Simple Things chords by Glen Campbell

Chords with lyrics

• Submitter: Flyinglibra51

Simple Things
Glen Campbell
1992 album Wings Of Victory


Intro G#G# D#D# Bb majorBb D#D# Bb majorBb

Verse 1

D#D#
Telephones ringing jet planes a leaving
G#G#
Another deadline to beat
F minorFm           G minorGm
Driven by desire to get all I ever needed
  C#C#               G#G#
But still my life seemed incomplete

Verse 2

  D#D#
The crazy schedule the constant shuffle
G#G#
A augmentedA Workin' late every night
F minorFm                 G minorGm
The race that I was runnin' left me tired and empty
   G#G#
There wasn't any rest in sight

Pre-Chorus 1

  Bb majorBb
The pleasures of wealth
      BB
Mixed with dreams of greater glory
   C minorCm             BB
Once all my eyes could ever see....
 Bb majorBb       G minorGm   G#G#
I used to hear me say the busier the better
               C#C#     D#D#   Bb majorBb
But in these later days I've got another song to sing

Chorus 1

            D#D#        Bb majorBb
Thank you Lord for the simple things in life
      D#D#     FF    G minorGm
Like summer breeze on a starlit night
G#G#
Oh I thought I knew the joy that I would never find
Bb majorBb           D#D#        Bb majorBb
Thank you Lord for the simple things in life
             FF     G minorGm
Like a happy home with a wonderful wife
G#G#                  D#D#
Oh I never knew the joy that I could find
           C minorCm  D#D# FF D#D#
In the simple things.....

Verse 3

Friendly chatter the sounds of laughter
   G#G#
At a backyard barbecue
F minorFm         G minorGm
Children saying the darndest things
   G#G#
Like "daddy I love you"

Pre-Chorus 2

  Bb majorBb
The pleasures of wealth
      BB
Mixed with dreams of greater glory
   C minorCm             BB
Once all my eyes could ever see.....
 D#D#       C minorCm         G#G#
I used to hear me say the busier the better
               C#C#     G#G#   Bb majorBb
But in these later days I've got another song to sing

Chorus 2

            D#D#        Bb majorBb
Thank you Lord for the simple things in life
      D#D#     FF    G minorGm
Like summer breeze on a starlit night
G#G#
Oh I thought I knew the joy that I would never find
Bb majorBb           D#D#        Bb majorBb
Thank you Lord for the simple things in life
       D#D#     FF     G minorGm
Like a happy home with a wonderful wife
G#G#         D#D#
Oh I never knew the joy that I could find
    Bb majorBb                 FF G#G# FF Bb majorBb BB
In the simple things Oh the simple things

Outro

BB           E MajorE        BB
Thank you Lord for the simple things in life
            G# minorG#m
Like summer breeze on a starlit night
A augmentedA            BB        E MajorE
Oh I thought I knew the joy that I would never find
BB           E MajorE        BB
Thank you Lord for the simple things in life
       E MajorE           G# minorG#m
Like a happy home with a wonderful wife
A augmentedA               E MajorE
Oh I never knew the joy that I could find
    BB
In the simple things
E MajorE          BB E MajorE
Oh the simple things


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