Fm D# G#
The old bastard left his ties and his suit
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A# brown box, mothballs and bowling shoes
Fm D# G#
and his opinion so you'd never have to choose
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Pretty soon, you'll be an old bastard too
A#7
You get smaller as the world gets big
C#
The more you know you know you don't know shit
A#7 C#
"The Whiz Man" will never fit you like "The Whiz Kid" did
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So why you gotta act like you know when you don't know?
A#7 C#
It's OK if you don't know everything
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So why you gotta act like you know when you don't know?
A#7 C#
It's OK if you don't know everything
Fm D# G#
Close your eyes close your ears young man
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You've seen and heard all an old man can
Fm D# G#
Spread the facts on the floor like a fan
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throw away the ones that make you feel bad
(Palm muted)
A#7
Kids today gettin' old too fast
C#
they can't wait to grow up so they can kiss some ass
A#7
They get nostalgic about the last ten years
A#7 C#
before the last ten years have passed
(Normal down strums)
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So why you gotta act like you know when you don't know?
A#7 C#
It's OK if you don't know everything
G# D# Fm D# C#
So why you gotta act like you know when you don't know?
A#7 C#
It's OK if you don't know everything
Fm D# A#m C# Fm/C A#m C#
Fm D# A#m C# Fm/C A# C#
(Enter Vocals)
Fm D#/G D# A#m/C# C# Fm/C A#sus4
C#maj7 A#11 C#maj7
A#m7 C#maj7 A#9 C#maj7 A#m9
C#maj7 A#m11 C#maj7 A#m13 C#maj13
A#m11 G#6
Fm D# G#
Tears land on a hand on the chest
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The old bastard had a paradigm arrest
A#7
He got smaller as the world got big
C#
The more he knew he knew he didn't know shit
A#7 C#
"The Whiz Man" never fit him like "The Whiz Kid" did
G# D# Fm D# C#
So why you gotta act like you know when you don't know?
A#7 C#
It's OK if you don't know everything
G# D# Fm D# C#
So why you gotta act like you know when you don't know?
A#7 C#
It's OK if you don't know everything
[Outro]
G# C# A# Bdim C#
G# G#7 C# A# Bdim C#
G# G#7 C# A# Bdim C#
G# C# A# Bdim Cmaj9