Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Chorus:
G+G G+G F# minorF#m F minorFm E minorEm
I am the incredible shrinking man
G+G
The longer I live the smaller I stand
C majorC G+G F# minorF#m F minorFm E minorEm
I was the irrelevant, misplaced son
D MajorD G+G
Inconsequential, awkward and undone
Verse 1:
C majorC
Too short for the wishing well
C majorC
Oh well, you can all just go to hell
G+G BB
And maybe today
C majorC G+G
Things will go my way
BB
'cause it all seems cruel
C majorC G+G
When you're made to play the fool
BB
Why ask why
C majorC G+G
After all, we die
EbmEbm
Must seem like you're always gone
D MajorD G+G Eb MajorEb D MajorD G+G
In a world where you don't belong
Chorus:
G+G C majorC G+G F# minorF#m F minorFm E minorEm
I am the incredible melting man
D MajorD G+G
Becoming nothing as long as I can
C majorC G+G F# minorF#m F minorFm E minorEm
I'll be a puddle by the end of the day
D MajorD G+G
Wasn't much of a person anyway
Verse 2:
C majorC
Too late for the dinner bell
C majorC
Oh well, you can all just go to hell
G+G BB
And maybe today
C majorC G+G
Things will go my way
BB
'cause it all seems cruel
C majorC G+G
When you're made to play the fool
BB
Why ask why
C majorC G+G
After all, we die
EbmEbm
Must seem like you're always gone
D MajorD G+G
In a world where you don't belong
Solo:
G+G G MajorG F# minorF#m F minorFm E minorEm D MajorD G+G G+G F# minorF#m F minorFm E minorEm D MajorD G+G
Bridge:
G+G F# minorF#m F minorFm E minorEm
It'd be fine I'd be having a ball
D MajorD G+G
Don't give me grief
G+G F# minorF#m F minorFm E minorEm
It could happen to you each and all
D MajorD G+G
But I need relief
G+G F# minorF#m F minorFm E minorEm
I hurt you 'cause my mind is mush
D MajorD G+G
That's my excuse
G+G F# minorF#m F minorFm E minorEm
I'm the widow hiding in the bush
D MajorD C majorC
And I'm on the loose
C majorC
I'm a tiny, tiny angry man
D MajorD G+G
Hurting all the people that I can
Chorus:
G+G C majorC G+G
I am the incredibly wasted man
E minorEm D MajorD
Thought I had a promise
G+G
Thought there was a plan
C majorC G+G
I am the incredulous thinking fuck
E minorEm D MajorD G+G
I threw away my time and I'm out of luck
Solo:
C majorC G+G E minorEm D MajorD G+G G MajorG
C majorC G+G E minorEm D MajorD G+G
Outro:
N.C
It was as if my body had ceased to exist
N.C
There was no hunger
N.C
No longer the terrible fear of shrinking