Simple Kind Of Life chords by No Doubt

Chords with lyrics

’¨Simple Kind of Life¨
by No Doubt
from The Return of Saturn, 2000
written by Gwen Stefani


I’ve put the chords above the lyrics.

Dsus2Dsus2    DmDm        Cadd9,10    C majorC
(short intro no vocal)

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VERSE:
Dsus2Dsus2    DmDm        Cadd9,10    C majorC
For a long time  I was in love
Dsus2Dsus2    DmDm        Cadd9,10    C majorC
Not only in love  I was   obsessed

Dsus2Dsus2    DmDm        Cadd9,10      C majorC
with a   friendship that  no one else could touch
Dsus2Dsus2    DmDm        Cadd9,10  C7C7
it didn’t work out I’m covered in    shells.
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CHORUS:
C majorC     Cdom7    FF       F minorFm       C7C7    C majorC
and all i wanted was a simple thing a simple kind of life
C majorC     Cdom7    FF       F minorFm       C7C7
and all i needed was a simple man so i could be a  wife
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(repeat same pattern for next verse and chorus)

VERSE 2:
i’m so ashamed, i’ve been so mean
i dont’ know how it got to this point
oh i always was the one with all the love
you came along, i’m hunting you down ohhhhh

CHORUS 2:
like a sick domestic abuser looking for a fight... oh
and all i wanted was the simple things a simple kinda life

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Next is the bridge part, in which the chords are arpeggiated,
rather than being strummed.

BRIDGE:
Dsus2Dsus2        Dm7*       Ddom7add9* D/E*(top 4 only)
ohhhh-oh if we met tomorrow for the very first  time
Dsus2Dsus2          Dm7*     Ddom7add9* D/E(top 4 only)
would it start all over again would i try to make you mine
(Note by ¨top 4¨ i mean higher in pitch)

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VERSE 3:
I always thought i’d be a mom
sometimes i wish for a mistake
the longer that i wait the more selfish that i get
you seem like...** you’d be a good dad

CHORUS 3:
now all the simple things are simply too complicated for my life
and how’d i get so faithful to my freedom.. a selfish kinda life

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OUTRO:
C majorC        Cdom7    FF       F minorFm       C7C7
when all i ever wanted was a simple thing a simple kind of life
        C7C7
a simple kinda life
        C7C7
a simple kinda life

repeat and vary the chords, using the C7, C majorC combos; i think once
or twice it goes back into the D MajorD thing, but i believe it ends on
Cadd9,10. I just ad-lib it and i never play it as many times as
it’s actually played on the album because she sings it 20 times
or something.

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THE CHORDS:

Dsus2Dsus2   DmDm   Cadd9,10   C majorC     C7C7   Cdom7

EADGBe  EADGBe  EADGBe  EADGBe  EADGBe  EADGBe
xx0230  xx0231  x32030  x32010  x32000  x32310

FF    F minorFm
EADGBe EADGBe
133211 133111

*these chords i pretty much just made up names for. i really
have no idea.
Dm7Dm7   Ddom7add9  D/ED/E

EADGBe  EADGBe   EADGBe
xx0221  xx0320   xx0100
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well, it’s a start, at least. please make corrections if anyone
feels like it.
~L