Simple Words

Song 44 of 52Key of E90 BPMCapo 4

ON THE RECORDReleased 2012

The GROUNDWORK album cover: Wes sitting on loading-dock steps in a leather jacket, the title in big white letters across a brick wall.

Track 8

Key: E
Play it: C shapes, capo 4
Tempo: 90 BPM
Album: GROUNDWORK, track 8
Length: 3:25
The band on the record: Wes Ellis (vocals, acoustic guitar), James McLaughlin (drums, engineering, mix), Mark Graham (bass, engineering), Brian Chenault (electric and acoustic guitars), Grove Miller (keys), Emily Thomas (piano), Scott Hornsberger (keys on Walk With You)
Words & music: Wes Ellis
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CHORDS IN THIS SONG

Shapes with capo 4

C
Em
Am
F
Dm
Cadd9
G
E

Tap any chord in the song to see its shape. The boxes are drawn right-handed; Lefty flips them, which is how I actually play. Use − and + to move the whole song into a key that suits your voice, or tap Capo 4 to see the real chords with no capo.

Intro

Verse One

Finish your cigarette on the outside porch

Drinking wildly 'fore the nighttime starts

When he comes, give him my best regards

Cause, simple words are always true

Verse Two

Cold wind in my face like I'm in flight

Baptized again in the halo of a street light

You wait on the porch, while I walk around all night

Cause, simple words are always true

Verse Three

Momma always said love was a losers game

You'll lose yourself slow, like fire burning in the rain

And you'll do it all over again, and again, and again

Cause, simple words - are always true

Bridge

Let it go, let it go - let - it - go

Each year after this is, Gonna leave you cold

Let it go, you may as well - forget it

Cause you'll never make sense of these - simple words, simple words

Verse Four

Pick up my things, and I head for the door

One last look behind, one last look behind

I smile now, just to keep me off the floor

Cause, simple words - are always true