1985
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Tuning: D# G# C# F# A# D#
(Intro)
A5 A5
B5 E5 G#5 F#5
B5 E5 G#5 F#5 F#5
(Verse)
B5
Debbie just hit the wall
E5
She never had it all
G#5
One prozac a day
F#5
Husband's a C.P.A.
B5
Here dreams went out the door
E5
When she turned 24
G#5
Only been with one man
F#5
What happened to her plans
(Pre-Chorus)
B5
She was gonna be an actress
E5
She was gonna be a star
G#5
She was gonna shake that ass
F#5
On the hood of Whitesnake's car
B5
Now her SUV
E5
Has become the enemy
G#5
Looks at her average life
F#5
Nothing has been alright... since
(Chorus)
B5
Bruce Springsteen, Madonna
E5 G#5
Way before Nirvana there was U2
A5
And Blondie and music still on MTV
B5
Her 2 kids in high school
E5
They tell her that she's uncool
G#5
Cause she's still preoccupied
A5
With 1985
B5 E5 G#5 F#5
(Verse)
B5
She's seen all the classics
E5
at least a hundred times
G#5
Breakfast Club, Pretty in Pink,
F#5
Fast Times At Ridgemont
B5
She rocks out to Wham!
E5
Not a big Limp Bizkit fan
G#5
Never knew George was gay
F#5
Hoped they'd hook up one day
(Pre-Chorus)
B5
Where's her fairy tale,
E5
Where's her dream?
G#5
Where's the quarterback
F#5
From her high school football team?
B5
Where's her fairy tale,
E5
Where's her dream?
G#5
How many times will
F#5
she ask herself
F#5
What happened to me?
F#5
Ask herself, what happened
(the rubber broke) ... When
(Chorus)
B5
Bruce Springsteen, Madonna
E5 G#5
Way before Nirvana there was U2
A5
And Blondie and music still on MTV
B5
Her 2 kids in high school
E5
They tell her that she's uncool
G#5
Cause she's still preoccupied
A5
With 1985
(INTERLUDE)
B5 E5 G#5 F#5
B5 E5 G#5 F#5
(BRIDGE)
B5 E5
She hates time make it stop
G#5 F#5
When did Motley Crue become classic rock
B5 E5
She hates time make it stop
G#5
She hates time
F#5
Make it
F#5
Make it
F#5
Make it
F#5
Make it
F#5
Make it
F#5
Make it stop
(Chorus)
B5
Bruce Springsteen, Madonna
E5 G#5
Way before Nirvana there was U2
A5
And Blondie and music still on MTV
B5
Her 2 kids in high school
E5
They tell her that she's uncool
G#5
Cause she's still preoccupied
A5
With 1985
B5
Bruce Springsteen, Madonna
E5 G#5
Way before Nirvana there was U2
A5
And Blondie and music still on MTV
B5
Her 2 kids in high school
E5
They tell her that she's uncool
G#5
Cause she's still preoccupied
A5
With 1985
B5
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