Tears for Fears - No Small Thing: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "No Small Thing" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

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F                 G       C
Get your sweets from the candy man
F                G        C
Get your truth from the shelf
F            G      C
Don't buy into the fairy tale
F        G          Am
Just be good to yourself

'Cause you know that I love you, girl
You're my way out of hell
But I've just one more song to sing
One more story to tell

When I'm tired of the bright lights
When I'm tired of the wine
I'll go down to Wheal Mexico
To the depths of the mine

When I'm forty years older
When I'm wrinkled and wise
I will trade all my liberty
For that look in your eyes

 F            Cmaj7
Reason gonna blind you
  F            Cmaj7
Cripple and confine you
 F            Cmaj7      Em
Listen as you pull hard breaks
F                Cmaj7
Take a trip to America
F                       Cmaj7
Let the wind blow right through your hair
F                       Cmaj7
We'll buy beer and some hope to share
       Em  F
Every day

Chorus:
         C    A#
'Cause freedom
             Am  F
Is no small thing
                C
We punish the child
                A#
For flying too high
                      Am Em C
For rushing like the wind

 F            Cmaj7
Reason gonna blind you
  F            Cmaj7
Cripple and confine you
 F            Cmaj7     Em
Listen as you pull hard breaks
(Stars are like the baggage
we carry across the sky
          F
And then no one's gonna change who we are)

Chorus


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

Am

Guitar chord Am

A#

Guitar chord A#

C

Guitar chord C

Cm

Guitar chord Cm

Cmaj7

Guitar chord Cmaj7

Cmaj

Guitar chord Cmaj

Em

Guitar chord Em

F

Guitar chord F

G

Guitar chord G

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "No Small Thing" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "No Small Thing" by Tears for Fears.