"Simple Man" 
Lynyrd Skynyrd

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tuned 1/2 step down 
(Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb)

Key:
/ - slide
> - hammer on
^ - full bend
` - half bend
v - vibrato
. - let ring



Intro: (clean) x2
|-------------------------------------------------------------3------|
|-------------1-------------------------------1---------1-------1----|
|-------0-------0---0---------0---------2-------2---2-----2----------|
|---------2-------2-----0-------0---0-----2-------2---------2--------|
|-0-2-3-----3-------------2-------2---0-----0---------0-----------0-2|
|---------------------3-----3----------------------------------------|

Then this along with the intro: (clean) x2
|-----------------------------------------------------------3--------|
|-----------1-------------------------------1-------1-----------1----|
|-------0-------0---0-------0-----------2-------2-------2------------|
|---------2-------2-----0-------0---0-----2-------2-------2----------|
|-0-2-3-------------------2-------2---0---------------------------0-2|
|---------------------3----------------------------------------------|

Then both of those riffs plus this: (light distortion)
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------2-------------------------------------------------|
|-0-2-3------3--------------------2-0------0-----0--0------0------0-2|
|--------------------3-------3---------------------------------------|


Verse:
The clean riffs play along with eachother 4 times


Interlude: (Heavy distortion) x2
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-0-2--3------5b7r5-3---------5b7r5-3-(0)----------------------------|
|----------------------3---------------5-----0--3--0--3//5-------0---|


Verse 2: Same as first verse


Chorus: (Heavy Distortion) x4
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--10-----------10\5--5-----------5---7-----------------7--------x---|
|--10-----------10\5--5-----------5---7-----------------7--------x---|
|--8------------8\\3--3-----------3---5----------0-3-0--5--------x---|


Verse 3: same as other verses

Chorus: same as first chorus

Solo: Over the chords Ab, Cb,and Gb
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------5-7--7^vvvvvvvvvvvv--7^7-5--7-----------------7^7-5-----------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------7....-|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

|--------------8-----------------------------------------------------|
|----8-10-10------10----------20---------20--------------------------|
|-/9--------------------17-19-19^vvvvvvv---19^19--17--19----19^19-17-|
|--------------------/19---------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

|----------------17--19``20``20^`21--20^----17--------------------------------------------17--|
|---20`22vvvvv-17-----------------------------17--20`22vvvvvvv--20^20-17-20-------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------19`21----|
|-19------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|---------------17--------------17---------17----------------|
|-20`-------------20`-------------20`----17--17-20`----------|
|---------19`21vv---------1921vv-------------------------5-7-|
|------------------------------------------------------7-----|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|

|--------------------------------------5------------------------------------------------|
|--------------10-----------------------5--8`10vvvv-------------------------------------|
|-7^`9vvvvvv--------7^7---5-7^7vvvv-7`--------------------------------------------17-19-|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------17-17>19-------|
|--------------------------------------------------------15-17--17/19-19----------------|
|----------------------------------------------------/17--------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------20---------------20-------------20`22vvvvvvv--8--------------------|
|-19`21vvvv---------19^19------------19^19-17--------------------7^7--5-------------|
|-------------/19--------------------------------------------------------7----------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------0-2-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Then play interlude again
Then verse
Then chorus