Outside In (Cifras)

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



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