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The Offspring
Pretty fly For A White Guy
Americana
1998
Submitted by: [email protected]
Key: D
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
Bm - x24432
A - x02220
Em - 022000
D - xx0232
G - 320033
F - 133211
F# - 244322
[Intro]
N.C.
Give it to me
N.C.
baby ahaaha
N.C.
Give it to me
N.C.
baby ahaaha
N.C.
Give it to me
N.C.
baby ahaaha
N.C.
And all the
N.C.
girlies said
N.C.
I'm pretty fly
N.C.
for a white guy
Bm F# A Bm Em D x3
Bm F# A
uno dos tres quatro
Bm Em D (Em and D are Bass only)
cinco cinco seis
[Verse 1]
Bm F#
You know it's kind of hard
A Bm Em D
Just to get along today
Bm F#
Our subject isn't cool
A Bm Em D
But he fakes it anyway
Bm F#
He may not have a clue
A Bm Em D
And he may not have style
Bm F#
But everything he lacks
A Bm Em D
Well he makes up in denial so-
[Chorus]
Bm F F# F
-Don't debate
F# Bm F F# F#
a player straight
D A
You know he really
D Em D
doesn't get it anyway
A Bm
He's gonna play the
F F# F F# Bm
field and keep it
F F# F F# D
real For you no
A D Em
way for you no way
Bm F
So if you don't rate
F# F F# Bm F
just o-vercompensate
F# F F# D A
At least that you'll know you
D Em D
can always go on Ricki Lake
G A
The world needs wannabes
Bm
a hey hey So do that
Bm (hold)
brand new thing
[Post-Chorus]
Bm
Give it to me
F# A Bm Em D
baby ahaaha
Bm
Give it to me
F# A Bm Em D
baby ahaaha
Bm
Give it to me
F# A Bm Em D
baby ahaaha
Bm
And all the
F#
girlies said
A Bm
I'm pretty fly
Em D (Em and D are Bass only)
for a white guy
[Verse 2]
Bm F#
He needs some cool tunes
A Bm Em
Not just any will suffice
D Bm F#
But they didn't have Ice Cube
A Bm Em D
So he bought Vanilla Ice
Bm F#
Now cruising in his Pinto
A Bm Em D
he sees homies as he pass
Bm F#
But if he looks twice They're
A Bm Em D
gonna kick his lily ass so-
[Chorus]
Bm F F# F
-Don't debate
F# Bm F F# F#
a player straight
D A
You know he really
D Em D
doesn't get it anyway
A Bm
He's gonna play the
F F# F F# Bm
field and keep it
F F# F F# D
real For you no
A D Em
way for you no way
Bm F
So if you don't rate
F# F F# Bm F
just o-vercompensate
F# F F# D A
At least that you'll know you
D Em D
can always go on Ricki Lake
G A
The world needs wannabes
Bm
a hey hey So do that
Bm (hold)
brand new thing
[Verse 3]
Bm
Now he's getting a tattoo
A Bm
yeah He's getting ink done
A Bm
He asked for a 13
A Bm Em
but they drew a 31
D Bm
Friends say he's trying
A Bm
too hard And he's not quite
A Bm
hip But in his own mind
A Bm
He's the dopest trip
[Breakdown]
Bm
Give it to me
F# A Bm Em D
baby ahaaha
Bm
Give it to me
F# A Bm Em D
baby ahaaha
Bm
Give it to me
F# A Bm Em D
baby ahaaha
Bm(hold)
uno dos tres quatro
Em D
cinco cinco seis
[Chorus]
Bm F F# F
-Don't debate
F# Bm F F# F#
a player straight
D A
You know he really
D Em D
doesn't get it anyway
A Bm
He's gonna play the
F F# F F# Bm
field and keep it
F F# F F# D
real For you no
A D Em
way for you no way
Bm F
So if you don't rate
F# F F# Bm F
just o-vercompensate
F# F F# D A
At least that you'll know you
D Em D
can always go on Ricki Lake
G A
The world needs wannabes a
G A
The world loves wannabes a
G
let's get some more
A
wannabes a
Bm
hey hey So do that
Bm(hold)
brand new thing
Pretty fly For A White Guy
Americana
1998
Submitted by: [email protected]
Key: D
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
Bm - x24432
A - x02220
Em - 022000
D - xx0232
G - 320033
F - 133211
F# - 244322
[Intro]
N.C.
