Simple Life

The One · Elton John

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And the timelBb/Fess flightFs are gone

I'm a yeBb/Far aheFad of myself theEbse days Bb/D

And I'm locomotive strong F

My cBb/Fi- F ty spread like can- Bb/F non fFire

In a yBb/Fellow nervous state F

I can't cuBb/Ft the tieFs that bind mEbe Bb/D

To horoscopes and fate F

And I Eb/Bbwon't brBbeak and I won't Eb/Bb bend Bb

But sEb/Bbome daBby soon we'll sail aBb/Fway F

To innocCence and theC7 bitter endBb/C F F7

And I woEb/Bbn't breBbak and I won't Eb/Bb bend Bb

And with the last Eb/Bb breatBbh we ever takeBb/F F

We're gonna get back to thCe simple life a- C7 gain Bb/C Bb/F F

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When we break out of this blindfold

I'm gonna take you from this place

Until we're free from this ball and chain

I'm still hard behind the eight

My city beats like hammered steel

On a shallow cruel rock

If we could walk proud after midnight

We'd never have to stop