EI (022100@1)ain't nothin' but a simple man
     DThey (xx0232@1)call me a redneck I reckon that I am
            ABut (x02220@1)there's things going on 
                             EThat (022100@1)make me mad down to the core.

I have to work like a dog to make ends meet
        DThere's (xx0232@1)crooked politicians and crime in the street
        A (x02220@1)                                        EAnd (022100@1)I'm madder'n hell and I ain't gonna take it no more.
EWe (022100@1)tell our kids to just say no 
          DThen (xx0232@1)some panty waist judge lets a drug dealer go
A (x02220@1)                                                          ESlaps (022100@1)him on the wrist and then he turns him back out on the town. 
ENow (022100@1)if I had my way with people sellin' dope
           DI'd (xx0232@1)take a big tall tree and a short piece of rope
    A (x02220@1)                                                  EI'd (022100@1)hang 'em up high and let 'em swing 'til the sun goes down
          DWell, (xx0232@1)you know what's wrong with the world today
APeople (x02220@1)done gone and put their Bible's away 
        D (xx0232@1)                      A (x02220@1)                       EThey're (022100@1)living by the law of the jungle not the law of the land
DThe (xx0232@1)good book says it so I know it's the truth 
AAn (x02220@1)eye for and eye and a tooth for a tooth
           E (022100@1)                    DYou (xx0232@1)better watch where you go and remember where you been
A (x02220@1)                                  EThat's (022100@1)the way I see it I'm a Simple Man.
ENow (022100@1)I'm the kinda man that'd not harm a mouse
         DBut (xx0232@1)if I catch somebody breakin in my house
         A (x02220@1)                                       EI've (022100@1)got twelve guage shotgun waiting on the other side
ESo (022100@1)don't go pushing me against my will 
        DI (xx0232@1)don't want to have to fight you but I dern sure will
  A (x02220@1)                                                          ESo (022100@1)if you don't want trouble then you'd better just pass me on by
EAs (022100@1)far as I'm concerned there ain't no excuse
        DFor (xx0232@1)the raping and the killing and the child abuse
    A (x02220@1)                                      EAnd (022100@1)I've got a way to put an end to all that mess
EJust (022100@1)take them rascals out in the swamp 
DPut (xx0232@1)'em on their knees and tie 'em to a stump
        A (x02220@1)                                             ELet (022100@1)the rattlers and the bugs and the alligators do the rest
    DYou (xx0232@1)know what's wrong with the world today
APeople (x02220@1)done gone and put their Bible's away 
        D (xx0232@1)                      A (x02220@1)                       EThey're (022100@1)living by the law of the jungle not the law of the land
 DThe (xx0232@1)Good Book says it so I know it's the truth 
AAn (x02220@1)eye for and eye and a tooth for a tooth
E (022100@1)                               DYou (xx0232@1)better watch where you go and remember where you been
A (x02220@1)                                  EThat's (022100@1)the way I see it I'm a Simple Man