Simple Life

Intro: 0:00
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0:24
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Verse 1: 0:40
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There's a breakdown on the runway
         A/E       E
And the timeless flights are gone;
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I'm a year ahead of myself these days
                      E
And I'm locomotive strong.
0:59
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My city spread like cannon fire
      A/E             E
In a yellow nervous state;
         A/E     E         D    A/C#
I can't cut the ties that bind me
                   E
To horoscopes and fate.

Chorus: 1:17
       D/A    A           D/A   A
And I won't break, and I won't bend,
     D/A A              A/E E
But someday soon we'll sail away
   B         B7       A/B   E
To innocence and the bitter end.
1:35
E7       D/A    A           D/A   A
  And I won't break, and I won't bend,
              D/A   A       A/E   E
And with the last breath we ever take,
                 B
We're gonna get back
                   A/B A/E | E E:G
To the simple life again._____

Instrumental: 1:56
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Verse 2: 2:12
          A/E E             A/E E
When we break out of this blindfold
           A/E       E
I'm gonna take you from this place;
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Until we're free from this ball and chain
                          E
I'm still hard behind the eight.
2:31
   A/E E            A/E E
My city  beats like hammered steel
       A/E          E
On a shallow cruel rock;
             A/E   E          D  A/C#
If we could walk proud after midnight
                     E
We'd never have to stop.

Chorus: 2:49
       D/A    A           D/A   A
And I won't break, and I won't bend,
     D/A A              A/E E
But someday soon we'll sail away
   B         B7       A/B   E
To innocence and the bitter end.
3:07
E7       D/A    A           D/A   A
  And I won't break, and I won't bend,
              D/A   A       A/E   E
And with the last breath we ever take,
                 B
We're gonna get back
                   A/B A/E | E E:G
To the simple life again._____   Alright.

Instrumental: 3:28
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3:47
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4:06
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E E:G | D | A

Chorus: 4:22
       D/A    A           D/A   A
And I won't break, and I won't bend,
     D/A A              A/E E
But someday soon we'll sail away
   B         B7       A/B   E
To innocence and the bitter end.
4:39
E7       D/A    A           D/A   A
  And I won't break, and I won't bend,
              D/A   A       A/E   E
And with the last breath we ever take,
                 B
We're gonna get back
                   A/B A/E | E E:G
To the simple life again._____

Chorus: 4:59
       D/A    A           D/A   A
And I won't break, and I won't bend,
     D/A A              A/E E
But someday soon we'll sail away
   B         B7       A/B   E
To innocence and the bitter end.
5:16
E7       D/A    A           D/A   A
  And I won't break, and I won't bend,
              D/A   A       A/E   E
And with the last breath we ever take,
                 B
We're gonna get back
                   A/B A/E | E E:G
To the simple life again._____

Coda: 5:38
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    Again.          Again.
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    Again.          Again.
5:57
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          Again.    Again,
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  Again, again,   again.
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