Key: A major
Intro 1
F
Bb
F
C
F
Verse 1
F
My wife used to say
she couldn't understand
Why I make my living working
Bb
C
with my hands
She met a junk bond daddy and
Gm
C
he broke up my home
Bb
F
He made his living on the
telephone
Bb
F
Verse 2
Daddy spied my darling and
he dialed her number then
They took off next morning and
Am
Bb
Gm
F
she won't he back again
Bb
I might not be good looking and
F
I never been to school
C
But I patched up my broken
Bb
F
home using simple tools
Verse 3
F
Simple tools, simple tools,
Bb
F
I like simple tools
Bb
C
I'm just a common ordinary workaday fool
Gm
C
I might not be the brightest
bulb or the straightest route
But I can mend my broken
F
heart using simple tools
And I can talk to girls in bars,
well maybe a few
We'd drink a little glass
Bb
C
of wine or maybe two
I might wake up in gay Paree or
good old San Berdoo
The gals appreciate a man that
F
uses simple tools
Verse 4
F
I won't be walking 'round all night,
wonderin' what to do
I won't be calling up the morgue
Bb
Gm
F
askin' for you
Bb
Or beating down these memories
F
with one of your old shoes
C
Bb
C
F
Bb
F
C
F
Bb
F
I can do the job in half the time
Bb
C
Bb
F
C
Gm
C
Bb
C
F
C
F
C
F
us ing simple tools
Verse 5
F
Bb
C
I'm just a common ordinary workaday fool
I might not be the brightest bulb
or the straightest rule,
But I can do the job in half the time
Bb
F
Bb
Using simple tools, simple tools
Outro 1
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