Lynyrd Skynyrd - Simple Life

capo 1st fret

intro [ C ]

[ C ]
hey , when was the last time you sat down and had dinner with your kids?

talked about what’s going on in their lives?
[ F ]
hey , when was the last time you just stopped and helped somebody out?
[ C ]
i bet you can’t remember

[ Am ]
well a lot of people are sayin’
[ A# ]
“we’re changing for the better”
[ C ] [ F ] [ G ]
well that don’t interest me

[ C ]
i like the simple life
[ Am ]
the way it used to be
[ A# ]
we left our doors wide open
[ F ]
we didn’t need no key
[ C ]
i’ve been around the world
[ Am ]
seen all there is to see
[ A# ] [ F ]
i’d trade all those memories for one more day

how it used to be

i like the simple life

[ C ]
i wanna get up sunday mornin’

go fishin’ with my boy

watch the sunset kick back in my yard
[ F ]
take my harley on a real long lazy sunday drive
[ C ]
and do a little more nothin’ once in a while

[ Am ]
yeah maybe kick my feet up
[ A# ]
watch a little re – run on tv
[ Am ] [ F ] [ G ]
laughin’ with ol’ barney , andy and aunt bee

[ C ]
i like the simple life
[ Am ]
the way it used to be
[ A# ]
we left our doors wide open
[ F ]
we didn’t need no key
[ C ]
i’ve been around the world
[ Am ]
seen all there is to see
[ A# ] [ F ]
i’d trade all those memories for one more day
[ C ] [ Am ]
how it used to be
[ A# ] [ F ]
i like the simple life

solo : [ C ] [ Am ] [ A# ] [ F ]

[ Am ] [ F ]
everything’s moving by so fast
[ C ] [ Am ]
i swear sometimes we just can’t see
[ C ] [ F ]
so caught up in where we’re trying to get
[ G ]
life as we know it , could be gone in a minute

[ C ]
i like the simple life
[ Am ]
the way it used to be
[ A# ]
we left our doors wide open
[ F ]
we didn’t need no key
[ C ]
i’ve been around the world
[ Am ]
seen all there is to see
[ A# ] [ F ]
i’d trade all those memories for one more day
[ C ] [ Am ]
i like the simple life
[ A# ] [ F ] [ C ] [ Am ]
i like the simple life
[ A# ] [ F ] [ G ] [ C ] ( ends with C ]
i want the simple life