i wrote a simple song chords by Billy Preston
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Intro 1
(E minor) (D major) (C major) (D major) (G major) (E minor)
I wrote a (D major) simple song
Verse 1
(C major)
With simple (D major) words and (G major) harmony (E minor)
Wasn't (D major) very long (C major)
Before a (D major) star, I was (E minor) bound to be
I didn't care (D major) if it made the charts
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Verse 2
(C major)
I only (D major) wrote it for you (G major) and me (E minor)
They think (D major) they're so smart (C major) now
They're not as (D major) smart as
they (E minor) want to be
They took my simple (D major) song,
Verse 3
(C major) yes, they did
They changed the words (D major)
and the melody (G major) (E minor)
Made it (D major) all sound wrong, (C major) yeah
Now it (D major) sounds like a sym (E major) phony (E minor) (D major)
(C major)
Interlude 1
(D major) (G major) (B major) (E minor) (D major) (C major) (D major) (E major) (E minor) (C major)
Who (C sharpdim) told them (A major) to
Verse 4
(D major) mess with my (G major)
Oh, now, (C major) who (C sharpdim) gave them the (D major) right
(G major) I wanna know now (C major)
That song (A major) was (D major) personal
(G major) Because I
Verse 5
(C major) wrote it for you
It's (F sharp major) yours (B minor) and mine, (B major) girl (E minor) (D major)
Verse 6
(C major) I (D major) (G major) (E minor) (D major) (C major) (D major) (E minor) (D major)
(C major) (D major) (G major) (E minor)
(D major) (C major) (D major) (E major) (E minor) don't care if it
(D major) Makes the charts, (C major) y'all, no
I only (D major) wrote it for you (G major) and me
Verse 7
(E minor) They think they're so (D major) smart
(C major) Yes, they do
They're not as (D major) smart
As they (E minor) want (E major) to be (E minor) (C major)
Who (C sharpdim) told them to mess
Verse 8
(D major) with my
(G major) Oh, now, (C major) who (C sharpdim) gave them the (D major) right
(G major) I wanna know (C major)
That song (A major) was (D major) personal
(G major) Whoa, I
Verse 9
(C major) wrote it for you
It's (F sharpdim) yours (D major) and mine (B minor)
Verse 10
Yeah, (E minor) (D major) (C major) yeah, (D major) (G major) oh, oh
(E minor) (D major) (C major)
i wrote a simple song
Billy Preston
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