Give it to me
N.C.
baby ahaaha
N.C.
Give it to me
N.C.
baby ahaaha
N.C.
Give it to me
N.C.
baby ahaaha
N.C.
And all the
N.C.
girlies said
N.C.
I'm pretty fly
N.C.
for a white guy
Bm F# A Bm Em D x3
Bm F# A
uno dos tres quatro
Bm Em D (Em and D are Bass only)
cinco cinco seis
[Verse 1]
Bm F#
You know it's kind of hard
A Bm Em D
Just to get along today
Bm F#
Our subject isn't cool
A Bm Em D
But he fakes it anyway
Bm F#
He may not have a clue
A Bm Em D
And he may not have style
Bm F#
But everything he lacks
A Bm Em D
Well he makes up in denial so-
[Chorus]
Bm F F# F
-Don't debate
F# Bm F F# F#
a player straight
D A
You know he really
D Em D
doesn't get it anyway
A Bm
He's gonna play the
F F# F F# Bm
field and keep it
F F# F F# D
real For you no
A D Em
way for you no way
Bm F
So if you don't rate
F# F F# Bm F
just o-vercompensate
F# F F# D A
At least that you'll know you
D Em D
can always go on Ricki Lake
G A
The world needs wannabes
Bm
a hey hey So do that
Bm (hold)
brand new thing
[Post-Chorus]
Bm
Give it to me
F# A Bm Em D
baby ahaaha
Bm
Give it to me
F# A Bm Em D
baby ahaaha
Bm
Give it to me
F# A Bm Em D
baby ahaaha
Bm
And all the
F#
girlies said
A Bm
I'm pretty fly
Em D (Em and D are Bass only)
for a white guy
[Verse 2]
Bm F#
He needs some cool tunes
A Bm Em
Not just any will suffice
D Bm F#
But they didn't have Ice Cube
A Bm Em D
So he bought Vanilla Ice
Bm F#
Now cruising in his Pinto
A Bm Em D
he sees homies as he pass
Bm F#
But if he looks twice They're
A Bm Em D
gonna kick his lily ass so-
[Chorus]
Bm F F# F
-Don't debate
F# Bm F F# F#
a player straight
D A
You know he really
D Em D
doesn't get it anyway
A Bm
He's gonna play the
F F# F F# Bm
field and keep it
F F# F F# D
real For you no
A D Em
way for you no way
Bm F
So if you don't rate
F# F F# Bm F
just o-vercompensate
F# F F# D A
At least that you'll know you
D Em D
can always go on Ricki Lake
G A
The world needs wannabes
Bm
a hey hey So do that
Bm (hold)
brand new thing
[Verse 3]
Bm
Now he's getting a tattoo
A Bm
yeah He's getting ink done
A Bm
He asked for a 13
A Bm Em
but they drew a 31
D Bm
Friends say he's trying
A Bm
too hard And he's not quite
A Bm
hip But in his own mind
A Bm
He's the dopest trip
[Breakdown]
Bm
Give it to me
F# A Bm Em D
baby ahaaha
Bm
Give it to me
F# A Bm Em D
baby ahaaha
Bm
Give it to me
F# A Bm Em D
baby ahaaha
Bm(hold)
uno dos tres quatro
Em D
cinco cinco seis
[Chorus]
Bm F F# F
-Don't debate
F# Bm F F# F#
a player straight
D A
You know he really
D Em D
doesn't get it anyway
A Bm
He's gonna play the
F F# F F# Bm
field and keep it
F F# F F# D
real For you no
A D Em
way for you no way
Bm F
So if you don't rate
F# F F# Bm F
just o-vercompensate
F# F F# D A
At least that you'll know you
D Em D
can always go on Ricki Lake
G A
The world needs wannabes a
G A
The world loves wannabes a
G
let's get some more
A
wannabes a
Bm
hey hey So do that
Bm(hold)
brand new thing
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