The Ascent of Stan Tabs & Lyrics by Ben Folds Five

The Ascent of Stan

guitar tabs lyrics

Ben Folds Five

...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:

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
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