G G F#m Fm Em
I am the incredible shrinking man
G
The longer I live the smaller I stand
C G F#m Fm Em
I was the irrelevant, misplaced son
D G
Inconsequential, awkward and undone
Verso 1:
C
Too short for the wishing well
C
Oh well, you can all just go to hell
G B
And maybe today
C G
Things will go my way
B
'cause it all seems cruel
C G
When you're made to play the fool
B
Why ask why
C G
After all, we die
Ebm
Must seem like you're always gone
D G Eb D G
In a world where you don't belong
G C G F#m Fm Em
I am the incredible melting man
D G
Becoming nothing as long as I can
C G F#m Fm Em
I'll be a puddle by the end of the day
D G
Wasn't much of a person anyway
Verso 2:
C
Too late for the dinner bell
C
Oh well, you can all just go to hell
G B
And maybe today
C G
Things will go my way
B
'cause it all seems cruel
C G
When you're made to play the fool
B
Why ask why
C G
After all, we die
Ebm
Must seem like you're always gone
D G
In a world where you don't belong
Solo
G G F#m Fm Em D G G F#m Fm Em D G
Ponte:
G F#m Fm Em
It'd be fine I'd be having a ball
D G
Don't give me grief
G F#m Fm Em
It could happen to you each and all
D G
But I need relief
G F#m Fm Em
I hurt you 'cause my mind is mush
D G
That's my excuse
G F#m Fm Em
I'm the widow hiding in the bush
D C
And I'm on the loose
C
I'm a tiny, tiny angry man
D G
Hurting all the people that I can
G C G
I am the incredibly wasted man
Em D
Thought I had a promise
G
Thought there was a plan
C G
I am the incredulous thinking fuck
Em D G
I threw away my time and I'm out of luck
Solo
C G Em D G G
C G Em D G
Outro
N.C
It was as if my body had ceased to exist
N.C
There was no hunger
N.C
No longer the terrible fear of shrinking