Simple Things chords by Elton John

Chords with lyrics

Featuring Brandi Carlile!

🎸 Intro:

C majorC  F minorFm  C majorC
C  F minorFm  C majorC


🎸 Verse:
    C majorC       E minorEm
As an old man I'm a young man
       FF        C majorC
'Cause I've not been old for long
    A minorAm          G+G
And before these trembling waters settle
 FF          C majorC
I'll have flown the pond
   E minorEm        A minorAm
So I don't mean to be morbid
   G+G        C majorC
Or a bit too on the nose
     FF    E minorEm      DmDm
But I'd like to share a few things
E minorEm  G+G         C majorC
That I've learned along the road

🎸 Interlude:
C majorC  F minorFm  C majorC

🎸 Verse:
       C majorC      E minorEm
What you'll find chasing dreams
    FF       C majorC
Is the finish line recedes
     A minorAm      G+G
And the riddle stays a riddle
    FF       C majorC
Oh the humor's bittersweet
   E minorEm       A minorAm
All nature does is dance
       G+G        C majorC
So when you dance you're in accord
     DmDm   E minorEm    FF
Look no further than the feeling
D/F#D/F#   G+G    E/G#  A minorAm
That it gives you for reward

🎸 Chorus:
 G+G FF
Reward
 G+G C majorC
Reward
E minorEm FF G+G
Reward
G#G#
Simple things
G minorGm  G7G7  C majorC
Hard to learn
G#G#
Fire is hot
G minorGm   G7G7  C majorC
Burn, burn, burn
G#G#   G minorGm
Simple truth
G7G7    C majorC
Hard to see
   G#G#
Not what you want
   G minorGm G7G7  C majorC
But what you need

🎸 Interlude:
C majorC  F minorFm  C majorC

C majorC  F minorFm  C majorC

🎸 Verse:
        C majorC       E minorEm
I've been a sleepwalker, a cheap talker
  FF      C majorC
A augmentedA sly grin, a discreet offer
 A minorAm        G+G
I've held steady for a gaze
   FF       C majorC
I've led a lover through a maze
     E minorEm      A minorAm
Thrown bottles at the wall
     G+G       C majorC
When someone forgot to call
      FF    E minorEm    DmDm  E minorEm    G+G C majorC
I've done all the things a wild heart will do
F minorFm   C majorC
I will do
       C majorC       E minorEm
What you'll find chasing dreams
    FF       C majorC
Is the finish line recedes
     A minorAm       G+G
And the riddle stays a riddle
    FF       C majorC
Oh the humor's bittersweet
E minorEm       A minorAm
All nature does is dance
       G+G        C majorC
So when you dance you're in accord
     DmDm   E minorEm    FF
Look no further than the feeling
D/F#D/F#   G+G    E/G#  A minorAm
That it gives you for reward

🎸 Chorus:
 G+G FF
Reward
 G+G C majorC
Reward
E minorEm FF G+G
Reward
G#G#
Simple things
G minorGm  G7G7  C majorC
Hard to learn
G#G#
Fire is hot
G minorGm   G7G7  C majorC
Burn, burn, burn
G#G#   G minorGm
Simple truth
G7G7    C majorC
Hard to see
   G#G#
Not what you want
   G minorGm G7G7  C majorC
But what you need

🎸 Instrumental:
C majorC E minorEm FF C majorC A minorAm G+G FF  C majorC E minorEm A minorAm G+G C majorC

DmDm E minorEm FF D/F#D/F# G+G E/G# A minorAm

G+G FF FF C majorC E minorEm FF


🎸 Chorus:
G#G#
Simple things
G minorGm  G7G7  C majorC
Hard to learn
G#G#
Fire is hot
G minorGm   G7G7  C majorC
Burn, burn, burn
G#G#   G minorGm
Simple truth
G7G7    C majorC
Hard to see
   G#G#
Not what you want
   G minorGm G7G7  C majorC
But what you need

🎸 Outro:
C majorC  F minorFm  C majorC

C majorC  F minorFm  C majorC