Ben Folds – Bastard (Guitar)

Em                         D            G
The old bastard left his ties and his suit

D       G   D               G       C
A brown box, mothballs and bowling shoes

Em                          D           G
and his opinion so you'd never have to choose

D       G           D          G      C
Pretty soon, you'll be an old bastard too

A7                            
You get smaller as the world gets big

C     
The more you know you know you don't know shit

A7                                                    C 
"The Whiz Man" will never fit you like "The Whiz Kid" did

    G             D           Em              D     C
So why you gotta act like you know when you don't know?

A7       C          
It's OK if you don't know everything

    G             D           Em              D     C
So why you gotta act like you know when you don't know?

A7        C
  It's OK if you don't know everything

Em                         D            G
Close your eyes close your ears young man

D       G        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

D       G        D                 G    C
throw away the ones that make you feel bad

A7
Kids today gettin' old too fast

C
they can't wait to grow up so they can kiss some ass

A7
They get nostalgic about the last ten years

A7           C      
before the last ten years have passed

     G             D           Em              D     C
So why you gotta act like you know when you don't know?

A7       C 
It's OK if you don't know everything

     G             D           Em              D     C
So why you gotta act like you know when you don't know?

A7       C          
It's OK if you don't know everything

Em D Am C Em/B A  C
(Enter Vocals)

Em                D          G
Tears land on a hand on the chest

D       G        D         G    C
The old bastard had a paradigm arrest

A7
He got smaller as the world got big

C                             
The more he knew he knew he didn't know shit

A7                                                C
"The Whiz Man" never fit him like "The Whiz Kid" did

   G             D           Em              D     C
So why you gotta act like you know when you don't know?

A7       C 
It's OK if you don't know everything

     G             D           Em              D     C
So why you gotta act like you know when you don't know?

A7       C          
It's OK if you don't know everything