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                SIMPLE LIFE - by Valdy and Max Bennett
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By John Will
john.will@sk.sympatico.ca
One I've been working on for a long time.
From the 1973 album Landscapes; this version is from the 1974 (part)live
album Family Gathering; as usual Valdy varies the lyrics a bit from the
original
    The intro and main verse part is fingerpicked something like this,
    using these fingerings: Dm:xx7765 F:xx7565 Bbma7:xx8765 Gsus4:xx5533
    G:xx5433 A:xx7655 Asus4:xx7755
    Cadd11:x32011
    (Dm)                                      (F)
E||-----5----------5----------5----------5-------5--------5--------5-------
B||--------6--5h6----6--5h6------6--5h6-----6------6--5h6----6-5h6---6-5h6-
G||--7-----------------------------------------5---------------------------
D||------------------------------------------------------------------------
A||------------------------------------------------------------------------
E||------------------------------------------------------------------------
    (Bbma7)                                   (Gsus4)               (G)
E||-------5----------5---------5---------5--------------------------------
B||----------6--5h6----6--5h6----6--5h6-----6--------3------3--------3----
G||----------------------------------------------------5------5---5--4----
D||---8------------------------------------------5--------5-----5----5----
A||-----------------------------------------------------------------------
E||-----------------------------------------------------------------------
 Intro lead(clean electric)
     Dm
E||----------------|----------------------|------------|
B||--8b------------|--8b&r---6----8----8b-|------------|
G||----------------|----------------------|--7---------|
D||----------------|----------------------|------------|
A||----------------|----------------------|------------|
E||----------------|----------------------|------------|
                                             Gsus4        G
------------8-----|--8/---10--------10\---|--8------------7----|
-------6----------|--8/---10--------10\---|--8------------8----|
--5/7-------------|-----------------------|--------------------|
------------------|-----------------------|--------------------|
------------------|-----------------------|--------------------|
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Dm
Will you never let me go
       F
I have tried to please you so
       Bbma7
Common sense should tell us
       Gsus4 G
We are through
Dm
Time and time again I've pleaded

For a love so badly needed
      F
But I guess it really
Bb              Asus4 A
Wasn't meant to be
F
Give me the simple life
Am
I need the simple life
Bb            G
Don't want to worry
        Cadd11  C
'Bout tomorrow
F
Live everyday completely
Am           Dm
Love for the joy of loving
Gm   Am Bb  Dm C F
Then I will be happy
E||--1---3---5----
B||------3---6----
G||---------------
D||---------------
A||---------------
E||---------------
     Dm
E||----------------|----------------------|------------|
B||--8b------------|--8b&r---6----8----8b-|------------|
G||----------------|----------------------|--7---------|
D||----------------|----------------------|------------|
A||----------------|----------------------|------------|
E||----------------|----------------------|------------|
                                             Gsus4        G
------------8-----|--8/---10--------10\---|--8------------7----|
-------6----------|--8/---10--------10\---|--8------------8----|
--5/7-------------|-----------------------|--------------------|
------------------|-----------------------|--------------------|
------------------|-----------------------|--------------------|
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Dm
Pretty cars and soft guitars
F
Round trip ticket to the stars
Bbma7
I'm living like a king
         Asus4 A
Inside a cage
Dm
I don't want a giant bank account
F
Or a name folks like to rap about
Bbma7
Think I've had my fill
                Asus4 A
Please turn the page
F
Just give me the simple life
Am
I need the simple life
Bb            G
Don't want to worry
       Cadd11  C
'Bout tomorrow
F
Live everyday completely
Am           Dm
Love for the joy of loving
Gm   Am Bb  Dm        C    F
Then we all will find happiness
    Dm                                F
E||----------------|------------------------------|------------|
B||--8b(10)--------|--8b(10)&r---6----8----8b(10)-|------------|
G||----------------|------------------------------|--7---------|
D||----------------|------------------------------|------------|
A||----------------|------------------------------|------------|
E||----------------|------------------------------|------------|
           Bb(add6)        Asus4  A
------------8-----|--8/10---10----9-----||
-------6----------|--8/10---10----10----||
--5/7-------------|---------------------||
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