Half A Smidge Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays500

Half A Smidge by Calexico is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, G, F, Em, Am and Dm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			In the interest of honesty, these chords have been provided by the Chordify  
service. They *should* be correct. This song is an excellent example of Calexico's  
lighter side. Enjoy it!  

Note: Please pay attention to the strumming style in the original-- I can't really  
transcribe it here, but it makes the fairly simple chord progression more interesting. 

C        G              F 
When the evening sun is setting low 
C        G           F 
Blinding you on your drive home 
C       G                F 
And the lanes of traffic all converge 
C        G            F 
Causing you to curse every other word 
Em     G           C 
For to wish it all away 

        (pause briefly, then slowly sweep downward with pick/one finger on C) 

C     G                 F 
Daily grind's got your screw stripped 
C         G             F                  Em    G 
No can of double-ya-dee forty can fix your situation 
      C               F 
Seems to be losing steam 


         
C       G               F       G 
Dream's been dropped on credit cards 
Am  C           Em                  F 
And false hope pumping out of your soul 
F        C      G                F 
Like oil in the gulf it's a dead end 
Am       C                 F 
Drive it further deep into the ground 
G                 F           G 
Till the point's dull as your skull 
        F    Em           Dm 
And the same sun that you curse 
            G            C 
Powers your hybrid heart home 

(more lightly now): 

C            G 
If only this car could move 
F 
Half a smidge 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante