rockin' [Dm]the suburb[D]s.
I take the check[F]s and face the facts,
[C]That some produc[Dm]er with com[D]
[Dm]puters fixes [F]all my shitty tracks.

[Verse 10]
These [F]days, [C]yea[G]h-yeah,
[F]I'm I'm rockin' the suburbs,
[C]Yea[G]h-yeah, I'm[F] I'm rockin' the suburbs,[C]
[G]yeah-yeah.[F][D][Dm][F]
You'd You'd better look [C]out, because I'm gonna say fuck
[F][Repeats]

[Outro 1]
[Dm][F][G][C][D][G][F][G][C][Dm]
[G][Dm][C][G][C][Dm][G][C][G]
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