F#m E A
The old bastard left his ties and his suit
E A E A D
B brown box, mothballs and bowling shoes
F#m E A
and his opinion so you'd never have to choose
E A E A D
Pretty soon, you'll be an old bastard too
B7
You get smaller as the world gets big
D
The more you know you know you don't know shit
B7 D
"The Whiz Man" will never fit you like "The Whiz Kid" did
A E F#m E D
So why you gotta act like you know when you don't know?
B7 D
It's OK if you don't know everything
A E F#m E D
So why you gotta act like you know when you don't know?
B7 D
It's OK if you don't know everything
F#m E A
Close your eyes close your ears young man
E A E A D
You've seen and heard all an old man can
F#m E A
Spread the facts on the floor like a fan
E A E A D
throw away the ones that make you feel bad
(Palm muted)
B7
Kids today gettin' old too fast
D
they can't wait to grow up so they can kiss some ass
B7
They get nostalgic about the last ten years
B7 D
before the last ten years have passed
(Normal down strums)
A E F#m E D
So why you gotta act like you know when you don't know?
B7 D
It's OK if you don't know everything
A E F#m E D
So why you gotta act like you know when you don't know?
B7 D
It's OK if you don't know everything
F#m E Bm D F#m/C# Bm D
F#m E Bm D F#m/C# B D
(Enter Vocals)
F#m E/G# E Bm/D D F#m/C# Bsus4
Dmaj7 B11 Dmaj7
Bm7 Dmaj7 B9 Dmaj7 Bm9
Dmaj7 Bm11 Dmaj7 Bm13 Dmaj13
Bm11 A6
F#m E A
Tears land on a hand on the chest
E A E A D
The old bastard had a paradigm arrest
B7
He got smaller as the world got big
D
The more he knew he knew he didn't know shit
B7 D
"The Whiz Man" never fit him like "The Whiz Kid" did
A E F#m E D
So why you gotta act like you know when you don't know?
B7 D
It's OK if you don't know everything
A E F#m E D
So why you gotta act like you know when you don't know?
B7 D
It's OK if you don't know everything
[Outro]
A D B Bdim D
A A7 D B Bdim D
A A7 D B Bdim D
A D B Bdim Cmaj9