Simple Life Chords by Ricky Skaggs

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_ _ _ _ A simple life [C] is a life for [D] me, [Em] a man and a wife and a [G] family
And the Lord up above [C] knows I'm trying to live [Em] a simple life in a difficult [G] time
_ I used [Am] to sit around [C] fussing at the phone all day, quiet up alone and it made me [D] say
[Em] Never again will [G] I be that way, never again will I be [G] that way
Cause a simple life is a life for me, [Em] a man and [G] a wife and a family
And the Lord up above knows I'm trying to live [Em] a simple [G] life in a difficult time
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[G] _ _ _ _ Well I work six [C] days then I rest for one, cause the old rat race ain't [D] never been won
I sit [C] back and I [G] watch them run, [Em] I kick on back and I watch them run
Cause a simple [C] life is a life for [D] me, a man and a wife and a [G] family
And the Lord up above knows I'm [Em] trying to live a simple life in a difficult time
Simple [C] life in [G] a difficult time
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[Em] Simple life, _ [G] oh, give me that simple _
[Em] life
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[Em] Simple life, oh, [G] give me that simple [D] _
[Em] _ life
[G] A simple life is [D] a life for [Em] me, a man and a wife and a [G] family
And the Lord up above knows [D] I'm [Em] trying to live a simple life in a difficult time
A simple life is a life for me, a man and a wife and a family
[G] Lord up above knows [D] I'm [Em] trying to live a simple [G] life in a difficult time
Simple [D]
[Em] life, _ oh, [G] _ simple [D] life
[Em] _ _ [C] _ _ Simple life is a [D] life for [Em] me, a steak and a knife and a glass of [G] tea
Lord up above [D] knows I'm [Em] trying to live a simple [G] life in a difficult time
Simple [D] life, [Em] _ _ [G] oh, simple _ _
[Em] life
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[G] _ life, oh, give me that simple [D] _
[Em] life
[G] _ A simple life is a [D] life for me, a man and a wife and a family
[G] Lord up above _
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