Simple Things chords by Glen Campbell

Simple Things
Glen Campbell
1992 album Wings Of Victory


Intro G# D# Bb D# Bb

Verse 1

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

Verse 2

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

Pre-Chorus 1

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

Chorus 1

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

Verse 3


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

Pre-Chorus 2

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

Chorus 2

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

Outro

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


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