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| 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: |
| 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) |