G#m F# B
The old bastard left his ties and his suit
F# B F# B E
C# brown box, mothballs and bowling shoes
G#m F# B
and his opinion so you'd never have to choose
F# B F# B E
Pretty soon, you'll be an old bastard too
C#7
You get smaller as the world gets big
E
The more you know you know you don't know shit
C#7 E
"The Whiz Man" will never fit you like "The Whiz Kid" did
B F# G#m F# E
So why you gotta act like you know when you don't know?
C#7 E
It's OK if you don't know everything
B F# G#m F# E
So why you gotta act like you know when you don't know?
C#7 E
It's OK if you don't know everything
G#m F# B
Close your eyes close your ears young man
F# B F# B E
You've seen and heard all an old man can
G#m F# B
Spread the facts on the floor like a fan
F# B F# B E
throw away the ones that make you feel bad
(Palm muted)
C#7
Kids today gettin' old too fast
E
they can't wait to grow up so they can kiss some ass
C#7
They get nostalgic about the last ten years
C#7 E
before the last ten years have passed
(Normal down strums)
B F# G#m F# E
So why you gotta act like you know when you don't know?
C#7 E
It's OK if you don't know everything
B F# G#m F# E
So why you gotta act like you know when you don't know?
C#7 E
It's OK if you don't know everything
G#m F# C#m E G#m/D# C#m E
G#m F# C#m E G#m/D# C# E
(Enter Vocals)
G#m F#/A# F# C#m/E E G#m/D# C#sus4
Emaj7 C#11 Emaj7
C#m7 Emaj7 C#9 Emaj7 C#m9
Emaj7 C#m11 Emaj7 C#m13 Emaj13
C#m11 B6
G#m F# B
Tears land on a hand on the chest
F# B F# B E
The old bastard had a paradigm arrest
C#7
He got smaller as the world got big
E
The more he knew he knew he didn't know shit
C#7 E
"The Whiz Man" never fit him like "The Whiz Kid" did
B F# G#m F# E
So why you gotta act like you know when you don't know?
C#7 E
It's OK if you don't know everything
B F# G#m F# E
So why you gotta act like you know when you don't know?
C#7 E
It's OK if you don't know everything
[Outro]
B E C# Bdim E
B B7 E C# Bdim E
B B7 E C# Bdim E
B E C# Bdim Cmaj9