Simple days Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D][Em][G][Asus4][D][Em][G][Asus4]
[D][Em][Gsus2][D][Em][Gsus2]
[Asus4][D]
I [Em]was born on the north side of a

[Verse 1]
[G]mid- western tow[Asus4]n
[D]There was nin[Em]e of us living in a[G]
three- bedroom [Asus4]house, ye[G]ah
[D]Didn't[Em] have much money but[G]
[Gsus2]we made do[Asus4]
'Cause [D]mama [Em]worked all day long
and [G]daddy [Asus4]did too[G]

[Verse 2]
[Bm]Did all they could,
[D]made sure [F#m]we had clothes and food
[Em]Went to public schools and we[G]
followed public [Asus4]rules
We [Bm]used second hand [D]books, but [F#m]oh,
I didn't mind the books
[Em]Mama taught us early in life
[Bm]Everybody's gotta [Asus4]struggle sometime

[Verse 3]
[D]Bring bac[Em]k those simple times
[G]of [Asus4]yesterday
When a [D]man was [Em]a man
And a [G]friend was [Asus4]a friend

[Verse 4]
[D]Bring back those sim[Em]ple times of[G]
[Asus4]yesterday (yesterday)
When you [D]said what you [Em]meant
And you [G]meant what you [Asus4]said[D]
Had a [Em]friend named Bobby,

[Verse 5]
[G]
who always kept his [Asus4]word[Gsus2]
[D]We went through [Em]schoolyard fights,
had a [G]thing for pretty [Asus4]girls, ye[Gsus2]ah
[D]Didn't cost much mon[Em]ey to
[G]see the picture [Asus4]show
So we [D]hopped the [Em]bus
into town
That's where [G]all the girlies
used to go [Asus4]sit[G]

[Verse 6]
[Bm]Fifty cents would buy us y[D]eah,[F#m]
popcorn for two
'Cause [Em]Bobby's girl, she worked there
And some[Asus4]times she'd
[G]break the rules, yes
[Asus4]And picni[Bm]cs in the summer
would[F#m]n't wake up 'til noon
And [Em]even though Bobby's gone now
I can [Bm]still hear him laugh
[A]in the mid[Asus4]dle of June[D]
Bring back those [Em]simple times of

[Verse 7]
[G]
yesterday
[Asus4]When a man [D]was a ma[Em]n (hey)
And a [G]friend was [Asus4]a friend
(was a [D]friend, yeah)
Bring back those [Em]simple times of

[Verse 8]
[G]
[Asus4]yesterday (yesterday)
When you [D]said [Em]what you meant
And you [Gsus2]meant wha[G]t you
[Asus4]said

[Verse 9]
[F#m]Sometimes I sit, I wonder
I reminisce,
I think of [Em]all the good times
That [Asus4]we had in our li[A]ves
[F#m](ah, ooh)

[Verse 10]
Sometimes I can't get over, oh
How wonderful those days
were [Em]back in our lives
[Bm]Simple days [A]for sim[Asus4]ple
times
[D][Em][G][Asus4]

[Verse 11]
[D]
[Em]Bring back those
simple times of yesterday
[G]When a man was a man (oh)
And a friend [Asus4](woo) was a friend [D](was a friend,
yeah)
Bring [Em]back those simple times of

[Verse 12]
[G]
[Asus4]yesterday (yesterday)
When you [D]said [Em]what you meant (when you
say what mean)
[G]And you meant what you
[Asus4]said (hey)

[Verse 13]
[D](Bring it back now)
Bring [Em]back those simple times of [G](simple times
of) yesterday [Asus4](yesterday)
When [D]a man w[Em]as
a man (man was a man)
And a [G]friend was a friend [Asus4](a friend was a friend,
[D]yeah)
Bring [Em]back those simple times of

[Verse 14]
[G]
[Asus4]yesterday (yesterday)
When you [D]said what
[Em]you meant (hey)
And you [G]meant what you [Asus4]said

[Verse 15]
Oh [D]yeah, bring [Em]back those simple times
[G]of yester[Asus4]day (yeah, yeah)
When a [D]man [Em]was a man
(a man was a man)
And a [G]friend was [Asus4]a friend
[D](was a friend)
Bring [Em]back those simple times of

[Verse 16]
[G]
yester[Asus4]day (yeah, yeah)
When you [D]said what you [Em]meant
(what you mean)
And you [G]meant what you [Asus4]said
(mean what you say)

[Verse 17]
Bring back those simple times of
yesterday
When a man was a man
And a friend was a friend