[ Предположительная тональность: G ] Em D G The old bastard left his ties and his suit D G D C A brown box, mothballs and bowling shoes Em G D Em and his opinion so you'd never have to choose D G D G C Pretty soon, you'll be an old bastard too Am G C You get smaller as the world gets big G G C The more you know you know you don't know shit G D G D C "The Whiz Man" will never fit you like "The Whiz Kid" did G D C G C So why you gotta act like you know when you don't know? Am C G C It's OK if you don't know everything G D C G C So why you gotta act like you know when you don't know? Am C G C It's OK if you don't know everything Em D G Close your eyes close your ears young man G C 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 G C D G C throw away the ones that make you feel bad (Palm muted) G D G D Kids today gettin' old too fast G D G they can't wait to grow up so they can kiss some ass G D G D They get nostalgic about the last ten years G D C before the last ten years have passed (Normal down strums) G D C G C So why you gotta act like you know when you don't know? Am C G C It's OK if you don't know everything G D C G C So why you gotta act like you know when you don't know? Am C G C It's OK if you don't know everything Em G D Tears land on a hand on the chest Em G C G The old bastard had a paradigm arrest Am D G He got smaller as the world got big Am C G The more he knew he knew he didn't know shit G D G C "The Whiz Man" never fit him like "The Whiz Kid" did G D C G C So why you gotta act like you know when you don't know? Am C G C It's OK if you don't know everything G D C G C So why you gotta act like you know when you don't know? Am C G C It's OK if you don't know everything