Lynyrd Skynyrd - Simple Man

Tabbed By: Matt Lenda

ALL GUITARS TUNE DOWN 1/2 STEP (eb  Bb  Gb  Db  Ab  Eb)

Intro Part 1 (play x2)
Clean Electric Guitar w/Reverb
(Key Stated Above Tab)

    C         
Eb|-----------
Bb|-----------
Gb|-------0---
Db|---------2-
Ab|-0-2-3-----
Eb|-----------

          G   
--------------
--1-----------
----0---0-----
------2-----0-
3-------------
----------3---

            Am
--------------
--------------
----0---------
------0---0---
2-------2---0-
--3-----------

in
--------------
------1-------
2-------2---2-
--2-------2---
----0---------
--------------

--------3-----
--1-------1---
----2-------2-
------2-------
0-------------
--------------

------|
1-----|
------|
------|
------|
------|

Intro Part 2 (play x2)
Same Guitar as Intro Part 1

    Am        
Eb|-----------
Bb|-----------
Gb|-------2---
Db|-----------
Ab|-0-3-0-----
Eb|-----------

              
------------3-
----1---------
--------2-----
2---------2---
--0-----------
--------------

        C     
--------------
--1-----------
----------0---
--------------
----0-2-3---3-
--------------

          G   
--------------
1-------------
----0---------
------------0-
------3-2-----
----------3---

              
--------------
--------------
--0-----------
------0---0---
--------2---0-
3-------------

Am
------|
------|
2-----|
--2---|
----0-|
------|

              
Eb|-----------
Bb|-1-----1---
Gb|---2---2---
Db|-----2-----
Ab|-----------
Eb|-----------

          Words (at end of this riff): “My mama told me...”
----3-----|
----------|
2---------|
--2-------|
----------|
----------|

Play Intro Part 1 and Intro Part 2 over the verse

Interlude (play x2)
Distortion

Eb|-----------
Bb|-----------
Gb|-----------
Db|-----------
Ab|-0-2-3-----
Eb|-----------

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--------------
--------------
7/5-3-------7/
------3-------

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--------------
--------------
--------------
5-3-----------
----5-----0-3-

----------|
----------|
----------|
----------|
----------|
0-3/5-----|

(verse again: “oh take your time, dont live too fast...”)

Chorus
Distortion
Strike first chord on the word “simple”

Eb|-----------
Bb|-----------
Gb|-5-------5-
Db|-5-------5-
Ab|-3-------3-
Eb|-----------

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--------------
--------------
--5-------5---
--5-------5---
3-3-------3-0-

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--------------
2-------------
2-------------
0-------------
--------0-3-0-

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--------------
2-------x-----
2-------x-----
0-------x-----
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| x  Dead note
| /  Slide up

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