...THE ASCENT OF STAN... by Ben Folds
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*from 'Rockin' The Suburbs' (2001)*
*CAPO 3rd FRET*
(Original Key: G)
Intro:
Em B7/Eb D A7 (x2), C
Verse 1:
G D
Pangs,
Of silence,
Em D
From the room upstairs.
C G
Hows the view there?
G
Do you read what they're,
D
Saying about you?
Verse 2:
G D
That youre no fun,
Em D
Since the war was won.
C G
In fact, you have become,
G D
All of the things you've always...
Am C
Run away from.
Chorus 1:
Em
The ascent of Stan,
B7/Eb D A7
Textbook hippie man.
Em B7/Eb D A7
Get rest while you can.
Verse 3:
G D
So where'd the years go?
Em D
All the time we had?
C G
Being poor was,
G D
Not such a drag in hindsight.
G D
And you wonder,
Em D
Why your father,
C G
Was so re-signed.
G D Am C
Now you dont wonder, any-more.
Chorus 2:
Em
The ascent of Stan,
B7/Eb D A7
Textbook hippie man.
Em B7/Eb D
Textbook hippie man,
A7 (C)
Get rest while you can.
Bridge 1:
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/ben_folds_five/the_ascent_of_stan_crd.html ]
C D G
(Sta...n):
C
Once you wanted revo-lution,
D G
(Sta...n):
C
Now you're the institution.
D G
(Sta...n):
C D G
Hows it feel to be the man?
Its no fun to be the man.
Interlude:
Em B7/Eb D A7,
C G,
F#7 Bsus4 B
Break:
G D
La...da da,
Em D
Da da, da da,
C G
Da da da.
G D
La da da da da, da da,
Am C
La...
Am C
And now watch it all go down.
Chorus 3:
Em
The ascent of Stan,
B7/Eb D A7
Textbook hippie man.
Em
(Stan),
Em B7/Eb D
Textbook hippie man,
A7 (C)
Get rest while you can.
Bridge 2:
C D G
(Sta...n):
C
Once you wanted revo-lution,
D G
(Sta...n):
C
Now you're the institution.
D G
(Sta...n):
C D G
Hows it feel to be the man?
Its no fun to be the man.
Coda:
G
Its no fun to be the man.
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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Em B7/Eb D A7 C
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
022000 x21202 xx0232 x02223 x32010
G Am F#7 Bsus4 B
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
320003 x02210 242322 x24552 x24442
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)
