Key: D major
Intro 1
Db
Verse 1
Db
Well, it's a change in the ocean,
Ab
change in the sea
Db
Woke up one morning was a change in me
I put on my pants,
Absus4
Db
my pants fell down
Well, I put on my shoes and they fell off too
I looked in the mirror,
was nothing to see
That's how it goes when you're a
Verse 2
shrinking man like me
Db
Worried man with a worried song
Verse 3
Shrinking man ain't gonna be here long
Db
Gb
Db
Well, sometimes I worry
'bout clothes
Shrinking man's got to look
good sometime
Don't need no sweatshop child
Puttin' shoes on my feet this time
Chained to a sewing machine
Down in hell where the sun don't shine
Look as good as you can
But please don't rob your
fellow man
Gb
Shrinking
Verse 4
man, shrinking man
Db
Nobody was wor ried 'bout a shrinking
Interlude 1
man
Db
Gb
Db
Gb
Db
Gb
Db
Verse 5
Db
Sometimes I worry 'bout food
'Cause a shrinking man's got
Ab
Db
to eat right sometime
I don't need much and I don't pay
No starvation wage
To poor folks out on the poison ground
Gb
You don't rob the land
Db
Oh when you're just a little
Verse 6
old shrinking man
Db
Shrinking man
Nobody was worried 'bout
a shrinking man
Worried man with a worried song
Gb
Shrinking man ain't gonna
Db
be here long
Verse 7
Db
Sometimes I worry bout prayer
'Cause a shrinking man better
be a prayin' man
Absus4
Db
Once I had a dream that was working
I had good ideas, I made big plans
Now I'm just like a leaf in the wind
that's blowing
Verse 8
I hope King Jesus can understand
Db
Shrinking man, shrinking man
Gb
Nobody was worried 'bout
Db
a shrinking man
Worried man with a worried song
Shrinking man ain't gonna
Verse 9
be here long
Db
Shrinking man
Ain't not gal
Shrinking man
How did you like the song?
TunerE A D G B E
ChordsDb Ab Absus4 Gb
More songs by Ry Cooder
Discover chords for more songs to play
Related songs
Discover chords for more songs to play
4.6
Popular chords globally
Most played chords & tabs across all users