simple song chords by Colin Hay

SimplifiedC · F · Bb · Edim

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Edim

Intro 1

Verse 1
C 
F 
C 
I do like  (C major) a simple song  (F major)  (C major) 
Where everyone can sing
F 
C 
along  (F major)  (C major) 
F 
It doesn't matter where you're from  (F major) 
C 
 (C major) Most people like a simple song

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Verse 2

It sure is sweet to fall in love

Feels like a gift from up above

Can't seem to ever get enough

Yeah it sure is cool to fall

in love

Verse 3
Bb 
 (B flat major) 
C 
But things don't often stay the same  (C major) 
F 
She says  (F major) she wants to give
Bb 
you back your  (B flat major) name
C 
It's never simple who's to blame  (C major) 
F 
And it  (F major) always gets so complicated
Bb 
 (B flat major) 

Verse 4

One day you wake up on your own

If I had kis they'd all be grown

Of all the people I have known

True friends there's not too many

Verse 5

But I don't want to bring you down

And I still get to play from town to town

There still is magic all around

And when I hit the ground I'm running

Verse 6
C 
F 
C 
 (C major) I don't want to die alone  (F major)  (C major) 
F 
C 
Where I cannot reach the phone  (F major)  (C major) 
F 
In my multi- story home  (F major) 
C 
 (C major) No I don't want to die alone
F 
 (F major) 

Verse 7
Bb 
 (B flat major) 
C 
It's not preyin' on my mind  (C major) 
F 
But I  (F major) do think about it
Bb 
from time to time  (B flat major) 
C 
And it's not likely to happen soon  (C major) 
F 
But you  (F major) may not even see it coming
Bb 
 (B flat major) 

Verse 8
C 
 (C major) 
F 
C 
So help me sing this simple song  (F major)  (C major) 
Edim 
C 
F 
C 
Where everyone  (Edim)  (C major) can sing along  (F major)  (C major) 
F 
C 
It doesn't natter where you're from  (F major)  (C major) 
Edim 
C 
One day we're here  (Edim)  (C major) and then we're gone
F 
 (F major) 