Misc Musicals – Pippin - Simple Joys (Bass Tab)

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
  Sweet summer...                    Sharing your...
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[Pre-chorus]
  Simple joys...
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[Chorus]
  Rather be a...      crab on a...         man who never learns...
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  dead...
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[Verse 2]
  Well I'll sing...                   He had wealth...
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[Pre-chorus]
  His life seemed...    flat...                Aren't you glad...    that...             
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[Verse 3]
   ran from all the things...          out into the country...
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[Pre-chorus]
  He wanted...         green...             We all could...    scene...             
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[Verse 4]
  Sweet summer...                    Gaining a lover...
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[Pre-chorus]
  Simple joys...
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A|-7-7-----7-7------5-5-----5-5-----|
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[Chorus]
  Rather be a...      crab on a...         a newt on the...     
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[Chorus]
  man who never learns...       ground...
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[Verse 4]
  Sweet summer...                    Feasting your belly...
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[Pre-chorus]
  Simple joys...
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[Chorus]
  Rather be a...    crab on a...        a newt on the...      a fig on a...
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  man who never... not till the day..
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[Outro] 
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