Simple Kind Of Life chords by No Doubt

’¨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.

Dsus2       Dm               Cadd9,10       C
(short intro no vocal)

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VERSE:
Dsus2       Dm               Cadd9,10       C
For a long time    I was in  love
Dsus2       Dm               Cadd9,10       C
Not only in love   I was     obsessed

Dsus2       Dm               Cadd9,10           C
with a     friendship that   no one else could touch
Dsus2       Dm               Cadd9,10    C7
it didn’t  work out I’m covered in       shells.
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CHORUS:
C          Cdom7        F             Fm              C7       C
and all i wanted was a simple thing a simple kind of  life
C          Cdom7        F             Fm              C7
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:
Dsus2               Dm7*             Ddom7add9*  D/E*(top 4 only)
ohhhh-oh if we met tomorrow for the very first   time
Dsus2                   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               Cdom7        F              Fm             C7
when all i ever wanted was a simple thing a simple kind of life
                C7
a simple kinda life
                C7
a simple kinda life

repeat and vary the chords, using the C7, C combos; i think once
or twice it goes back into the D 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:

Dsus2     Dm     Cadd9,10     C         C7     Cdom7

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

F       Fm
EADGBe  EADGBe
133211  133111

*these chords i pretty much just made up names for. i really
have no idea.
Dm7     Ddom7add9    D/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