Glen Campbell – Simple Things (Guitar)

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1992 album Wings Of Victory Intro G# D# Bb D# Bb Verse 1
D#
Telephones ringing jet planes a leaving

G#
Another deadline to beat

Fm                      Gm
Driven by desire to get all I ever needed

    C#                              G#   
But still my life seemed incomplete
Verse 2
    D#
The crazy schedule the constant shuffle

G#
A Workin' late every night

Fm                                  Gm
The race that I was runnin' left me tired and empty

      G#
There wasn't any rest in sight
Pre-Chorus 1
    Bb
The pleasures of wealth 

           B
Mixed with dreams of greater glory

     Cm                         B
Once all my eyes could ever see....

  Bb              Gm      G#
I used to hear me say the busier the better

                             C#          D#      Bb
But in these later days I've got another song to sing
Chorus 1
                       D#               Bb
Thank you Lord for the simple things in life

            D#          F       Gm
Like summer breeze on a starlit night

G#
Oh I thought I knew the joy that I would never find

Bb                     D#               Bb
Thank you Lord for the simple things in life

                         F         Gm
Like a happy home with a wonderful wife

G#                                   D#
Oh I never knew the joy that I could find

                      Cm   D# F D#
In the simple things.....
Verse 3 Friendly chatter the sounds of laughter
     G#
At a backyard barbecue

Fm                  Gm
Children saying the darndest things

      G#
Like "daddy I love you"
Pre-Chorus 2
    Bb
The pleasures of wealth 

           B
Mixed with dreams of greater glory

     Cm                         B
Once all my eyes could ever see.....

  D#              Cm                 G#
I used to hear me say the busier the better

                             C#          G#      Bb
But in these later days I've got another song to sing
Chorus 2
                       D#               Bb
Thank you Lord for the simple things in life

            D#          F       Gm
Like summer breeze on a starlit night

G#
Oh I thought I knew the joy that I would never find

Bb                     D#               Bb
Thank you Lord for the simple things in life

             D#          F         Gm
Like a happy home with a wonderful wife

G#                  D#
Oh I never knew the joy that I could find

       Bb                                  F G# F Bb B
In the simple things  Oh the simple things
Outro
B                      E                B
Thank you Lord for the simple things in life

                        G#m
Like summer breeze on a starlit night

A                       B                E 
Oh I thought I knew the joy that I would never find

B                      E                B
Thank you Lord for the simple things in life

             E                     G#m
Like a happy home with a wonderful wife

A                              E  
Oh I never knew the joy that I could find

       B  
In the simple things

E                    B  E
Oh the simple things
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