...ROCKIN' THE SUBURBS... by Ben Folds
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*from 'Rockin' The Suburbs' (2001)*
Intro:
, (x4)
*Riff:
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B|---------1-3
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D|------------
A|------------
E|------------
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--2--|--0-0-2-
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)
Break:
,
Verse 1:
Lemme tell ya
'll what it's
like, being ma
le, middle cla
ss and white.
Its a bitch,
if you don't b
elieve; listen
up to my new
CD. (Shamon!)
Interlude: (with Riff)
(x2)
Verse 2:
I got shit ru
nning through
my brain; so i
ntense that I
can't explain.
All alone in
my white boy p
ain, shake you
r booty while
the band compl
ains.
Interlude: (with Riff)
,
Chorus 1:
I'm rocking th
e suburbs, jus
t like Michael
Jackson did,
I'm rocking th
e suburbs, exc
ept that he wa
s talen-ted.
I'm rocking th
e suburbs; tak
e the cheques
and face the f
acts,
That some pro-
ducer with com
puters, fixes
all my shitty
tracks.
Interlude: (with Riff)
(x2)
Verse 3:
I'm pissed of
f but I'm too
polite,
When people b
reak in the Mc
-Donald's line
.
Mom and dad,
you made me so
uptight; gonn
a cuss on the
mic tonight.
Bridge 1:
Dunno how muc
h I can take,
Girl, give me
something I c
(
an break.
Chorus 2:
I'm rocking th
e suburbs, jus
t like Quiet R
iot did,
I'm rocking th
e suburbs, exc
ept that they
were talen-ted
,
I'm rocking th
e suburbs; tak
e the cheques
and face the f
acts,
That some pro-
ducer with com
puters, fixes
all my shitty
tracks.
Middle 8:
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2--5-5-5-4--|
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(x2)
(with Middle 8 Riff):
In a haze thes
e days, I pull
up to the sto
plight:
I can feel tha
t somethings n
ot right,
I can feel som
eone's blastin
g me with hate
and bass,
Sending dirty
thoughts my wa
y.
'Cos my great-
great-great-gr
eat-grand dad,
Was someone's
great-great-gr
eat-great-gran
ddady's slaves
.
It wasn't my i
-dea, it wasn'
t my i-dea, ne
ver was my i-d
ea.
Bridge 2:
Just go to the
store, for so
me Prepiration
(
-H...
Break:
(x2)
Ya'll don't k
now what it's
like, being ma
le, middle cla
ss and white.
Ya'll don't k
now what it's
like, being ma
le, middle cla
ss and white.
Ya'll don't k
now what it's
like, being ma
le, middle cla
ss and white.
Ya'll don't k
now what it's
like, being ma
le, middle cla
ss and white.
It gets me rea
l pissed off,
and it makes m
e wanna say...
It gets me rea
l pissed off,
and it makes m
e wanna say...
It gets me rea
l pissed off,
and it makes m
e wanna say...
(
FUCK!!
Chorus 3:
Just like Joh
n Bon Jovi did
.
I'm rocking th
e suburbs, exc
ept that he wa
s talen-ted.
I'm rocking th
e suburbs; tak
e the cheques
and face the f
acts,
That some pro-
ducer with com
puters, fixes
all my shitty
tracks.
Coda:
These days...
yeah, yeah,
I'm rocking th
e suburbs...
yeah, yeah.
I'm rocking th
e suburbs...
yeah, yeah.
Break:
, (let ring)
Coda:
(
You better wa
tch out, becau
se I'm gonna s
ay fuck,
You better watch out, because I'm gonna say fuck.
You better watch out, because I'm gonna say fuck,
You better watch out, because I'm gonna say fuck.
Outro:
, (x4)
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Tabbed by antz & Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)