Songbook

Simple Song

By The Shins

Key of D

[Intro]
D		A	D		A
D		A	D		A

[Verse]
D		          A	     D	         	A
Well this is just a simple song
D	    	A          	D		  A
To say what you've done
D		        A	    D	            	A
I told you about all those fears
D			        A	       D
And the way they did run
      		  A	      G
Your show must be strong
G
And you feel like an ocean
			                D	 A D	 A
They'd want by the sun

D		A	D		A

[Verse]
D	         A	   D	        	A
When I was just 9 years old
D	      A	     D	    A
I swear that I dreamt
D		          A D	           	A
Your face on a football field
D	         A	     D
And a kiss that I kept
	     A  G
Under my vest
G				                                     D
Apart from everything but the heart in my chest

[Chorus]
Bm		  D				 G
I know that things can really get rough

When you go it alone
Bm           D			        G
Don't go thinking you gotta be tough

To play like a stone
Bm                         D			         G
Could be there's nothing else in our lives

So critical

As this little hole

D		A	D		A
My life in an upturned boat
D		A	D		A
Marooned on a cliff
D		A	D		A
You brought me a great big flood
D		A	D
And you gave me a lift
	     A	G
To care, what a gift

And you tell me with your tongue

And you're breath was in my lungs
				   Bm
And you float over the rift

		  D				 G
I know that things can really get rough

When you go it alone
Bm	       D                                   G
Don't go thinking you gotta be tough

To play like a stone
Bm			  D				G
Could be there's nothing else in our lives

So critical

As this little hole

[Bridge]
G-Bm-G-D
G-Bm-G-G

D		A	D		A
Well this'll be a simple song
D		A	D		A
To say what you've done
D		A	D		A
I told you about all those fears
D			A	D
And the way they did run
		      A	        G
Your show must be strong

And you feel like an ocean
			       D
They'd want by the sun

Bm		   D				     G
Remember walking a mile to your house

A glow in the dark
Bm	       D			      G
I made a fumbly play for your heart

And the extra, a spark
Bm		     D				     G
You're are a trauma, a chain that I stole

Especial for you
Bm		     D					G
Love's just a delicate thing that we'd do

We've nothing to prove
					D
Which I never knew