Simply Put Chords by Fred Hammond

I want to take this time here and dedicate it to the broken. _
_ I want to talk to you for a moment. _ _ _
_ You see, I've been on this Christ walk for [G] a good minute, you know.
_ _ _ [Bm] And I understand that there are some [G] who got the thing figured out and down pat.
[A] _ _ _ [C] But for the rest of us, every now and then, you [D] know, life happens.
[G] And we need to simplify a little bit. _ _ _
This is the reason for this song.
_ _ [C] _
[D] And I hope you hear my heart on [G] it.
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[G] _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [C] _ _
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[G] _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ [C] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ [C] _ _
[D] _ I don't need a knife.
I don't need a knife.
To hide the charge and power.
Or [C] another.
[D] Or another crime.
[G] Rather [C] a new.
[G] New destiny.
_ [Am] _ [G] I'm not looking for another goose [Em] bumps _ [C] sermon.
_ _ _ [A] Or a [D#] word that leaves me passed out [G] on the floor.
_ _ [D] _ [Em] _ _ [C#m] My [A] basic needs are really [Cm] that it's very simple.
_ [G] To know you love _ _ _ [D] [G] me.
[A] You [Cm] like _ me.
_ [G] And [C] I am _
[D] _ _ yours.
[G] _ _ [C] _ _
[D] _ _ _ [G] _ [D] [G] I [C] am [D] yours.
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ [Em] _ _ [D] [C] My life could go on throughout [D] the ages.
_ But I _ _ _ [C] just need the plain and [Em] simple love [D] what's real.
_ _ I [G] _ _ can memorize a quarter million [C] _ _
pages.
_ _ _ [Am] But I'd [D] rather just [G] express the way I [C] feel.
_ [A] I _ tried.
[Gm] I tried [D] so hard.
_ _ [G] The deepest [D] revelation.
_ So [G] I can [D] stand out of the _ nation.
[C] What [G] it means.
_ [D] [C] But I [D] found the greatest _ gift.
[G] _
[D] That can guard _ salvation.
_ [C] _
[D] It is much more simple _ [C] _
[Bm] than [Em] it _ [Am] seems.
[G] So I relinquish all my weary _ [C] _
observations.
_ _ _ [Bm] Leave [Cm] my so-called sacred [Dm] knowledge at the [G] _
_ _ [D] [G] door.
_ [A] Free your _ vigilance from every single [Cm] _
question.
_ [Dm] _ [G] You said you love me.
You said [D] you [G] love me [Cm] Jesus.
You like me.
_ [G] And I am [E] yours.
_ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _
[D] Help me make it [G] through these [G] changes.
I am _
[D] _ _ yours.
[G] _ [C] _ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ [Em] My [D] [C] life _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] could _ go on [Bm] throughout [C] the ages.
But I just need the plain and simple [Em] love [D] what's real.
_ _ _ [G] I can _ memorize a quarter million [C] _
pages.
_ _ _ _ [Am] But I'd rather [G] just express the way I feel. _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [Em] [Am] All those complicated _ [Bm] [G] things that know the meaning.
_ _ [D] _ _ [Am] So I'd rather [G] keep it simple, keep it real.
_ _ [D] _ _ Yes, [Am] I'm done [D] with all the [G] things that make it _ [Em] _
difficult.
[Cm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ You love me.
You love me.
[A] You like me.
You like [G] me.
_ It's simple, I know, please forgive me for [Cm] asking.
But life can be [A] so confusing.
[G] _
So I lift up [D] my [G] hands like a child [A] to Father.
[Cm] To hear it one more time [C] that [G] I am [C] yours.
[G] _ _ Thank _ [B] _ _ _ _ [F] you Jesus. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ You love [D] me.
_ [G] Thank you Jesus.
_ [D] _
You like me.
_ [C] _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ [G] Gloria, _ _ [Dm]
Gloria, _ you [A] like me. _
_ [D] _ _ You know where the Lord is concerned I get a little bit needy.
[A] _ _ [G] _ _ _
[Cm] And I [Am] am yours.
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