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Simple as This chords by Jake Bugg (Official Version)

  • G

  • C/G

  • G/F#

  • Em

  • D

  • Dsus4

  • C

  • Am

Verse 1
G
C/G
G
C/G
G
I've been in search of stones
Making up the pavement
C/G
G
of less-travelled roads
G/F#
Em
Mining for treasure deep in my bones
D
Dsus4
D
Dsus4
That I never find
Verse 2
G
C/G
G
Went looking for rever ence
Tried to find it in a bottle
C/G
G
And came back again
G/F#
Em
High on a hash pipe of good intent
D
Dsus4
But it only brought me down
D
Dsus4

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Chorus 1
C
D
G
G/F#
Em
Tried institutions of the mind and soul
C
D
G
G/F#
Em
It only taught me what I should not know
C
D
Oh and the answer well
G
G/F#
Em
who would have guessed
C
D
Em
Could be something as simple as this
C
D
G
C/G
G
Something as simple as this
G
C/G
G
Verse 3
G
C/G
G
Travelled to each ocean's end
Saw all seven wonders,
C/G
G
trying to make some sense
G/F#
Em
Memorised the mantra Confucius said
D
Dsus4
But it only let me down
D
Dsus4
Chorus 2
C
D
G
G/F#
Em
Tried absolution of the mind and soul
C
D
G
G/F#
Em
It only led me where I should not go
C
D
Oh and the answer well
G
G/F#
Em
how could I miss
C
D
Em
Something as simple as this
C
D
G
Something as simple as this
Bridge 1
C
D
G
D
C
D
G
D
I've been falling, crashing, breaking
C
D
G
D
C
D
G
D
All the while you were stood here waiting
Em
C
For me girl
Interlude 1
G
C/G
G
G
C/G
G
G/F#
Em
D
Dsus4
D
Dsus4
Chorus 3
C
D
G
G/F#
Em
Tried liberation of my own free will
C
D
G
G/F#
Em
But it left me looking to get higher still
C
D
Oh and the answer well
G
G/F#
Em
who would have guessed
C
D
Em
Could be something as simple as this
G
Am
G
God knows how I could have missed
C
D
G
C/G
G
Something as simple as this
G
C/G
G
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