Simple Song

Simple Song easy guitar chords by The Shins

2012•Alternative•

Guitar

Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 2

Capo

Transpose

0

Capo

C

G

F

Am

Dm

C

G

F

Am

Dm

Intro 1

C

C

G

C

G

C

G

C

G

Verse 1

C

G

C

G

Well this is just a simple song

C

G

C

G

To say what you done

C

G

C

G

I told you about all those fears

C

G

C

And away they did run

G

F

You sure must be strong

And you feel like an ocean

C

G

C

G

Being warmed by the sun

Verse 2

C

G

C

G

When I was just nine years old

C

G

C

G

I swear that I dreamed

C

G

C

G

Your face on a football field

C

G

C

And a kiss that I kept

G

F

Under my vest

Apart from everything

C

G

C

G

But the heart in my chest

Chorus 1

Am

C

F

I know that things can really get rough

G

when you go it alone

Am

C

F

Don't go thinking you gotta be tough,

G

to play like a stone

Am

C

Could be there's nothing else

F

G

in our lives so critical

F

As this little hole

Verse 3

C

G

C

G

My life in an up turned boat,

C

G

C

G

marooned on a cliff

C

G

C

G

You brought me a great big flood

C

G

C

And you gave me a lift

G

F

To care, what a gift

You tell me with your tongue

And your breath was in my lungs

Chorus 2

And you float over the

Am

C

F

(rift) I know that things can really get rough

G

when you go it alone

Am

C

F

Don't go thinking you gotta be tough,

G

to play like a stone

Am

C

Could be there's nothing else

F

G

in our lives so critical

F

As this little hole

Interlude 1

Dm

Am

Dm

C

Dm

Am

F

F

Verse 4

C

G

C

G

Well this is just a simple song

C

G

C

G

To say what you done

C

G

C

G

I told you about all those fears

C

G

C

And away they did run

G

F

You sure must be strong

And you feel like an ocean

C

G

C

G

Being warmed by the sun

C

G

C

G

Bridge 1

Am

C

F

Remember walking a mile to your house,

G

a glow in the dark

Am

C

F

I made a fumblin' play for your heart

G

and the extra, the spark

Am

C

You wore a charm in the chain

F

G

that I stole especially for you

Am

C

F

Love's such a delicate thing that we do,

G

we've nothing to prove

F

F

C

Which I never knew

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