Ben Folds Five – The Ascent Of Stan (Guitar)

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...THE ASCENT OF STAN... by Ben Folds ------------------------............. *from 'Rockin' The Suburbs' (2001)* (Original Key: Gm) Intro: Em B7/D# D A7/C# (x2), C Verse 1:

G      D/F#         C/E           D6 D
 Pangs, of silence, from the room up-stairs.

C         G
 Hows the view there?

G                         D7
 Do you read what they're saying about you?

Verse 2:

G            D7/F#   C/E           D6
 That you're no fun, since the war was won.

C             G
 In fact, you have become,

G           D7                     Am7          C
 All of the things you've always... run... away from.

Chorus 1:

              Em    B7/D#           D   A/C#
The ascent of Stan; textbook hippie man.

Em  B7/D#              D   A/C#
    Get rest while you can.

Verse 3:

G               D/F#      C/E           D6 D
 So where'd the years go?  All the time we had?

C      G         G          D7
 Being poor was, not such a drag in hindsight.

Verse 4:

G        D7/F#  C/E       D6         C      G
 And you wonder, why your father was, so re-signed.

G              D7          Am7   C
 Now you don't wonder, any-more...

Chorus 2:

              Em    B7/D#           D   A/C#
The ascent of Stan; textbook hippie man.

Em  B7/D#            D    A/C#              (C)
     Textbook hippie man, get rest while you can.

Bridge 1:

C    D7 G                        C
 (Sta...n); once you wanted revo-lution,

    D7 G                        C
(Sta...n); now you're the insti-tution.

    D7 G
(Sta...n):

                        C    D7  G7
How's it feel to be the man?

                     (Em)
It's no fun to be the man.

Interlude: Em B7/D# D A/C#, C G, F#7 F# Bsus4 B Break:

G     D/F#  C/E     D6     C     G
 La...da da, da da, da da, da da da.

G/B    D7               Am7  C
 La da da da da, da da, la...

    Am7                 C
And now watch it all go down.

Chorus 3:

              Em    B7/D#           D   A/C#
The ascent of Stan; textbook hippie man.

Em       B7/D#           D
 (Stan), textbook hippie man.

A/C#               (C)
 Get rest while you can.

Bridge 2:

C    D7 G                        C
 (Sta...n); once you wanted revo-lution,

    D7 G                        C
(Sta...n); now you're the insti-tution.

    D7 G
(Sta...n):

                        C    D7
How's it feel to be the man?

G
 It's no fun to be the man.

CHORD DIAGRAMS: --------------- Em B7/D# D A7/C# C G D/F# C/E D6 EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE 022000 x21202 xx0232 x42020 x32010 320003 2x0232 xx2010 xx0202 D7 D7/F# Am7 A/C# F#7 F# Bsus4 B G/B EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE xx0212 2x0212 x02013 x42220 242322 244322 x24454 x24442 x20044 Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006 ([email protected])