Biography:
Chris Smither (born November 11, 1944 in Miami, Florida) is an American folk/blues singer, guitarist, and songwriter. He grew up mainly in New Orleans and attended the University of the Americas in Mexico City, planning on becoming an anthropologist, but transferred to Tulane University after a year, during which time he discovered the music of Mississippi John Hurt. While in Paris for a junior year abroad, he spent his time playing guitar rather than attending classes and was kicked out of college as a result.
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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]
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
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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