Chords with lyrics
SIMPLE MAN - ANDREAS KÜMMERT
A augmentedA great song by Andreas Kümmert, the winner of "The Voice of Germany 2013".
Standard Tuning (EADGBE), Capo 1
This version is longer than the one he sung in the finals of "the voice of germany", but
the chords are basically the same.
In the show he left out a few verses and the transposed part at the end.
Chords used:
A augmentedA = 002220
D MajorD = x00232 (
D/AD/A actually)
B minorBm = x24432
C# minorC#m = x46654
E MajorE = 022100
F# minorF#m = 244222
and for the transposed part at the end
(just if you want to play along to the whole single):
Bb majorBb = 688766
FF = 133211
G minorGm = 355333
DmDm = x57765
Eb MajorEb = x68886
F#F# = 244322
Intro:
A augmentedA E MajorE F# minorF#m C# minorC#m
D MajorD FF A augmentedA
Verse:
A augmentedA
If I was a man
E MajorE
just a simple man
F# minorF#m
I didn't know what I wanted from life
D MajorD
and I didn't have no plan
A augmentedA
Would it be enough
E MajorE
if all I have was all my love
F# minorF#m
would you be OK, would you know how
D MajorD
to love me if I wasn't the man I am now oh
Chorus:
A augmentedA E MajorE
I need a miracle to ever make you love me
F# minorF#m C# minorC#m D MajorD
So that you never choose another man above me
FF A augmentedA
If I was a simple man
E MajorE
Take a look on you just want that by me
F# minorF#m C# minorC#m D MajorD
I think that you could never see the man inside me
FF A augmentedA
Could you love a simple man?
Verse:
A augmentedA
If you were a girl
E MajorE
just a normal girl
F# minorF#m
if you weren't so damn beautiful
D MajorD
would this still work
A augmentedA
Well I know it would, cause what we
E MajorE
have is too good to end and though I
F# minorF#m
know you pretend that you feel the
D MajorD
same and you claim that you never find love again
Chorus:
A augmentedA E MajorE
I need a miracle to ever make you love me
F# minorF#m C# minorC#m D MajorD
So that you never choose another man above me
FF A augmentedA
If I was a simple man
E MajorE
Take a look on you just want that by me
F# minorF#m C# minorC#m D MajorD
I think that you could never see the man inside me
FF A augmentedA
Could you love a simple man?
Bridge:
D MajorD C# minorC#m
If I couldn't put a ring on your finger
B minorBm
I put a roof over your head
D MajorD 
C#C#
If I could only give you love and devotion
E MajorE
Would you still something else instead
Chorus:
A augmentedA E MajorE
I need a miracle to ever make you love me
F# minorF#m C# minorC#m D MajorD
So that you never choose another man above me
FF A augmentedA
If I was a simple man
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Here everything goes up 1/2 step, you can play them all as barre chords
if you want to play along with the single (see chord list at the top)
A augmentedA -> Bb majorBb
E MajorE -> FF
F# minorF#m -> G minorGm
C# minorC#m -> DmDm
D MajorD -> 
D#D#
FF -> F#F#
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Bb majorBb FF
Take a look on you just want that by me
G minorGm DmDm Eb MajorEb
I think that you could never see the man inside me
F#F# Bb majorBb
Could you love a simple man?
Bb majorBb FF
I need a miracle to ever make you love me
G minorGm DmDm Eb MajorEb
So that you never choose another man above me
F#F# Bb majorBb
If I was a simple man
You take a look on you just want that by me
Think that you could never see the man inside me
Could you love a simple man?
