C#m B E
The old bastard left his ties and his suit
B E B E A
F# brown box, mothballs and bowling shoes
C#m B E
and his opinion so you'd never have to choose
B E B E A
Pretty soon, you'll be an old bastard too
F#7
You get smaller as the world gets big
A
The more you know you know you don't know shit
F#7 A
"The Whiz Man" will never fit you like "The Whiz Kid" did
E B C#m B A
So why you gotta act like you know when you don't know?
F#7 A
It's OK if you don't know everything
E B C#m B A
So why you gotta act like you know when you don't know?
F#7 A
It's OK if you don't know everything
C#m B E
Close your eyes close your ears young man
B E B E A
You've seen and heard all an old man can
C#m B E
Spread the facts on the floor like a fan
B E B E A
throw away the ones that make you feel bad
(Palm muted)
F#7
Kids today gettin' old too fast
A
they can't wait to grow up so they can kiss some ass
F#7
They get nostalgic about the last ten years
F#7 A
before the last ten years have passed
(Normal down strums)
E B C#m B A
So why you gotta act like you know when you don't know?
F#7 A
It's OK if you don't know everything
E B C#m B A
So why you gotta act like you know when you don't know?
F#7 A
It's OK if you don't know everything
C#m B F#m A C#m/G# F#m A
C#m B F#m A C#m/G# F# A
(Enter Vocals)
C#m B/D# B F#m/A A C#m/G# F#sus4
Amaj7 F#11 Amaj7
F#m7 Amaj7 F#9 Amaj7 F#m9
Amaj7 F#m11 Amaj7 F#m13 Amaj13
F#m11 E6
C#m B E
Tears land on a hand on the chest
B E B E A
The old bastard had a paradigm arrest
F#7
He got smaller as the world got big
A
The more he knew he knew he didn't know shit
F#7 A
"The Whiz Man" never fit him like "The Whiz Kid" did
E B C#m B A
So why you gotta act like you know when you don't know?
F#7 A
It's OK if you don't know everything
E B C#m B A
So why you gotta act like you know when you don't know?
F#7 A
It's OK if you don't know everything
[Outro]
E A F# Bdim A
E E7 A F# Bdim A
E E7 A F# Bdim A
E A F# Bdim Cmaj9