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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]
C7Did you ever stop to C7notice
Ebmaj7It's when you feel a little Ebmaj7low
C7That the entire spinning C7universe
Ebmaj7Descends to say Ebmaj7hello
C7With heavy-handed C7cheerfulness
Ebmaj7And a calculated Ebmaj7smile and says
D'Carry me awhileD'D  D  
[Chorus]
GBut you don't have to Gcarry
CMuch of anything at Cmall
GThe biggest thoughts of Gbigger things
CmAre really pretty Gsmall
CmThe major thoughts that Cmoccupy the Dminor state of Dmind
GAre what we Gleave behindG  G  
CmJust a minor Dthought that we can Gleave behindG  
[Verse]
C7Don't worry 'bout the C7future
Ebmaj7you can't afford the Ebmaj7price
C7There's madness to the C7method
Ebmaj7when you pay the piper Ebmaj7twice
C7once when you start to C7worry
Ebmaj7Once again when you Ebmaj7begin
Dto take the future on the DchinD  D  
[Chorus]
GI know that you think Gworry
Cis your ever-faithful Cmfriend
G'Cause nothin' that you Gworry over
Cever happens in the GEnd
Cmand there might be somethin' Cmto it
DBut it sure gets in the Dway
Gof fun todayG  G  G  
CmWhat you say we Dtry and have some Gfun todayG  
[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]
C7It takes a sense of baC7lance
Ebmaj7on this tiny little bEbmaj7all
C7With a tiny mind still C7big enough
Ebmaj7to think about it allEbmaj7  
C7To realize the size of C7things
Ebmaj7is just a state of miEbmaj7nd
DAnd you can change your miDndD  D  
[Chorus]
GThere's a riddle in the mGiddle
Cof that univeral spinCm  
GBut we're out here on thGe edges
Cwhere it gets a littGle thin
CmSo just for once permit yoursCmelf
Da carefree little grinD  
GFrom the outGside lookin' GinG  
CmCuz we're out heDre on the outside Glookin' inG  
CmAnd it's better Don the outside looGkin' inG  
[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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Outside In

by Chris Smither

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 2 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Ebmaj7

Chris Smither - Outside In

Capo 2

Ebmaj7

= xx1333

= x32310

= 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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