Here's the chord structure and guitar licks for the whole song, alot of parts repeat
themselves but they are in order below.
INTRO
D D E x3
VERSE
E A E A E
Look out your window That grass ain't green
E D A B
It's kinda yellow See what I mean?
E A E A E
Look up your chimney The sky ain't blue
E D A B
It's kinda yellow You know it's true
PRE-CHORUS
C#m G# C#m A G# F#
It's so hard to figure what it's all abooooooouuuuuuuuuuut
CHORUS
F# E
When your outsides in (inside out)
C#m E
And your downsides up (upside down)
C#m E C#m
Yeah, your upsides right (rightside up)
A F# D E
don't it make you wanna twist and shout when you're inside out
VERSE
E A E A E
Look down your drain pipe What color do you see?
E D A B
It's got to be yellow Don't try to fool me
PRE-CHORUS
C#m G# C#m A G# F#
And don't it make you wanna twist and shooooooouuuuuuuut
CHORUS
F# E
When your outsides in (inside out)
C#m E
And your downsides up (upside down)
C#m E C#m
Yeah, your upsides right (rightside up)
A F#
Don't it make you wanna twist and shout
D E
When you're inside out
BRIDGE
G C
Be careful where you're walking
G C
You might step in something rough
G C
Be careful where you're talking
G D
And saying all that stuff
G C
Take care when you are breathing
G C
Something's funny in the air
G C
And somethings I'm not saying
G D
'bout what's happening out there
E
It's inside out
VERSE
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/traveling_wilburys/inside_out_crd_ver_3.html ]
E A E A E
Look into the future With your mystic crystal ball
E D A B
See if it ain't yellow See if it's there at all
PRE-CHORUS
C#m G# C#m A
Ain't no shadow or a doooooooouuuuuuuubt
C#m G# C#m A G# F#
Don't it make you wanna twist and shooooooouuuuuuuuuuuut
CHORUS
F# E
When your outsides in (inside out)
C#m E
And your downsides up (upside down)
C#m E C#m
Yeah, your upsides right (rightside up)
A F#
Don't it make you wanna twist and shout
D E
When you're inside out
LICKS
The first licks happens in the second verse over the A and E chords like this
E A E
"Look down your dream pipe" E----0------|
B--2---2-0--|
G-----------|
D-----------|
A-----------|
E-----------|
E A E
"What colour do ye see" E----0------|
B--2---2-0--|
G-----------|
D-----------|
A-----------|
E-----------|
E D A B
"Its got to be yellow" E-----------| "Don try to fool me"
B--3-3-2----|
G-----------|
D-----------|
A-----------|
E-----------|
The second and last lick occurs during the bridge after the C chord like this
G C
"Be careful where your walking"
G C
"You might step in something rough" E--0--------|
B----3-0----|
G--------2--|
D-----------|
A-----------|
E-----------|
You then play the exact same lick after these lyrics
G C
"Take care when you are breathing"
G C
"Somethings funny in the air" E--0--------|
B----3-0----|
G--------2--|
D-----------|
A-----------|
E-----------|
HOLY HELL THAT TOOK AGES!!!
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