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 (Palm muted) 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 (Normal down strums) 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 G D 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
