How Will I Ever Be Simple Again chords by Richard Thompson

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Verse 1
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 (C major) Oh, she danced in the street
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with the guns  (F major) all around  (C major) her
All torn like a rag doll,
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 (G major) barefoot  (C major) in the rain  (G major) 
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And she  (C major) sang like a child,
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 (F major) toora- day toora- daddy  (C major) 
Oh, how will I ever be sim
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 (G major) ple again
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 (C major)  (F major)  (C major) 

Verse 2
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She sat by the banks of the dirty  (F major) gray  (C major) river
And tried for a fish
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with a worm on a pin  (G major) 
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There was  (C major) nothing but fever
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and  (F major) ghosts in  (G major) the wa (C major) ter
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Oh, how will I ever be sim (G major) ple  (C major) again

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Verse 3

War was my love and my

friend and companion

And what did I care for

the pretty and plain

But her smile was so clear and my

heart was so troubled

Oh, how will I ever be simple again

Interlude 1

Verse 4
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In her poor  (C major) burned- out house
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I sat  (F major) at her table  (C major) 
The smell of her hair was like
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cornfields in May  (G major) 
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And I wanted  (C major) to weep  (F major) and my
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eyes ached from try (C major) ing
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Oh, how will I ever  (G major) be simple  (C major) again

Verse 5
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So  (F major) graceful she moved through
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the dust  (C major) and the ruin
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And  (F major) happy she was in her
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dances  (C major)  (G major) and games
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Oh, teach  (C major) me to see with your
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 (F major) innocent eye (C major) s, love
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Oh, how will I ever  (A minor) be sim (G major) ple  (C major) again  (F major) 
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Oh,  (C major) how will I  (A minor) ever be simple
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 (G major)  (C major) again