I Wish Things Were Simple Again

I Wish Things Were Simple Again easy guitar chords by Merle Haggard

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    • Verse 1
    I 
    wish things 
    were 
    simple 

    like 
    they used 
    to 
    be 

    When 
    cowboys 
    rode 
    horses, 

    and 
    were 
    heroes 
    to 
    me 

    My Mother 
    was a lady, 

    and my 
    Dad 
    was 
    a 
    man 

    And 
    I wish 
    things 
    were 

    simple 
    again 

    Verse 2
    I wish things 
    were simple, 

    like 
    when I 
    was 
    a kid 

    A man 
    just got 
    paid 
    for 

    the 
    work 
    that 
    he 
    did 

    And 
    a 
    song 
    could 
    be played 

    for 
    a 
    nickel 
    back 
    then 

    And 
    I wish 
    things 
    were 
    simple 
    again 

    Verse 3
    But even 
    the blue 
    skies 
    roar 
    with 
    thunder 

    Men 
    fly 
    above 
    like 
    birds 

    Nothin' 
    is 
    simple, 

    not 
    even 
    a 
    love 
    song 

    The story 
    gets 
    lost 
    in 
    the words 

    Verse 4
    But there's 
    no 
    way 
    to rewind, 

    it's 
    gone 
    with the 
    wind 

    And I 
    wish things 
    were 
    simple 
    again 

    Verse 5
    Even the 
    blue skies roar with 

    thunder 

    Men fly above 
    like birds 


    Nothin' is simple, 

    not even a 
    love song 

    The story 
    gets lost in 
    the words 

    Verse 6
    There's 
    no 
    way to rewind, 

    it's gone 
    with the 
    wind 

    And I wish things 
    were simple again 

    Oh, 
    I 
    wish 
    things were 
    simple again 

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