JUST BE SIMPLE
As recorded by MJ Lenderman
(2025 release)


Capo 4th fret


[Intro]
       


[Verse]
              
You'll never h

             
ear me talk ab

         
out one day ge

tting out
            
Why put a new 

              
address on the

             
 same old lone

  
liness?
              
Everybody know

  
s where that i

s
         
We built that 

house of his
         
And when he's 

not home
              
Someone else w

             
e know always 


is
              
If Heaven's re

     
ally coming ba

ck
              
Hope it has a 


heart attack
              
When they see 

            
how dangerous 

             
it is for a gu

       
y like that
              
And the night 

             
has always kno

             
wn when it's t

ime to get goi

ng
            
When it's real

              
ly been so lon

             
g that it star

   
ts showing
             
It's always ho

             
w that goes, a

lways almost
             
Tells me the s

     
ecret
             
And how there'

            
s really no di

fference
       
In who he was 

once
            
And who he's b

       
ecome
              
I think he's b

    
een letting me

 win
           
Think he's doi

ng it again
            
Thanks for let

            
ting me win
              
And everything

             
 you hated me 

    
for
              
Honey, there i

         
s so much more
             
I just didn't 

           
get busted
              
I just didn't 

            
get busted


[Chorus]
              
I ain't lookin

            
g for an easy 

    
way out
            
This whole lif

              
e has been abo

 
ut
            
Try and try an

  
d try
            
Try and try an

  
d try
              
To be simple a

   
gain
              
Just be simple

     
 again
            
Just be simple

          
 again