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