Outside In Acoustic chords by Chris Smither

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 2nd

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: A augmentedA

Difficulty: Intermediate

Chris Smither - Outside In
Capo 2

Ebmaj7Ebmaj7 = xx1333
C7C7 = x32310
C minorCm = x3104x

Intro:
G+G G+G C majorC C minorCm
G+G G+G C minorCm G+G
C minorCm Cm D MajorD D MajorD
G+G G+G G+G G+G

Verse:
C7C7          C7C7
Did you ever stop to notice
Ebmaj7Ebmaj7           Ebmaj7Ebmaj7
It's when you feel a little low
C7C7            C7C7
That the entire spinning universe
Ebmaj7Ebmaj7     Ebmaj7Ebmaj7
Descends to say hello
C7C7        C7C7
With heavy-handed cheerfulness
Ebmaj7Ebmaj7      Ebmaj7Ebmaj7
And a calculated smile and says
D MajorD        D MajorD      D MajorD      D MajorD
'Carry me awhile'

Chorus:
G+G           G+G
But you don't have to carry
C majorC          C minorCm
Much of anything at all
G+G            G+G
The biggest thoughts of bigger things
C minorCm        G+G
Are really pretty small
C minorCm           C minorCm     D MajorD       D MajorD
The major thoughts that occupy the minor state of mind
G+G      G+G      G+G        G+G
Are what we leave behind
C minorCm      D MajorD          G+G      G+G
Just a minor thought that we can leave behind

Verse:
C7C7          C7C7
Don't worry 'bout the future
Ebmaj7Ebmaj7        Ebmaj7Ebmaj7
you can't afford the price
C7C7           C7C7
There's madness to the method
Ebmaj7Ebmaj7         Ebmaj7Ebmaj7
when you pay the piper twice
C7C7           C7C7
once when you start to worry
Ebmaj7Ebmaj7       Ebmaj7Ebmaj7
Once again when you begin
D MajorD             D MajorD       D MajorD      D MajorD
to take the future on the chin

Chorus:
G+G           G+G
I know that you think worry
C majorC           C minorCm
is your ever-faithful friend
G+G            G+G
'Cause nothin' that you worry over
C majorC          G+G
ever happens in the End
C minorCm              C minorCm
and there might be somethin' to it
D MajorD            D MajorD
But it sure gets in the way
G+G      G+G      G+G     G+G
of fun today
C minorCm       D MajorD         G+G     G+G
What you say we try and have some fun today

Instrumental:
C majorC C majorC C minorCm Cm
D MajorD D MajorD D MajorD D MajorD

G+G G+G C majorC C minorCm
G+G G+G C minorCm G+G
C minorCm Cm D MajorD D MajorD
G+G G+G G+G G+G

C minorCm D MajorD G+G G+G

Verse:
C7C7          C7C7
It takes a sense of balance
Ebmaj7Ebmaj7        Ebmaj7Ebmaj7
on this tiny little ball
C7C7          C7C7
With a tiny mind still big enough
Ebmaj7Ebmaj7        Ebmaj7Ebmaj7
to think about it all
C7C7          C7C7
To realize the size of things
Ebmaj7Ebmaj7        Ebmaj7Ebmaj7
is just a state of mind
D MajorD             D MajorD       D MajorD      D MajorD
And you can change your mind

Chorus:
G+G            G+G
There's a riddle in the middle
C majorC           C minorCm
of that univeral spin
G+G            G+G
But we're out here on the edges
C majorC          G+G
where it gets a little thin
C minorCm              C minorCm
So just for once permit yourself
D MajorD            D MajorD
a carefree little grin
G+G      G+G      G+G     G+G
From the outside lookin' in
C minorCm       D MajorD         G+G     G+G
Cuz we're out here on the outside lookin' in
C minorCm       D MajorD         G+G     G+G
And it's better on the outside lookin' in

Suggest simple picking:
e|----------|----------|-----------|-----------|
BB|---0----0-|---0----0-|---1-----1-|---4-----4-|
G+G|---0----0-|---0----0-|---0-----0-|---0-----0-|
D MajorD|---0----0-|---0----0-|---2-----2-|---1-----1-|
A augmentedA|----------|----------|-3-----3---|-3-----3---|
E MajorE|-3----3---|3-----3---|-----------|-----------|etc