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 ====