A Few Simple Words chords by
Cowboy Junkies

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Key: G major•

Intro 1

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Verse 1

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[Previously unreleased song

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. Lay It Down outtake]

Transcribed by T.V.Roosmalen

Verse 2

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What does he see in those

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mashed potatoes?

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What secrets does he hold

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that can be so grin?

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The silence like a canyon

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dividing them

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He's on one side she's opposite him

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Trying so desperately to get his attention

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Verse 3

she says, "honey,

you're a bastard of great proportion".

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He says, "darling,

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I plead guilty to that sin."

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With potatoes half way to his mouth

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He looks her in the eye and says,

"without a doubt

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My love for you is all that I believe in.

Verse 4

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"With those few simple words

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Her heart is sent soaring

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She's able to face another day

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. through the anger and the laughter

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She knows that she matters

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And somebody out there cares.

Verse 5

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What does she gain by all this sulking?

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What trouble can there be

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for one so young?

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Dark tension building like the

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clouds of a storm

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Her daughter's in her room

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and she's at the door

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Trying to figure what all this fuss is for.

Verse 6

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she says, "mother, you're a witch

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And I'll always hate you."

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She says, "daughter,

perhaps these words

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You speak are true."

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She quietly moves towards the bed,

Look her in the eye gently says,

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"but I will always believe in you."

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Verse 7

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With those few simple words

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Her heart is sent soaring

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She's able to face another day.

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Through the anger and the laughter

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She knows that she matters

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And somebody out there cares.

Verse 8

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what do we need to keep us going?

What do we need at the

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end of the day?

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Mysteries keep piling like dirty clothes

In the corner.

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You never thought you'd give up.

But you're beginning to wonder

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When through the gloom you hear

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A familiar voice say....

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.... a few simple words

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That send

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your heart soaring

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You're able to face another day.

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Through the anger and the laughter

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You know that you matter

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And somebody out there cares.

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