intro (guitar 1): B5 E5 G#5 F#5 B5
G#5 F#5 F#5 F#5 F#5
intro (guitar 2): (ending 1)
|----------------|
e---------------------------------------------------------------|----------------|
b---------------------------------------------------------------|----------------|
g---------------------------------------------------------------|----------------|
d-11-13----9-11-13----9-11-9-11-13-11-9----9-11-13----9-11-13---|-9-11-9-11-13-11|
a---------------------------------------------------------------|----------------|
E--9-11----7--9-11----7--9-7--9-11--9-7----7--9-11----7--9-11---|-7--9-7--9-11--9|
(ending 2)
|-------------------------|
(F#5) (F#5) (F#5) (F#5)
e|----2------2------2------|
b|------2------2------2----|
g|-------------------------|
d|-------------------------|
a|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|
Verse 1:
B5
Debbie just hit the wall
E5
she never had it all
G#5
one Prozac a day
F#5
husbands a CPA
B5
her dreams went out the door
E5
when she turned twenty four
G#
only been with one man
F#5
what happen to her plan?
B5
She was gonna be an actress
E5
she was gonna be a star
G#5
she was gonna shake her ass
F#5
on the hood of white snake’s car
B5
her yellow SUV
E5
is now the enemy
G#5
looks at her average life
F#5 F#5 F#5
and nothing has been alright
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/bowling_for_soup/1985_crd_ver_4.html ]
Chorus:
B5
since Bruce Springstein, Madonna
E5
way before Nirvana
G#5
there was U2 and Blondie
A5
and music still on MTV
B5
her two kids in high school
E5
they tell her that she’s uncool
G#5
but she's still preoccupied
A5 A5 A5
with 19, 19, 1985
Intro: (after ending 1 go straight into verse 2)
Verse 2: (same as verse 1)
She’s seen all the classics
she knows every line
Breakfast Club, Pretty in Pink
even Saint Elmo’s Fire
she rocked out to wham
not a big Limp Biscuit fan
thought she’d get a hand
on a member of Duran Duran
Where’s the mini-skirt made of snake skin
and who’s the other guy singing in Van Halen
when did reality become T.V.
what ever happen to sitcoms, game shows
(on the radio there was)
Chorus:
solo: (guitar 1): B5 E5 G#5 F#5
solo: (guitar 2): e-----------------------------------------------|
b-----------------------------------------------|
g-----------------------------------------------|
d-13-11-9---9-11-13---13-11-9--14-13-14-13-11-9-|
a-----------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------|
Verse 3: (same chords as verses 1 and 2, listen for strumming pattern)
She hates time make it stop
when did Motley Crew become classic rock?
And when did Ozzy become an actor?
Please make this stop
Stop!
Chorus: (a little different cause of the repeat, so i put in the chords)
B5
and bring back Bruce Springstein, Madonna
E5
way before Nirvana
G#5
there was U2 and Blondie
A5
and music still on MTV
B5
her two kids in high school
E5
they tell her that she’s uncool
G#5
but she's still preoccupied
A5
with 1985
B5
since Bruce Springstein, Madonna
E5
way before Nirvana
G#5
there was U2 and Blondie
A5
and music still on MTV
B5
her two kids in high school
E5
they tell her that she’s uncool
G#5
but she's still preoccupied
A5 A5 A5
with 19, 19, 1985
