Band –ben folds five
song - rockin the suberbs
this is my first attempt to tab anything - hope it helps somebody
this song is in drop d tuning - the 3 is the third fret in drop d
C - D - 3 (4X) - D - 3
lemme tell ya'll what its like being male, middle class and white
3
its a bitch if you dont believe listen up to my new cd (shamon?)
3
i got shit running through my brain so intense that i can't explain
3
all alone in my white boy pain shake your booty while the band complains
--3-
3
im rocking the suburbs just like michael jackson did (quiet riot,)
3
im rocking the suburbs except that he was talented (they were)
3
im rocking the suburbs take the checks and face the facts that some producer with
3
computers fixes all my (our) shitty tracks C-D-3-C (X2)
3
im pissed off but im too polite when people break in the mcdonalds line
3
mom and dad you made me so uptight gonna cuss on the mic tonight
3 3
donno how much i can take girl give me something i can break
[CHORUS)
(try this for the bridge)
-E------------------------------------
-B------------------------------------
-G---------------2-2------2--4--------
-D---------------------4--------------
-A--3---3--5--------------------------
-E------------------------------------
in a haze these days i pull up to the stoplight i can feel that somethings not right
i can feel someones blasting me with hate and bass, sending dirty thoughts my way
cause my great-great-great-great-granddad was someone
great-great-great-great-granddady slaves
it wasnt my idea, it wasnt my idea, never was my idea
3
just go in the store for some prepiration-h
INTRO
ya'll dont know what its like, being male, middle class and white [x4]
it gets me real pissed off and it makes me wanna say... [x3] F**K
3 3
just like john bon jovi did - im rockin the suberbs - except that he was talented
3
im rockin the suberbs i take the checks and face the facts
3 3
that some producer with computers fixes all my shitty tracks these days
5 3 3 c 5 3 3 5 3 d 3
yea yea im rockin the suberbs - yea yea im rockin the suberbs - yea yea
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