Bouncing Souls
Simple Man
Anchors Aweigh
2003
Submitted by: jeremyunderground41@yahoo.com

Key: E

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:
E -   022100
B -   x24442
C#m - x46654
A -   x02220
G#m - 466444


Verse 1:
E             B
  I see lives crash like waves
E               A
  on the shore again and again
E               B
  In an endless cycle of joy
    A   G#m  E
and pain   Inside one day your
      B              A
whole life can change innocence
          E
torn away Trust gives way
B               A  E
  to a thicker skin A shield
     B    E
from pain? or a trap that
A              E
keeps it all in. They tried
            B
to break me down I had
          A
to break away I woke up
E
from that nightmare
B
  to start another
A      E B A E B A
day whoa
   E B A E B A
whoa


Interlude:
E B C#m A Bx2


Chorus 1:
E                     B
  I wanna be a simple man
with a little peace of
C#m                A
mind Live a simple life
B                 E
in a place that's kind 
I wanna be a simple man
with a little peace of
C#m                A
mind Live a simple life
B                 E(hold)
in a place that's kind


Verse 2:
E             B
  I see lives crash
          E
like waves on the shore
 A
again and again
E               B
  In an endless cycle
           A   G#m
of joy and pain
E          B
  No poetry No symmetry
A
  nothing left inside of
        E
me What happened to that
B      A
feeling of invincibility?
E                  B
  Broken up caught under
         E
the load Broken down
       B
by the side of the road
E
  They tried to break me
B                    A
down I had to break away
          E
I woke up from that nightmare
B                  A
  to start another day
   E B A E B A
whoa
   E B A E B A
whoa


Interlude:
E B C#m A B x2


Chorus 2:
E                     B
  I wanna be a simple man
with a little peace of
C#m                A
mind Live a simple life
B                 E   B C#m A B
in a place that's kind 

E B C#m A B
E B C#m A B 


Chorus 3:
E                     B
  I wanna be a simple man
with a little peace of
C#m                A
mind Live a simple life
B                 E(hold)
in a place that's kind