Misc Musicals – The Spongebob Squarepants Musical - Just A Simple Sponge (Guitar)

C
Sure, I spend my days floating around

G
Head in the bubbles and my feet on the ground

C
But there is more to me than just my name

G
Give me a chance and I could change the game

C
And maybe one day Mr. Krabs will say

G
"The Krusty Krab's yours, it's your lucky day"

C
That is what I've always wanted,

G                                   C
Then I can finally say I've done it

C
Let me have adventure

C                  G
Be a contender and more ('Cause you're not a simple sponge)

C                                            G
I wish he'd see I'm not just the sponge next door (No, you're not a simple sponge)

C
There's gotta be a better way,

         G
a way to save this town I love

    C                                    G
But how can I stop the end of the world?

                          C
Am I just a simple sponge?

C
(No you're not a simple sponge)

C
(No you're not a simple sponge)

C
So what if I'm a sponge? It's what I wanna be

G
There isn't anyone who stretches me

C
Employee of the month two years in a row

G
Undisputed master of my own dojo

C                            G
And everyone here knows that they can depend

C
On this expert jellyfisher who's a trusted friend

      G
I can eat a lot of ice cream,

C                             Em Am G
I can even play my nose like [flute trill]

C
Let me have adventure

C                  G
Be a contender and more ('Cause your not a simple sponge)

C                                    G
Can't he see I'm not just the sponge next door? (No, you're not a simple-)

Em                            C
I wish that I could turn back time

C       G                      C
I never thought my world could end

             G                       C D
I only wanna hang out with my friends

C                    D           G
But fear, I fear, is dragging us down

                C
And now there's panic that's run amok

      E      F
In my simple town

             C  F
(No, no, no, no)

G
No!

             D
Just give me adventure

D                  A
Be a contender and more ('Cause your not a simple sponge)

D                   Bm                   A
I will show I'm not just the sponge next door (No, you're not a simple sponge)

D                A
I'm gonna find a better way,

D        A
a way to save this life I love

A     D                 A
And I am gonna stop the end of the-

Am                       Dm
No! You're just a simple sponge

       F                 E
You're wrong, Mr. Krabs. I'll find a way to stop that volcano from erupting!

Am                     Dm
You are still a simple sponge

         F                         Am
I'll use science, like Sandy said. I'm gonna need her on the team!

                            Dm
'Cause you're just a simple sponge

                      Am
And Patrick too; he's super strong!

                   Dm
Yes, a very simple sponge

                                   D                A
Well, I'm not sure what my thing is, but that won't stop me.

                    E                              B
No I'm not a simple sponge (Let me have adventure, Be a contender and more)

                  E                                                      B
I am not a simple sponge (I'll make him see I'm not just the sponge next door)

E
Now at last, I have found a way,

E        B
A way to save this town I love

         G
I am not

A        B
A simple sponge