Capo 3rd fret

Standard (EADGBE)

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Intro

Verse 1

Pangs, of silence, from the room upstairs.

Hows the view there?

Do you read what they're saying about you?

Verse 2

That you're no fun, since the war was won.

In fact, you have become,

All of the things you've always... run away from.

Chorus 1

 The ascent of Stan; textbook hippie man.

Get rest while you can.

Verse 3

So where'd the years go? All the time we had?

Being poor was, not such a drag in hindsight.

And you wonder, why your father was so re-signed.

Now you don't wonder, any-more.

Chorus 2

 The ascent of Stan; textbook hippie man.

Textbook hippie man, get rest while you can.

Bridge 1

(Sta...n); once you wanted revo-lution,

 (Sta...n); now you're the institution.

 (Sta...n):

 How's it feel to be the man?

It's no fun to be the man.

Interlude

Break

La...da da, da da, da da, da da da.

La da da da da, da da, la...

 And now watch it all go down.

Chorus 3

 The ascent of Stan; textbook hippie man.

(Stan), textbook hippie man.

Get rest while you can.

Bridge 2

(Sta...n); once you wanted revo-lution,

 (Sta...n); now you're the institution.

 (Sta...n):

 How's it feel to be the man?

It's no fun to be the man.

Coda

It's no fun to be the man.

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