My World Keeps Getting Smaller Everyday Chords

KeyBbm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays452

My World Keeps Getting Smaller Everyday by Neil Sedaka is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Bbm. It uses the chords Bbm, F, D#m, D, G#, C#, A, Em, F#, G and Bm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Bbm
Text
16
Speed
  			
Intro: Bbm F 

Bbm                             F 
Round and round I go in circles trying to be free, 
                                 D#m     Bbm 
Since you went away the world is closing in on me. 
D         Bbm             D#m 
Every day I face tomorrow knowing you'll be there. 
G#                              C# 
I see your face in every little thing we used to share. 
Bbm D#m    A         Em         F 
The memory of you is everywhere. 
G#     C# F# C#                    F#        Bbm 
And my world keeps getting smaller every day, 
F#    Bbm             D#m 
I run but I can't run away. 
                          G# 
You're with me everywhere I go 
      C#  Bbm                          D#m     F# Bbm 
And I find   you're in my heart and in my mind, 
c#         Bbm                    D#m 
There's no place left on earth to stay, 
G#                    C#         F 
My world gets smaller every day. 
Bbm                          F 
In the lonely of the morning when I'm waking up, 
                                  Bbm 
I find you standing at the bottom of my coffee cup. 
                         D#m 
I see you on the highway when I'm driving in the car. 
G#                   C# 
Downtown in the city I just turn and there you are. 
F#                 A         Bbm     F 
I run from you but never get too far. 
G#     C#  F#  C#                    D#m       F# 
And my world   keeps getting smaller every day 
Bbm               D#m 
I run but I can't run away, 
                    G#          C# 
You're with me everywhere I go. 
G#    C#  Bbm C#                 Bbm    F# 
And I find    you're in my heart and in my mind, 
Bbm                               D#m 
There's no place left on earth to stay, 
G#                    C# 
my world gets smaller every day. 

la...la....la                 

( A  D  G  Bm  G  Bm  Em  A ) 

    D                              Bm       Em Bm 
And my world keeps getting smaller every day 
G         Bm          Em     A C# 
I run but I can't run away, 
Em       Bm   A       D   A   D    G Bm 
My world gets smaller every   day. 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante