The Ascent Of Stan Chords by Ben Folds Five

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

*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
 Now you dont wonder,
    Am    C
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):
Once you wanted,
    C
Revolution,
    D  G
(Sta...n):
Now you're the,
C
 Institution.
    D  G
(Sta...n):
Hows it feel,
          C    D  G
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
And now,
                C
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):
Once you wanted,
    C
Revolution,
    D  G
(Sta...n):
Now you're the,
C
 Institution.
    D  G
(Sta...n):
Hows it feel,
          C    D  G
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       G       Am      F#7

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 022000  x21202  xx0232  x02223  x32010  320003  x02210  242322

  Bsus4    B

 EADGBE  EADGBE
 x24552  x24442

Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)