Simple Man Guitar Chords For Beginners

Simple Man Guitar Chords

Lynard Skynard - Simple Man

Tuned down half step (D# G# C# F# A# D#)

 Intro:

 C  G Am Am  C G Am Am

 C  G Am Am  C G Am Am

 Verse

                          C        G                     Am              Am

Well, Mama told me,  when I was young.

                                 C           G           Am                      Am

Come sit down beside me,  my only son.

                        C     G                   Am           Am

And listen closely,   to what I say.

                     C                  G            Am                       Am

And if you do this, it'll help you, some sunny day.  Oh yeah!

C G Am Am  C G Am Am

Verse

                           C    G             Am             Am

Oh, take your time,  don't live too fast.

                             C   G            Am              Am

Troubles will come,  and they will pass.

                     C        G              Am                  Am

Go find a woman, and you'll find love.

                         C                              G             Am                         Am

And don't forget son, there is someone up above.

 Chorus

                   C   G         Am          Am

And be a simple  kind of man.

                    C          G                         Am                 Am

Oh, be something,  you love and understand.

                     C     G        Am                    Am

Baby, be a simple  kind of man.

                           C            G             Am                       Am

Oh, won't you do this for me son, if you can?

C G Am Am C G Am Am

Verse

                       C   G                 Am              Am

Forget your lust,  for rich man's gold,

                      C       G        Am                Am

All that you need,  is in your soul.

                        C         G                     Am                Am

And you can do this, oh baby,  if you try.

                    C                      G                  Am                        Am

All that I want for you my son, is to be satisfied.

Chorus

                   C   G         Am          Am

And be a simple  kind of man.

                    C          G                         Am                 Am

Oh, be something,  you love and understand.

                     C     G        Am                    Am

Baby, be a simple  kind of man.

                           C            G             Am                       Am

Oh, won't you do this for me son, if you can?

Oh yes, I will.

Solo:

 C G Am Am  C G Am Am

 C G Am Am C G Am Am

Verse

                            C       G                   Am         Am

Boy, don't you worry,  you'll find yourself.

                         C     G                Am                 Am

Follow your heart,  and nothing else.

                      C            G                   Am             Am

You can do this,  oh baby,  if you try.

                    C                             G             Am                 Am

All that I want for you my son, is to be satisfied.

Chorus

                   C   G         Am          Am

And be a simple  kind of man.

                    C          G                         Am                 Am

Oh, be something,  you love and understand.

                     C     G        Am                    Am

Baby, be a simple  kind of man.

                           C            G             Am                       Am

Oh, won't you do this for me son, if you can?

                                       C   G         Am          Am   C (hold)

 Baby, be a simple, be a simple man

Kaira Cook wrote:

My dad had a stroke and can't play guitar anymore. He would always play this so I wanna learn it for his birthday.

Copenhagen WROTE:

Trying to learn this song right now. I want simple man to be the first song I learn on guitar. but first I have to get all the chords down

borjarr wrote:

So I just learned this and the intro, now... what shal i do know? play the intro and keep repeating the next part?

TBMA The Black Medicine Artist wrote:

This is my first song i decided to learn on acoustic.  also my first chords learned.  Thank you!.  I sent a video response to what i came up with haha.

gh0ul666 wrote:

rythm is sadly one of my major weaknesses can someone tell me the exact strum pattern he uses when he plays it as a whole at the end? :(

Do Research wrote:

For me, I find the best way to do the walk-down of Notes from the: C-Chord to the G-Chord is to use my 2nd finger for both the 4th string and the 5th string; it leaves my hand in the best position to play the G-Chord. Instead of having to move my 2nd finger down a fret and up a string (if I keep the C-Chord-shape), I've already moved it down to the 3rd fret when I played the C-Note on the 5th string (A-string). So now, I only have to move my 2nd finger up a string and it's in position on the 6th string, 3rd fret (G-Note on the E-String )to play the G-Chord.

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LightGesture wrote: I add a few notes into it, I guess it's too hard for me to do it without the added note First lick , I add an E note (D-string, 2nd fret) after the A, B, C Second lick , I then add a G note (e-string) after the E, D, C Third lick , I then add a G note (A-string) after the E, D, C So it's like this: A, B, C, E Strum-C VVV V/\V (1, 2, 3, And Up, (pluck)) E, D, C, G Strum-G VVV V/\V E, D, C, G Strum-Am VVV V/\, VVV V/\, VVV V/\