Simple Things chords by Elton John

Featuring Brandi Carlile!

🎸 Intro:

C   Fm   C
C   Fm   C



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

🎸 Interlude:
C   Fm   C


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

🎸 Chorus:
 G  F
Reward
 G  C
Reward
Em  F  G
Reward
G#
Simple things
Gm   G7   C
Hard to learn
G#
Fire is hot
Gm     G7    C
Burn, burn, burn
G#      Gm
Simple truth
G7       C
Hard to see
     G#
Not what you want
     Gm  G7    C
But what you need

🎸 Interlude:
C   Fm   C

C   Fm   C


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

🎸 Chorus:
 G  F
Reward
 G  C
Reward
Em  F  G
Reward
G#
Simple things
Gm   G7   C
Hard to learn
G#
Fire is hot
Gm     G7    C
Burn, burn, burn
G#      Gm
Simple truth
G7       C
Hard to see
     G#
Not what you want
     Gm  G7    C
But what you need

🎸 Instrumental:
C  Em  F  C Am  G  F   C  Em  Am  G  C

Dm  Em  F  D/F#  G  E/G#  Am

G  F  F  C  Em  F


🎸 Chorus:
G#
Simple things
Gm   G7   C
Hard to learn
G#
Fire is hot
Gm     G7    C
Burn, burn, burn
G#      Gm
Simple truth
G7       C
Hard to see
     G#
Not what you want
     Gm  G7    C
But what you need

🎸 Outro:
C   Fm   C

C   Fm   C