Bastard

by Ben Folds

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BASTARD                              BEN FOLDS

KEY OF G


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The old bas-tard left his ties and his suit

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A brown box, moth-balls and bowl-ing shoes

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and his o-pin-ions so you\'d nev-er have to choose

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Pret-ty soon, you\'ll be an old bas-tard too

(BRIDGE)

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You get small-er as the world gets big

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

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The whiz man will nev-er fit you 

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like the whiz kid did

(CHORUS)

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So why you got-ta act like 

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you know when you don\'t know?

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It\'s o-kay if you don\'t know ev-ry-thing

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Why you got-ta act like 

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you know when you don\'t know?

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It\'s o-kay if you don\'t know ev-ry-thing

VERSE 2


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Close your eyes close your ears young man

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You\'ve seen and heard all an old man can

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Spread the facts on the floor like a fan

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throw a-way the ones that make you feel bad

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Kids to-day are get-ting old too fast

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they can\'t wait to grow up 


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so they can kiss some ass

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They get nos-tal-gic 'bout the last ten years

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be-fore the last ten years have passed

(CHORUS)

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Tears land on a hand on a chest

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The old bas-tard had a par-ad-igm ar-rest

(BRIDGE)

(CHORUS TO END)