How Will I Ever Be Simple Again Chords by Richard Thompson

[C] Oh, she danced in the street with [F] the guns [C] all around her
Huddled on like a rag doll barefoot in [G] the rain _
_ _ [C] And she sang like a child [F] to her dad, to [C] her daddy
Oh, how will I [Am] ever [G] be simple [C] again?
She _ [F] _
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sat by the banks of the [F] Doughty Gray [C] River
And tried for a fish with a worm on a [G] pin _
There _ [C] was nothing but fever [F] and ghosts in [C] the water
Oh, how will I [Am] ever [G] be simple [C] again? _ _ _ _
_ [F] War was my love and [C] my friend and companion _
[F] And what did I care for [C] the pretty [G] and plain? _
_ _ [C] But her smile was so clear and [F] my heart [C] was so troubled
Oh, how will I ever be [G] simple [C] again?
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her poor burnt-out house, [F] her sat at the [C] table
Oh, the smell of her hair was like [G] cornfields in May _ _
And [C] I wanted to weep and [F] my eyes [C] ached from trying
Oh, how will I ever [G] be simple _
[C] again? _ _ _
[F] So graceful she moved through the [C] dust and the _ ruin
[F] And happy she was in her [C] dances [G] and games _
Oh, _ [C] teaching me to see with [F] your _
[C] inausentized love
Oh, how will I ever [Am] be [G] simple [C] again?
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[C] Oh, how will [Am] I ever [G] be simple [C] again?
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