Lynyrd Skynyrd - Simple Man
https://youtu.be/sMmTkKz60W8

Half Step Down

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[Intro]

       x4


[Verse 1]

            
Mama told me w

            
hen I was youn

   
g
             
Come sit besid

             
e me, my only 

    
son
             
And listen clo

             
sely to what I

     
 say
           
And if you do 

this
             
It'll help you

            
 some sunny da

            
y. Oh Yeah!


[Interlude]

             x2


[Verse 2]

              
Oh, take your 

            
time... Don't 

              
live too fast,
              
Troubles will 

            
come and they 

         
will pass.
              
You'll find a 

            
woman, yea yea

              
, you'll find 

    
love,
          
And don't forg

et son,
             
There is someo

          
ne up above.


[Chorus]

             
And be a simpl

           
e, kind of man

   
.
             
Oh be somethin

             
g, you love an

           
d understand.
             
Baby be a simp

           
le, kind of ma

    
n.
              
Oh, won't you 

             
do this for me

 
 son,
          
If you can?

 


[Interlude]

      


[Verse 3]

             
Forget your lu

             
st, for the ri

             
ch man's gold
             
All that you n

             
eed, is in you

      
r soul,
             
And you can do

             
 this, oh baby

             
, if you try.
             
All that I wan

             
t for you my s

on,
            
Is to be satis

      
fied.


[Chorus]

             
And be a simpl

           
e, kind of man

  
.
             
Oh be somethin

             
g, you love an

           
d understand.
             
Baby be a simp

           
le, kind of ma

    
n.
              
Oh, won't you 

             
do this for me

 
 son,
          
If you can?

 


[Solo]

      x5


[Interlude]

         x2


[Verse 4]

              
Boy, don't you

            
 worry... you'

            
ll find yourse

   
lf.
             
Follow your he

             
art, and nothi

       
ng else.
              
And you can do

             
 this, oh baby

            
, if you try.
             
All that I wan

             
t for you my s

on,
            
Is to be satis

     
fied.


[Chorus]

             
And be a simpl

           
e, kind of man

   
.
             
Oh be somethin

             
g, you love an

           
d understand.
             
Baby be a simp

           
le, kind of ma

    
n.
              
Oh, won't you 

             
do this for me

 
 son,
          
If you can?

 


[Outro]

             
Baby be a simp

             
le, real simpl

      
e man.
             
Oh be somethin

             
g, you love an

           
d understand.
             
Baby be a simp

           
le, kind of ma

n.