Key: D major
Intro 1
C
Verse 1
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Well, it's a change in the ocean,
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change in the sea
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Woke up one morning was a change in me
I put on my pants,
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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
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Worried man with a worried song
Verse 3
Shrinking man ain't gonna be here long
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F
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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
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Shrinking
Verse 4
man, shrinking man
C
Nobody was worried 'bout a shrinking
Interlude 1
man
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F
C
F
C
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C
Verse 5
C
Sometimes I worry 'bout food
'Cause a shrinking man's got
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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
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You don't rob the land
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Oh when you're just a little
Verse 6
old shrinking man
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Shrinking man
Nobody was worried 'bout
a shrinking man
Worried man with a worried song
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Shrinking man ain't gonna
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be here long
Verse 7
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Sometimes I worry bout prayer
'Cause a shrinking man better
be a prayin' man
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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
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Shrinking man, shrinking man
F
Nobody was worried 'bout
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a shrinking man
Worried man with a worried song
Shrinking man ain't gonna
Verse 9
be here long
C
Shrinking man
Ain't not gal
Shrinking man
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsC G Gsus4 F
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