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Outside In Acoustic Chords by Chris Smither

Outside In Acoustic chords by Chris Smither

Guitar chords with lyrics

  • Capo on 2nd
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: A

Difficulty: Intermediate

Chris Smither - Outside In
Capo 2

Ebmaj7 = xx1333
C7 = x32310
Cm = x3104x

Intro:
G  G  C  Cm
G  G  Cm G
Cm Cm D  D
G  G  G  G
Verse:
C7                   C7
Did you ever stop to notice
Ebmaj7                      Ebmaj7
It's when you feel a little low
C7                       C7
That the entire spinning universe
Ebmaj7          Ebmaj7
Descends to say hello
C7                C7
With heavy-handed cheerfulness
Ebmaj7           Ebmaj7
And a calculated smile and says
D               D           D           D
'Carry me awhile'

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

Verse:
C7                    C7
Don't worry 'bout the future
Ebmaj7               Ebmaj7
you can't afford the price
C7                     C7
There's madness to the method
Ebmaj7                 Ebmaj7
when you pay the piper twice
C7                     C7
once when you start to worry
Ebmaj7              Ebmaj7
Once again when you begin
D                         D             D           D
to take the future on the chin

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

Instrumental:
C  C  Cm Cm
D  D  D  D

G  G  C  Cm
G  G  Cm G
Cm Cm D  D
G  G  G  G

Cm D  G  G

Verse:
C7                    C7
It takes a sense of balance
Ebmaj7               Ebmaj7
on this tiny little ball
C7                    C7
With a tiny mind still big enough
Ebmaj7               Ebmaj7
to think about it all
C7                    C7
To realize the size of things
Ebmaj7               Ebmaj7
is just a state of mind
D                         D             D           D
And you can change your mind

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

Suggest simple picking:
e|----------|----------|-----------|-----------|
B|---0----0-|---0----0-|---1-----1-|---4-----4-|
G|---0----0-|---0----0-|---0-----0-|---0-----0-|
D|---0----0-|---0----0-|---2-----2-|---1-----1-|
A|----------|----------|-3-----3---|-3-----3---|
E|-3----3---|3-----3---|-----------|-----------|etc

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