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Ben Folds - Bastard Chords

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Bastard Chords

(ver. 1)
Ben Folds

Em                         D            G
The old bastard left his ties and his suit
D       G   D                      C
A brown box, mothballs and bowling shoes
Em         G                 D          Em
and his opinion so you'd never have to choose
D          G              D     G      C
Pretty soon, you'll be an old bastard too

Am                            G    C
You get smaller as the world gets big
     G                          G         C
The more you know you know you don't know sh*t
     G               D            G         D          C
"The Whiz Man" will never fit you like "The Whiz Kid" did

    G             D           C              G     C
So why you gotta act like you know when you don't know?
Am     C          G          C
  It's OK if you don't know everything
    G             D           C              G     C
So why you gotta act like you know when you don't know?
Am     C          G          C
  It's OK if you don't know everything

Em                         D            G
Close your eyes close your ears young man
G       C        D             G   C
You've seen and heard all an old man can
Em                         D         G
Spread the facts on the floor like a fan
G       C        D             G       C
throw away the ones that make you feel bad

(Palm muted)
G      D            G      D
Kids today gettin' old too fast
            G           D              G
they can't wait to grow up so they can kiss some ass
 G         D                 G         D
They get nostalgic about the last ten years
  G                 D          C
before the last ten years have passed

(Normal down strums)
    G             D           C              G     C
So why you gotta act like you know when you don't know?
Am     C          G          C
  It's OK if you don't know everything
    G             D           C              G     C
So why you gotta act like you know when you don't know?
Am     C          G          C
  It's OK if you don't know everything

Em                G          D
Tears land on a hand on the chest
Em       G              C       G
The old bastard had a paradigm arrest


Am                     D        G
He got smaller as the world got big
Am                             C         G
The more he knew he knew he didn't know sh*t
 G               D            G                   C
"The Whiz Man" never fit him like "The Whiz Kid" did

    G             D           C              G     C
So why you gotta act like you know when you don't know?
Am     C          G          C
  It's OK if you don't know everything
    G             D           C              G     C
So why you gotta act like you know when you don't know?
Am     C          G          C
  It's OK if you don't know everything            
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