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To Be Invisible

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3/4
F/G usually comes on upbeat
[Intro]
   C    D/C     F    F    F/Gx2
[Verse]
  CTo be inviDmsiblEme         Am  
Will be my claim to F/Dfame
A man with no F/Gname 
That way I won't have to feel the pain
   CIndispensaDmbleEm  Am  
Just a plain old human beinF/Dg
Today don't mean a tF/Ghing 
In a world that's so mean
[Chorus]
AmA world that seems not foDmr me 
So privately       C  
DmI'll Embe Aminvisible
That way I won't have to explain a tF/Dhing 
If you know what I meanF/G  
I won't even have to be here on the scene
[Verse]
  CIt's so riDmdicuEmlous     Am  
But the strife and the bliss
Will go rF/Dight on through
  F/GRight on through me 
To have missed
AmAll the things that hurt your sDmoul
No one would ever kCnow 
    Dm      Em  AmThey'd never know
[Bridge]
AmLife so preciously 
D/CJust don't seem to be
FAs free as they claim freedom to F/Gbe 
CThings are going fast  
To have fD/Cound that all is in the past
   FTo have to take what you can get 
  F/GSure can make a heart upset
[Verse]
   CInconsDmpicuEmous Am  
I must behave myself
   F/DFor somebody else 
Who F/Gmay have a little fame, fortune or wealth
  CIt's so rDmidicEmulouAms     
But the strife and the bliss
Will go rF/Dight on through
  F/GRight on through me 
To have missedG  
[Chorus]
AmA world that seems not foDmr me 
So privately       C  
DmI'll Embe Aminvisible
That way I won't have to explain a tF/Dhing 
If you know what I meanF/G  
I won't even have to be here on the scene
[Verse]
  CIt's so rDmidicEmulouAms     
But the strife and the bliss
Will go rF/Dight on through
  F/GRight on through me 
To have missedG  
AmAll the things that hurt your sDmoul
No one would ever kCnow 
    Dm      Em  AmThey'd never know
[Bridge]
AmLife so preciously 
D/CJust don't seem to be
FAs free as they claim freedom to F/Gbe 
CThings are going fast  
To have fD/Cound that all is in the past
   FTo have to take what you can get 
  F/GSure can make a heart upset
So I'll be iCnvisible Invisible Invisible

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To Be Invisible

by Curtis Mayfield

Lyrics & chords · Original key

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D/C

F/G

F/D

3/4

F/G usually comes on upbeat

[Intro]

C D/C F F F/G

[Verse]

C Dm Em Am

To be invisible

F/D

Will be my claim to fame

F/G

A man with no name

That way I won't have to feel the pain

C Dm Em Am

Indispensable

F/D

Just a plain old human being

F/G

Today don't mean a thing

In a world that's so mean

[Chorus]

Am Dm

A world that seems not for me

So privately

Dm Em Am

I'll be invisible

F/D

That way I won't have to explain a thing

F/G

If you know what I mean

I won't even have to be here on the scene

[Verse]

C Dm Em Am

It's so ridiculous

But the strife and the bliss

F/D

Will go right on through

F/G

Right on through me

To have missed

Am Dm

All the things that hurt your soul

No one would ever know

Dm Em Am

They'd never know

[Bridge]

Life so preciously

D/C

Just don't seem to be

F F/G

As free as they claim freedom to be

Things are going fast

D/C

To have found that all is in the past

To have to take what you can get

F/G

Sure can make a heart upset

[Verse]

C Dm Em Am

Inconspicuous

I must behave myself

F/D

For somebody else

F/G

Who may have a little fame, fortune or wealth

C Dm Em Am

It's so ridiculous

But the strife and the bliss

F/D

Will go right on through

F/G

Right on through me

To have missed

[Chorus]

Am Dm

A world that seems not for me

So privately

Dm Em Am

I'll be invisible

F/D

That way I won't have to explain a thing

F/G

If you know what I mean

I won't even have to be here on the scene

[Verse]

C Dm Em Am

It's so ridiculous

But the strife and the bliss

F/D

Will go right on through

F/G

Right on through me

To have missed

Am Dm

All the things that hurt your soul

No one would ever know

Dm Em Am

They'd never know

[Bridge]

Life so preciously

D/C

Just don't seem to be

F F/G

As free as they claim freedom to be

Things are going fast

D/C

To have found that all is in the past

To have to take what you can get

F/G

Sure can make a heart upset

So I'll be invisible Invisible Invisible

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