D#m C# F#
The old bastard left his ties and his suit
C# F# C# F# B
G# brown box, mothballs and bowling shoes
D#m C# F#
and his opinion so you'd never have to choose
C# F# C# F# B
Pretty soon, you'll be an old bastard too
G#7
You get smaller as the world gets big
B
The more you know you know you don't know shit
G#7 B
"The Whiz Man" will never fit you like "The Whiz Kid" did
F# C# D#m C# B
So why you gotta act like you know when you don't know?
G#7 B
It's OK if you don't know everything
F# C# D#m C# B
So why you gotta act like you know when you don't know?
G#7 B
It's OK if you don't know everything
D#m C# F#
Close your eyes close your ears young man
C# F# C# F# B
You've seen and heard all an old man can
D#m C# F#
Spread the facts on the floor like a fan
C# F# C# F# B
throw away the ones that make you feel bad
(Palm muted)
G#7
Kids today gettin' old too fast
B
they can't wait to grow up so they can kiss some ass
G#7
They get nostalgic about the last ten years
G#7 B
before the last ten years have passed
(Normal down strums)
F# C# D#m C# B
So why you gotta act like you know when you don't know?
G#7 B
It's OK if you don't know everything
F# C# D#m C# B
So why you gotta act like you know when you don't know?
G#7 B
It's OK if you don't know everything
D#m C# G#m B D#m/A# G#m B
D#m C# G#m B D#m/A# G# B
(Enter Vocals)
D#m C#/F C# G#m/B B D#m/A# G#sus4
Bmaj7 G#11 Bmaj7
G#m7 Bmaj7 G#9 Bmaj7 G#m9
Bmaj7 G#m11 Bmaj7 G#m13 Bmaj13
G#m11 F#6
D#m C# F#
Tears land on a hand on the chest
C# F# C# F# B
The old bastard had a paradigm arrest
G#7
He got smaller as the world got big
B
The more he knew he knew he didn't know shit
G#7 B
"The Whiz Man" never fit him like "The Whiz Kid" did
F# C# D#m C# B
So why you gotta act like you know when you don't know?
G#7 B
It's OK if you don't know everything
F# C# D#m C# B
So why you gotta act like you know when you don't know?
G#7 B
It's OK if you don't know everything
[Outro]
F# B G# Bdim B
F# F#7 B G# Bdim B
F# F#7 B G# Bdim B
F# B G# Bdim Cmaj9