Biography:
Matthew Joseph West (born April 25, 1977 in Downers Grove, Illinois) is a Christian singer who was raised in a suburb of Chicago, IL., where he discovered music at an early age. The son of a minister, he grew up in the front pew listening to his mom harmonize and following her lead. By the time he reached high school, Matthew remained involved in music and received a scholarship to study music at Millikin University in Illinois.
It was during his first year of college, that Matthew began playing guitar and writing songs.
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Other songs:
- Strong Enough
- The Motions
- Hello, My Name Is
- A Christmas To Believe In
- A Few More Days
- A Friend In The World
- All In
- All The Broken Pieces
- Becoming Me
- Blessed Assurance My King Is Coming
- Broken Girl
- Broken Things
- Come On Christmas
- Day After Christmas
- Day One
- Do Something
- Dream Again
- Every Second
- Every Tear
- Family Tree
- Forgiveness
- Give This Christmas Away
- Good Adam Eve
- Grace Wins
- Heaven Is The Hope
- Hello My Name Is
- History
- Hold You Up
- I Cant Hear You
- Jesus And You
- Join The Angels
- Leaving Heaven
- Life Inside You
- Mended
- Mercy Is A Song
- More
- Moved By Mercy
- My Own Little World
- Next Thing You Know
- Oh Me Of Little Faith
- One Last Christmas
- One Step Away
- Only Grace
- Out Of My Hands
- Safe And Sound
- Save A Place For Me
- Something To Say
- Stop The World
- Story Of Your Life
- Survivors
- The Beautiful Things We Miss
- The Center
- The Day Before You
- The Healing Has Begun
- The Heart Of Christmas
- The Power Of A Prayer
- The Reason For The World
- To Me
- Tryin
- Two Houses
- Unchangeable
- Unto Us
- Untold
- When I Say I Do
- Wonderfully Made
- World Changers
- Wouldnt Change A Thing
- You Are Everything
- You Know Where To Find Me
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Capo 6
Intro: The guitar riff is something like below (with sixteenth note
variations)that is played over and over again. [Take note that strings make up a
good amount of the song as well and can be reproduced with a synth/keyboard or in
some cases guitar, but I have omitted it for the sake of simplicity.]
e-|-3-3-3-3-6---6---|
B-|-3-3-3-3-3---3---|
G-|-0-0-0-0-0---0---|
D-|-----------------|
A-|-----------------|
E-|-----------------|
P.M.---------X
Accents: < <
Verse: The riff's also in the verses; you can play these chords with it...
Em C G
In my own little world it hardly ever rains
Em C G
I've never gone hungry or always felt safe
Em C G
I got some money in my pocket shoes on my feet
Em
In my own little world
C G
Population me
Em C G
I try to stay awake through the Sunday morning church
Em C G
I throw a twenty in the plate but I never give 'til it hurts
Em C G
and I turn off the news when I don't like what I see
Em
Yeah, it's easy to do when it's
C G
Population me
Chorus:
D Em
What if there's a bigger picture
C G
What if I'm missing out
D Em
What if there's a greater purpose
C G D C G
I could be living right now, ooh-ooh
D C G D
Outside my own little world, yea-ah
Verse:
Em C G
Stopped at the red light, looked out my window
Em C G
I saw a cardboard sign, said "Help this homeless widow"
Em C G
Just above this sign was the face of a human
Em C G
I thought to myself, "God, what have I been doing?"
Em C G
So I rolled down my window and I looked her in the eye
Em C G
Oh how many times have I just passed her by
Em C G
I gave her some money then I drove on through
Em
And my own little world reached
C G
Population two
Chorus:
D Em
What if there's a bigger picture
C G
What if I'm missing out
D Em
What if there's a greater purpose
C G D C G
I could be living right now, ooh-ooh
D C G D
Outside my own little world, yea-ah
Bridge:
Em C G
Father, break my heart for what breaks Yours
Em C G
Give me open hands and open doors
Em C G
Put Your light in my eyes and let me see
Em C G
That my own little world is not about me
Chorus:
D Em
What if there's a bigger picture
C G
What if I'm missing out
D Em
What if there's a greater purpose
C G D C G
I could be living right now, ooh-ooh
D C G D
Outside my own little world, yea-ah
Intro: The guitar riff is something like below (with sixteenth note
variations)that is played over and over again. [Take note that strings make up a
good amount of the song as well and can be reproduced with a synth/keyboard or in
some cases guitar, but I have omitted it for the sake of simplicity.]
e-|-3-3-3-3-6---6---|
B-|-3-3-3-3-3---3---|
G-|-0-0-0-0-0---0---|
D-|-----------------|
A-|-----------------|
E-|-----------------|
P.M.---------X
Accents: < <
Verse: The riff's also in the verses; you can play these chords with it...
Em C G
In my own little world it hardly ever rains
Em C G
I've never gone hungry or always felt safe
Em C G
I got some money in my pocket shoes on my feet
Em
In my own little world
C G
Population me
Em C G
I try to stay awake through the Sunday morning church
Em C G
I throw a twenty in the plate but I never give 'til it hurts
Em C G
and I turn off the news when I don't like what I see
Em
Yeah, it's easy to do when it's
C G
Population me
Chorus:
D Em
What if there's a bigger picture
C G
What if I'm missing out
D Em
What if there's a greater purpose
C G D C G
I could be living right now, ooh-ooh
D C G D
Outside my own little world, yea-ah
Verse:
Em C G
Stopped at the red light, looked out my window
Em C G
I saw a cardboard sign, said "Help this homeless widow"
Em C G
Just above this sign was the face of a human
Em C G
I thought to myself, "God, what have I been doing?"
Em C G
So I rolled down my window and I looked her in the eye
Em C G
Oh how many times have I just passed her by
Em C G
I gave her some money then I drove on through
Em
And my own little world reached
C G
Population two
Chorus:
D Em
What if there's a bigger picture
C G
What if I'm missing out
D Em
What if there's a greater purpose
C G D C G
I could be living right now, ooh-ooh
D C G D
Outside my own little world, yea-ah
Bridge:
Em C G
Father, break my heart for what breaks Yours
Em C G
Give me open hands and open doors
Em C G
Put Your light in my eyes and let me see
Em C G
That my own little world is not about me
Chorus:
D Em
What if there's a bigger picture
C G
What if I'm missing out
D Em
What if there's a greater purpose
C G D C G
I could be living right now, ooh-ooh
D C G D
Outside my own little world, yea-ah
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