...THE ASCENT OF STAN... by Ben Folds
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*from 'Rockin' The Suburbs' (2001)*
3rd
(Original Key: Gm)
Intro:
(x2),
Verse 1:
Pangs, of silence, from the room upstairs.
Hows the view there?
Do you read what they're saying about you?
Verse 2:
That you're no fun, since the war was won.
In fact, you have become,
All of the things you've always... run away from.
Chorus 1:
The ascent of Stan; textbook hippie man.
Get rest while you can.
Verse 3:
So where'd the years go? All the time we had?
Being poor was, not such a drag in hindsight.
And you wonder, why your father was so re-signed.
Now you don't wonder, any-more.
Chorus 2:
The ascent of Stan; textbook hippie man.
(C)
Textbook hippie man, get rest while you can.
Bridge 1:
(Sta...n); once you wanted revo-lution,
(Sta...n); now you're the institution.
(Sta...n):
How's it feel to be the man?
It's no fun to be the man.
Interlude:
A7,
G,
Break:
La...da da, da da, da da, da da da.
La da da da da, da da, la...
And now watch it all go down.
Chorus 3:
The ascent of Stan; textbook hippie man.
(Stan), textbook hippie man.
A7 (C)
Get rest while you can.
Bridge 2:
(Sta...n); once you wanted revo-lution,
(Sta...n); now you're the institution.
(Sta...n):
How's it feel to be the man?
It's no fun to be the man.
Coda:
It's no fun to be the man.
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Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)