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Bastard Tab

by Ben Folds


Intro - Em

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Verse 1:

                                                               
The old bastard left his ties and his suit

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A brown box, mothballs and bowling shoes

                                                                 
and his opinion so you'd never have to choose

                                                            
Pretty soon, you'll be an old bastard too


You get smaller while the world gets big


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

                                                                      
The whiz man'll never fit you like the whiz kid did

Chorus:

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So why you gotta act like you know when you don't know?

                       
It's okay if you don't know everything

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Why you gotta act like you know when you don't know?

                       
It's okay if you don't know everything

Verse 2:

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


Kids today gettin' old too fast

they can't wait to grow up so they can get some ass

They get nostalgic about the last ten years

before the last ten years have passed

[Chorus]

[Solo]

                                               
Tears land on a hand on the chest
                                           
The old bastard had a paradigm arrest

                                 
You got smaller and the world got big

The more you knew we knew we didn't know shit
                                                       
The whiz man never fit him the whiz kid did

[Chorus]

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