The Ascent Of Stan Chords

...THE ASCENT OF STAN... by Ben Folds
------------------------.............

*from 'Rockin' The Suburbs' (2001)*


*CAPO 3rd FRET*

(Original Key: Gm)


Intro:

Em  B7/Eb  D  A7 (x2), C

Verse 1:

G      D             Em       D
 Pangs,  of silence, from the room upstairs.
C         G
 Hows the view there?
G                         D
 Do you read what they're saying about you?

Verse 2:

G            D       Em        D
 That you're no fun, since the war was won.
C             G
 In fact, you have become,
G           D                      Am        C
 All of the things you've always... run away from.

Chorus 1:

              Em    B7/Eb           D    A7
The ascent of Stan; textbook hippie man.
Em  B7/Eb              D   A7
    Get rest while you can.

Verse 3:

G               D         Em      D
 So where'd the years go? All the time we had?
C      G         G          D
 Being poor was, not such a drag in hindsight.
G        D
 And you wonder,
Em        D          C     G
 Why your father was so re-signed.
G              D           Am    C
 Now you don't wonder, any-more.

Chorus 2:

              Em    B7/Eb           D    A7
The ascent of Stan; 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
How's it feel to be the man?
It's no fun to be the man.

Interlude:

Em  B7/Eb  D  A7,
C  G, F#7  Bsus4  B

Break:

G     D      Em     D            G
 La...da da, da da, da da, da da da.
G      D                Am  C
 La da da da da, da da, la...
    Am                  C
And now watch it all go down.

Chorus 3:

              Em    B7/Eb           D    A7
The ascent of Stan; textbook hippie man.
Em       B7/Eb           D
 (Stan), 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
How's it feel to be the man?
It's no fun to be the man.

Coda:

G
 It's 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)