{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":677986,"song":"Simple Man","artist":"The Charlie Daniels Band","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/677986-simple-man-chords-by-the-charlie-daniels-band/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/677986?type=chord","rating":4.79441,"votes":437,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nI ain't nothin' but a simple man[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey call me a redneck I reckon that I am[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut there's things going on [/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThat make me mad down to the core.[/tab]\r\n\r\nI have to work like a dog to make ends meet\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThere's crooked politicians and crime in the street[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]                                          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd I'm madder'n hell and I ain't gonna take it no more.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nWe tell our kids to just say no [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThen some panty waist judge lets a drug dealer go[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                                            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSlaps him on the wrist and then he turns him back out on the town. [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nNow if I had my way with people sellin' dope[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI'd take a big tall tree and a short piece of rope[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                                                    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI'd hang 'em up high and let 'em swing 'til the sun goes down[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell, you know what's wrong with the world today[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nPeople done gone and put their Bible's away [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]A[/ch]                         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThey're living by the law of the jungle not the law of the land[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe good book says it so I know it's the truth [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nAn eye for and eye and a tooth for a tooth[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]E[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou better watch where you go and remember where you been[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThat's the way I see it I'm a Simple Man.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nNow I'm the kinda man that'd not harm a mouse[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut if I catch somebody breakin in my house[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]                                         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI've got twelve guage shotgun waiting on the other side[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nSo don't go pushing me against my will [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI don't want to have to fight you but I dern sure will[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]A[/ch]                                                            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSo if you don't want trouble then you'd better just pass me on by[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nAs far as I'm concerned there ain't no excuse[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFor the raping and the killing and the child abuse[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                                        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd I've got a way to put an end to all that mess[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nJust take them rascals out in the swamp [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nPut 'em on their knees and tie 'em to a stump[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]                                               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nLet the rattlers and the bugs and the alligators do the rest[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou know what's wrong with the world today[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nPeople done gone and put their Bible's away [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]A[/ch]                         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThey're living by the law of the jungle not the law of the land[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe Good Book says it so I know it's the truth [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nAn eye for and eye and a tooth for a tooth[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou better watch where you go and remember where you been[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThat's the way I see it I'm a Simple Man[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI have to work like a dog to make ends meet\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["E","D","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}