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