If You See Me Getting Smaller Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays430

If You See Me Getting Smaller by Glen Campbell is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, F, G, Em, Am, Dm and C7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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C
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16
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  			Intro: C F G Em C Am Dm C Em G 

verse 1 

C      Em        F        C 
Willie you're my constant companion 
             Em              C F 
you know the light and shade 
                C               Am F 
We have spent a million dollars 
                    G 
To find out what we made. 
C       Em       F       C 
We have made the maidens marvel 
                 Em     F   C F 
at the things we do and say 
               C           Am 
Down, down and out brother 
F          G 
Up, up and away. 


       C              C7          F      Am 
If you see me gettin' smaller I'm leavin' 
Em       F        G          
Don't be grieven' 
C                              G            
Just got to get away from here 
C                     C7            F 
If you see me gettin' smaller don't worry 
Em        Dm          
I'm in no hurry 
           F            C              
I've got a right to disappear. 

verse 2 


 G  C   Em    G     F       C 
    God bless Philadelphia 
                   Em     F    C F 
They were standing in the rain 
                    C          Am 
Out in front of the main point 
F          Am    C      Dm  G 
A Wet and lonely train. 
C         Em       F           C 
Who knows who they came to see 
          Em      F   C F 
A mad man full of beer 
                        C           Am 
A four piece band and a charter bus 
F          Am   G 
My border line career. 
 

       C              C&          F       Am 
If you see me gettin' smaller I'm leavin' 
Em       F        G          
Don't be grieven' 
            C                  G  C             
Just got to get away from here 
                      C7            F 
If you see me gettin' smaller don't worry 
Em        Dm           
I'm in no hurry 
           F        G    C             
I've got a right to disappear.  
 

Outro: G Am G C G Am G C G Am G C Am G Am G C F G Am C F G Am 

           G         C         F G   Am   
I've got a right to disappear. I need a get away 
           F         C         F G   Am              
I've got a right to disappear. I need a get away 

reprat and fade 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante