Bastard Ben Folds
Intro - Em
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Verse 1:
[Em]The old bastard left his ties and hi[D]s suit[G]
[D]A brown box, mo[G]thballs [D]and bowling shoes[G] [C] [D-Em]
[Em]and his opinion so you'd never have to[D] choose[G]
[D]Pretty soon, yo[G]u'll be [D]an old bastard too[G] [C]
[Am]You get smaller while the world gets big
[C]The more you know you know you don't know shit
[Am]The whiz man'll never fit you like the whiz kid did[C]
Chorus:
So wh[G]y you gotta act like you k[D]now when you don't k[Em]now?[D-C]
[Am]It's okay if you don't kn[C]ow everything
Why y[G]ou gotta act like you know[D] when you don't know[Em]?[D-C]
[Am]It's okay if you don't kn[C]ow everything
Verse 2:
[Em]Close your eyes close your ears youn[D]g man[G]
[D]You've seen and[G] heard a[D]ll an old man can[G] [C] [D-Em]
[Em]Spread the facts on the floor like a f[D]an[G]
[D]throw away the [G]ones tha[D]t make you feel bad[G] [C]
[Am]Kids today gettin' old too fast
[C]they can't wait to grow up so they can get some ass
[Am]They get nostalgic about the last ten years
[C]before the last ten years have passed
(Chorus)
(Solo)
[E]Tears land on a hand on the c[D]hest[G]
[D]The old basta[G]rd had a par[D]adigm arres[G]t[C]
[Am]You got smaller and the world got big
[C]The more you knew we knew we didn't know shit
[Am]The whiz man never fit him the whiz kid did[C]
(Chorus)
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