Simple Man Chords by The Charlie Daniels Band

[Start]

[Intro]
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[Verse]
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We're gonna do a song for you right now
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That was a title song off of an album
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That we did some time ago
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And when that song first came out
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I got some flack for doing this tune
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I got called some names
            
I dont' care
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I ain't nothin' but a simple man
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They call me a redneck I reckon that I am
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But there's things going on
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Make me mad down to the core
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I have to work like a dog to make ends meet
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And there's crooked politicians and crime in the street
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And I'm madder'n hell
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And I ain't gon' take it no more ■     ■
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We tell our kids to just say No
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Then some pantywaist judge lets a drug dealer go
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Slaps him on the wrist
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And turns him back out on the town
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If I had my way with people sellin' dope
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I'd take a big tall tree and a short piece of rope
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I'd hang 'em up high and let 'em swing
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'til the sun goes down ■


[Chorus]
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And you know what's wrong with the world today
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People done gone put their Bibles away
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And they're living by the law of the jungle
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Not the law of the land
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And the Good Book says it so I know it's the truth
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An eye for and eye and a tooth for a tooth
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You better watch where you goin'
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Remember where you been
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That's the way I see it I'm a simple man ■


[Verse]
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I'm the kinda man wouldn't harm a mouse
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But if I catch somebody breakin' in my house
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Got twelve gauge shotgun awaitin' on the other side
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So don't go pushing me against my will
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I don't want to have to fight you but I darn sure will
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You don't want trouble
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Then you'd better just pass me on by
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As far as I'm concerned there ain't no excuse
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For the raping and the killing and the child abuse
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And I've got a way to put an end to all of that mess
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You just take them rascals out in the swamp
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You put 'em on their knees and tie 'em to a stump
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Let the rattlers and the bugs and the alligators do the rest


[Chorus]
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And you know what's wrong with the world today
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People done gone put their Bibles away
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And they're living by the law of the jungle
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Not the law of the land
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And the Good ■  Book says it so I know it's the truth
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An eye for and eye and a tooth for a tooth
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You better watch where you goin'
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Remember who you been
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That's the way I see it I'm a simple man
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Better watch where you go
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And remember where you been
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That's the way I see it I'm a simple man
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Thank you
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Thank you kindly
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We're gonna do a song for you right now
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Off of a new album we released a few weeks ago
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Called Road Dogs


[Outro]
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