Date: Sat, October 17 1998
From: Peter Ferragine (pferragine@interhop.net)
Group: Offspring
Album: Americana
Released: 1998 columbia records
Track: 4
Title: pretty fly (for a white guy)

x - scratch
/ \ - slide


pre verse                           verse

|-----------------------|           |--7--7-----7--7-----7--7-----7--7--|
|-----------------------|           |--7--7-----7--7-----7--7-----7--7--|
|-----------------7/9\7-|           |-----------------------------------|
|-9-x-9\4/7---9-x-7/9\7-|           |-----------------------------------|
|-9-x-9\4/7---9-x-5/7\5-|           |-----------------------------------|
|-7-x-7\2/5---7-x-------|           |-----------------------------------|

chorus

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|-------9/11-9/11--7-x-7---7--9-x-9-7----------9/11-9/11-7-x-7---7-
|-9-x-9-9/11-9/11--7-x-7-7-7--9-x-9-7-7--9-x-9-9/11-9/11-7-x-7-7-7-
|-9-x-9-7/-9-7/-9--5-x-5-7-5--7-x-7-5-7--9-x-9-7/-9-7/-9-5-x-5-7-5-
|-7-x-7------------------5------------5--7---7-----------------5---

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 -9-7-9-10-9-7-|
 -9-7-9-10-9-7-|
 -7-5-7--8-7-5-|
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verse 3                             outro

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|---------------------------|       |-12-12\7-12----------|
|-9---7/9---7/9---7/9-9-9-\-|       |-12-12\7-12--7-7-2-7-|
|-9---7/9---7/9---7/9-9-9-\-|       |-10-10\5-10--7-7-2-7-|
|-7---5/7---5/7---5/7-7-7-\-|       |-------------5-5-0-5-|

lyrics

give it to me baby! ah ha, ah ha
and all the girlies say i'm pretty fly for a white guy
uno, dos, tres, cuatro, cinco, cinco, seis
you know it's kind of hard just to get along today
our subject isn't cool but he fakes it anyway
he may not have a clue and he may not have style
but everything he lacks well he makes up in denial
so don't debate,  a player straight
you know he really doesn't get it anyway
he's gonna play the field, and keep it real
for you no way, for you no way
so if you don't rate, just overcompensate
at least you'll know you can always go on ricki lake
the world needs wannabe's so do that brand new thing
he needs some cool tunes not just any will suffice
but they didn't have ice cube so he bought vanilla ice
now cruising in his pinto, he sees homies as he pass
but if he looks twice they're gonna kick his lily ass
now he's getting a tattoo he's gettin' ink done
he asked for a '13', but they drew a '31'
friends say he's trying too hard and he's not quite hip
but in his own mind he's the dopest trip