x...THE ASCENT OF STAN... by Ben Folds
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*from 'Rockin' The Suburbs' (2001)*
*CAPO 3rd FRET*
(Original Key: Gm)
Intro:
Em B7/D# D A7/C# (x2), C
Verse 1:
G D/F# C/E D6 D
Pangs, of silence, from the room up-stairs.
C G
Hows the view there?
G D7
Do you read what they're saying about you?
Verse 2:
G D7/F# C/E D6
That you're no fun, since the war was won.
C G
In fact, you have become,
G D7 Am7 C
All of the things you've always... run... away from.
Chorus 1:
Em B7/D# D A/C#
The ascent of Stan; textbook hippie man.
Em B7/D# D A/C#
Get rest while you can.
Verse 3:
G D/F# C/E D6 D
So where'd the years go? All the time we had?
C G G D7
Being poor was, not such a drag in hindsight.
Verse 4:
G D7/F# C/E D6 C G
And you wonder, why your father was, so re-signed.
G D7 Am7 C
Now you don't wonder, any-more...
Chorus 2:
Em B7/D# D A/C#
The ascent of Stan; textbook hippie man.
Em B7/D# D A/C# (C)
Textbook hippie man, get rest while you can.
Bridge 1:
C D7 G C
(Sta...n); once you wanted revo-lution,
D7 G C
(Sta...n); now you're the insti-tution.
D7 G
(Sta...n):
C D7 G7
How's it feel to be the man?
(Em)
It's no fun to be the man.
Interlude:
Em B7/D# D A/C#,
C G, F#7 F# Bsus4 B
Break:
G D/F# C/E D6 C G
La...da da, da da, da da, da da da.
G/B D7 Am7 C
La da da da da, da da, la...
Am7 C
And now watch it all go down.
Chorus 3:
Em B7/D# D A/C#
The ascent of Stan; textbook hippie man.
Em B7/D# D
(Stan), textbook hippie man.
A/C# (C)
Get rest while you can.
Bridge 2:
C D7 G C
(Sta...n); once you wanted revo-lution,
D7 G C
(Sta...n); now you're the insti-tution.
D7 G
(Sta...n):
C D7
How's it feel to be the man?
G
It's no fun to be the man.
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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D7 D7/F# Am7 A/C# F#7 F# Bsus4 B G/B
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
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Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006 ([email protected])
