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Simple days easy guitar chords by
Babyface
Babyface

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Intro 1
D
Em
Abb
Asus4
D
Em
Abb
Asus4

D
Em
Abbsus2
D
Em
Abbsus2

Asus4
D

Em
I was born on the north side of a
Verse 1
Abb
Asus4

mid- western town
D
Em
Abb

There was nine of us living in a
Asus4
Abb

three- bedroom house, yeah
D
Em
Abb

Didn't have much money but
Abbsus2
Asus4

we made do
D
Em

'Cause mama worked all day long
Abb
Asus4
Abb

and daddy did too
Verse 2
Bm

Did all they could,
D
F#m

made sure we had clothes and food
Em
Abb

Went to public schools and we
Asus4

followed public rules
Bm
D
F#m

We used second hand books, but oh,

I didn't mind the books
Em

Mama taught us early in life
Bm
Asus4

Everybody's gotta struggle sometime
Verse 3
D
Em

Bring back those simple times
Abb
Asus4

of yesterday
D
Em

When a man was a man
Abb
Asus4

And a friend was a friend
Verse 4
D
Em
Abb

Bring back those simple times of
Asus4

yesterday (yesterday)
D
Em

When you said what you meant
Abb
Asus4
D

And you meant what you said
Em
Had a friend named Bobby,
Verse 5
Abb

Asus4
Abbsus2

who always kept his word
D
Em

We went through schoolyard fights,
Abb
Asus4
Abbsus2

had a thing for pretty girls, yeah
D
Em

Didn't cost much money to
Abb
Asus4

see the picture show
D
Em

So we hopped the bus

into town
Abb

That's where all the girlies
Asus4
Abb

used to go sit
Verse 6
Bm
D
F#m

Fifty cents would buy us yeah,

popcorn for two
Em

'Cause Bobby's girl, she worked there
Asus4

And sometimes she'd
Abb

break the rules, yes
Asus4
Bm

And picnics in the summer
F#m

wouldn't wake up 'til noon
Em

And even though Bobby's gone now
Bm

I can still hear him laugh
A
Asus4
D

in the middle of June
Em
Bring back those simple times of
Verse 7
Abb


yesterday
Asus4
D
Em

When a man was a man (hey)
Abb
Asus4

And a friend was a friend
D

(was a friend, yeah)
Em
Bring back those simple times of
Verse 8
Abb

Asus4

yesterday (yesterday)
D
Em

When you said what you meant
Abbsus2
Abb

And you meant what you
Asus4

said
Verse 9
F#m

Sometimes I sit, I wonder

I reminisce,
Em

I think of all the good times
Asus4
A

That we had in our lives
F#m

(ah, ooh)
Verse 10

Sometimes I can't get over, oh

How wonderful those days
Em

were back in our lives
Bm
A
Asus4

Simple days for simple

times
D
Em
Abb
Asus4
Verse 11
D

Em

Bring back those

simple times of yesterday
Abb

When a man was a man (oh)
Asus4
D

And a friend (woo) was a friend (was a friend,

yeah)
Em
Bring back those simple times of
Verse 12
Abb

Asus4

yesterday (yesterday)
D
Em

When you said what you meant (when you

say what mean)
Abb

And you meant what you
Asus4

said (hey)
Verse 13
D

(Bring it back now)
Em
Abb

Bring back those simple times of (simple times
Asus4

of) yesterday (yesterday)
D
Em

When a man was

a man (man was a man)
Abb
Asus4

And a friend was a friend (a friend was a friend,
D

yeah)
Em
Bring back those simple times of
Verse 14
Abb

Asus4

yesterday (yesterday)
D

When you said what
Em

you meant (hey)
Abb
Asus4

And you meant what you said
Verse 15
D
Em

Oh yeah, bring back those simple times
Abb
Asus4

of yesterday (yeah, yeah)
D
Em

When a man was a man

(a man was a man)
Abb
Asus4

And a friend was a friend
D

(was a friend)
Em
Bring back those simple times of
Verse 16
Abb

Asus4

yesterday (yeah, yeah)
D
Em

When you said what you meant

(what you mean)
Abb
Asus4

And you meant what you said

(mean what you say)
Verse 17

Bring back those simple times of

yesterday

When a man was a man

And a friend was a friend

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Chords
  • D

  • Em

  • Abb

  • Asus4

  • Abbsus2

  • Bm

    2
  • F#m

    2
  • A

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