Butch Walker - Suburbia

Oh! ^DWell, remember the guy wh^Amo was a football star? ^CHe had it made with the ladies but he never got far. Five^D years past, now he's got^Amten kind of fat, ^Cworking eight days a week at the Laundromat. With^D his Momma and his Daddy ^Ambreathing down his neck, ^Cabout everything he does so much it makes him sick. So h^De sits home alone, with t^Amhe game on TV, ^Cas the crowd goes wild he says, "That coulda been me!"

^DJust another day in Suburbia, i^Amt's a beautiful day in Suburbia ^BmBes^Ct not let it get the best of you Is it ^Deverything you thought it would ^Dbe?

Reme^Dmber playing games at the^Am rich kid's home? ^CHis Dad owned a bank, while his mom was alone. Ever^Dyday with the mailman, th^Ame trash man, lawn guy... ^CKid didn't look a damn thing like his Dad (I knew why) He g^Drew up got a job making e^Amighty grand a year ^CHad a wife and kid, all the guys call a queer But ^Dhis dad never knew, he wa^Ams too blind to see

^DJust another day in Suburbia, i^Amt's a beautiful day in Suburbia ^BmBes^Ct not let it get the best of you Is it ^Deverything you thought it would ^Dbe?

Reme^Dmber the girl down the st^Amreet with the kids ^CThat used to come outside, but she never did? (why^D?) 'Cause she was trying ^Amto hide the bruises where her old man beat her, ^C'cause he hit her in the face with an old space heater. (ow!) and ^Dhe came home drunk and tr^Amied to force sex on her ^CBut he didn't see a 44 stuffed in the covers So s^Dhe waited 'til he came, h^Ame lie there naked ^CBefore she blew his head off, she told him she'd been faking all ^Dalong, so long for everyt^Amhing you done wrong ^CHere's a bullet, go to hell, 'cause its where you belong!

^DJust another day in Suburbia, i^Amt's a beautiful day in Suburbia ^BmBes^Ct not let it get the best of you Is it ^Deverything you thought it would ^Dbe? ^DJust another day in Suburbia, Y^Ameah, this is how we're living in Suburbia ^BmBes^Ct not let it get the best of you Is it ^Deverything you want it to be^D?

^DRemember the cutest coupl^Ame in the world Ya know ^Che was the punk and she was Daddy's little girl. and ^Dgraduation came and she w^Amanted him to stay he had bi^Cgger better dreams waiting out in L.A. She c^Dried and he cried as the ^Amplane flew away She ^Cnever, ever, wanted it to end this way. ^DTwo years later she r^Ameads in the news, he'd gone ^Con to be a big star but nobody knew. 'cause he c^Dhanged up his name but his h^Ameart stayed the same, 'cause^C every song he wrote, was about her, he claimed. he n^Dever got to tell her 'cause he ^Amdied that year, from ^Call of the coke, and the pills, and the beer, and t^Dhe whole world cried, but^Am just for one day 'caus^Ce sooner or later, the pain goes away.

^DJust another day in Suburbia, i^Amt's a beautiful day in Suburbia ^BmBes^Ct not let it get the best of you Is it ^Deverything you thought it would ^Dbe? ^DJust another day in Suburbia, Y^Ameah, this is how we're living in Suburbia ^BmBes^Ct not let it get the best of you Is it ^Deverything you want it to be^D?