Chords for To a Simple Life- Nanci Griffith

[G] This next song is a tune that I co-wrote with [D] beautiful and talented and [E] wonderful
Grand Ole [Gm] Opry star singer-songwriter Elizabeth Cook.
[E] _ _
[A] It's a song that we wrote about [G] mother's
dreams and our [D] own dreams for our mothers _ [E] and it was kind of ironic _ [Db] and very sad but at the same
time my mother passed away the day after _ Elizabeth and I wrote this song and [Ab] she [Gm] had passed away from
ALS so her passing was somewhat [N] of a blessing _ and I just felt like she was just waiting for
this song to be written _ and [F] _
[Em] Elizabeth _ [N] shared her mother with me for the next three years after we
wrote the song and Elizabeth's mommy and daddy were [G] bootleggers in the panhandle of Florida
[Dm] _ so I was [Eb] never without _
[A] _ and _ [N] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ I just I figured my mother was probably happy to see her when she
got up yonder because [E]
there she was up there with all the [Cm] teetotalers like Governor Ann Richards
and Molly [E] Ibbins and you know just [F] all of those people [G] that well maybe they they took it back up
again [Ab] once they got up [G] yonder but I figured that they're both in good company [C] up yonder and
[G] and for all of our mothers and _ if _ _ [E] you if you no longer have your mother you know [Ab] what table she's
sitting at [G] up yonder and and [Ebm] if you do still have your [N] mother next time you see her don't forget to
grab her and hug her and tell her how much you love her [D] to a simple I [G] _ _
want a simple life
_ _ [C] _
like [G] my mother _ _
and one true _ love for my [D] old _ _ _ ears I don't want [G] _ _ yours [C] _
to take [G] my children _ I want a simple _ life
[D] _ _
while [G] I'm here _ _
_ [D] sun and moon walking hand in [G] hand _ _ together _
_ [D] fading _ _ glistens shining [G] on the _ trail _ _ _ [Em] while the _ _ _ _ moon's [G] out of the ocean _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ I _ want a simple life _ _ [Em] _ _
like [G] my _ mother _
a bunch of _ _ love from [D] my old _ _ ears I don't [G] want yours _ [C] to _ take [G] my _ children _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
while [G] I'm here _ _
_ [D] we _ all seek comfort [G] in the light of day _ _ [D] and our _ tears can wash off [G] in the _ _ rain _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
it's [G] all around _ _ us
_ [D] _ in simple _ time in simple [G] _ _ _ way _
_ [D] _ [Em] _ not a nature calls _ _ [D] _ whispering our thoughts so [G] fast we choose [C] to cross walk [D] one more _ day
I want a simple [G] _ life
_ [Em] _ _
like [G] my _ mother _ _
_ for _ _ _ _ my [D] old _ _ ears I don't want [G] _ _ _ _ [C] yours
to take [G] my _ children I want a simple _ _ _ [D] life _
_ [G] while I'm here _ _ [Em] I want a simple [G] _ life [D] _ _ _
while [G] I'm here _ _
thank _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ [N] you _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _