Tonart: E minor
Verse 1
Em
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G
The old bastard left his ties and a suit
D
G
A brown box,
D
C
D
moth balls and bowling shoes
Em
D
And his opinion so you never
G
D
have to choose
D
C
Em
you'll be an old bastard, too
Verse 2
A
You get smaller while the world gets big
know you don't know shit
A
"The Whiz Man" will never fit
C
you like "The Whiz Kid" did
Verse 3
G
D
Em
So why you gotta act like you know
C
Am
C
A
when you don't know?
Em
C
It's okay if you
G
D
Em
Why you gotta act like you know
C
A
when you don't know?
Em
C
It's okay if you don't
Verse 4
D
Close your eyes, close your ears,
G
D
young man
G
D
You've seen and heard
C
D
all an old man can
Em
Spread the facts on the
D
G
D
floor like a fan
G
D
Throw away the ones that
Verse 5
C
A
Kids today are getting old too fast
C
They can't wait to grow up
so they can kiss some ass
A
They get nostalgic 'bout
the last ten years
C
Before the last ten years have passed
G
D
So why you gotta act like you
Verse 6
Em
know
D
C
Am
C
A
when you don't know?
Em
C
It's okay if you
G
D
Em
Why you gotta act like you know
C
A
when you don't know?
C
Em
It's okay if you don't know everything
Interlude 1
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Em
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Em
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Em
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Em
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Verse 7
Em
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D
Am
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Am
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Am
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D
C
Em
D
G
a hand on a chest
D
G
D
The old bastard had a
G
C
paradigm arrest
Verse 8
A
He got smaller and the world got big
C
Am
The more he knew he knew
A
"The Whiz Man" never fit him
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C
like "The Whiz Kid" did
Verse 9
G
D
Em
Why you gotta act like you know when
D
C
Am
C
A
you don't know?
Em
C
'Cause it's ok if you
G
D
Em
Why you gotta act like you know when
D
C
Am
F
A
you don't know?
C
It's ok if you don't know everything
Outro 1
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Bm
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Am
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