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The Easy Ones

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1/6

Tempo 80 BPMVol

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[Intro]
D G D
D G D
[Verse 1]
You Dcan’t just love Gthe easy Dones
You Dcan’t just love Gthe easy Dones
You’ve got to Alet them in when you’d Grather just run
You Gcan’t just love Athe easy Dones
[Verse 2]
You Dcan’t just play Gthe simple Dsongs
You Dcan’t just play Gthe simple Dsongs
You gotta Aknuckle down ’til your Gfingers are raw
You Gcan’t just Aplay the simple Dsongs
[Chorus 1]
When Em7I   A7sus4can    Gface the A4ones Aadd4/C#I        G/Bfear
GIt’ll all become AclearD  
Oh when Em7I   A7sus4em  -  Gbrace the A4ones Aadd4/C#I        G/Bfear
GIt’ll all become AclearD  
[Verse 3]
You Dcan’t just walk Gthe shortest Droad
You Dcan’t just walk Gthe shortest Droad
You’ve got to Astraighten your back ‘neath the Gheaviest load
You Gcan’t just Awalk the shortest Droad
[Chorus 2]
When Em7I   A7sus4can    Gface the A4ones Aadd4/C#I        G/Bfear
GIt’ll all become AclearD  
Oh when Em7I   A7sus4em  -  Gbrace the A4ones Aadd4/C#I        G/Bfear
GIt’ll all become AclearD  
[Bridge]
EmFor all the suffering souls beAside meAsus4  
Em7I pray lA7sus4ove will gGuide me
EmI pray love will Aguide me home
[Interlude]
D G D
D G D
A G
G A D
[Verse 4]
You Dcan’t just love Gthe easy Dones
You Dcan’t just love Gthe easy Dones
You’ve got to Alet them in deep when you’d Grather just run
You Gcan’t just loAve the easy oneDs
    G  Em7  G/B      A4   Aadd4/C#
e|--3--3----3--A7sus4--3-----------------------------------------------|
B|--3--3----3----3-----------------------------------------------|
G|--0--0----0----0---2----2-------------------------------------|
D|--0--0----0----2---0----0--------------------------------------|
A|--2--2----2----0---0----4--------------------------------------|
E|--3--0---------------------------------------------------------|
There are a few embellishments on the chords:
On the third line of the verse, the A is embellished by pinky on 4th string/4th fret (Asus2)
and the G is embellished by the forefinger on the 4th string/2nd fret (Gsus2)
On the word “clear” in the chorus the A is embellished by pinky on the 3rd string/4th fret
And on the next D there is a Dsus4

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The Easy Ones

by Glen Phillips

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Em7

A7sus4

Aadd4/C#

G/B

Asus4

[Intro]

D G D

[Verse 1]

D G D

You can’t just love the easy ones

D G D

You can’t just love the easy ones

A G

You’ve got to let them in when you’d rather just run

G A D

You can’t just love the easy ones

[Verse 2]

D G D

You can’t just play the simple songs

D G D

You can’t just play the simple songs

A G

You gotta knuckle down ’til your fingers are raw

G A D

You can’t just play the simple songs

[Chorus 1]

Em7 A7sus4 G A4 Aadd4/C# G/B

When I can face the ones I fear

G A D

It’ll all become clear

Em7 A7sus4 G A4 Aadd4/C# G/B

Oh when I em - brace the ones I fear

G A D

It’ll all become clear

[Verse 3]

D G D

You can’t just walk the shortest road

D G D

You can’t just walk the shortest road

A G

You’ve got to straighten your back ‘neath the heaviest load

G A D

You can’t just walk the shortest road

[Chorus 2]

Em7 A7sus4 G A4 Aadd4/C# G/B

When I can face the ones I fear

G A D

It’ll all become clear

Em7 A7sus4 G A4 Aadd4/C# G/B

Oh when I em - brace the ones I fear

G A D

It’ll all become clear

[Bridge]

Em A Asus4

For all the suffering souls beside me

Em7 A7sus4 G

I pray love will guide me

Em A

I pray love will guide me home

[Interlude]

D G D

A G

G A D

[Verse 4]

D G D

You can’t just love the easy ones

D G D

You can’t just love the easy ones

A G

You’ve got to let them in deep when you’d rather just run

G A D

You can’t just love the easy ones

G Em7 G/B A4 Aadd4/C#

A7sus4

e|--3--3----3----3-----------------------------------------------|

B|--3--3----3----3-----------------------------------------------|

G|--0--0----0----0---2----2-------------------------------------|

D|--0--0----0----2---0----0--------------------------------------|

A|--2--2----2----0---0----4--------------------------------------|

E|--3--0---------------------------------------------------------|

There are a few embellishments on the chords:

On the third line of the verse, the A is embellished by pinky on 4th string/4th fret (Asus2)

and the G is embellished by the forefinger on the 4th string/2nd fret (Gsus2)

On the word “clear” in the chorus the A is embellished by pinky on the 3rd string/4th fret

And on the next D there is a Dsus4

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