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Simple Man  Lynyrd Skynyrd

Author/Artist: Lynyrd Skynyrd
Title: Simple Man
Transcribed by: Mark Nelson
Email: the_wobbly_one@hotmail.com
Ive seen a few versions on the net that are close but have a few mistakes in
them so i decided to do it the old fashioned way.
Email me with comments or corrections :o)
Main Verse Part
[C]  
 
 -|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-
 -|x-----------------------------------|------------------1------------------|-
 -|------------------------------------|------0---------------0-------0------|-
 -|------------------------------------|----------2---------------2----------|-
 -|x---------------------------0----2--|--3-----------3----------------------|-
 -|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-

[G] [Am7]  
 
 -|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-
 -|------------------------------------|------------------1------------------|-
 -|------------------0-----------------|------2---------------2-------2------|-
 -|------0---------------0-------0-----|----------2---------------2----------|-
 -|----------2---------------2---------|--0-----------0----------------------|-
 -|--3-----------3---------------------|-------------------------------------|-
 -|------------------3-----------------|-
 -|------1---------------1------------x|-
 -|----------2---------------2---------|-
 -|--------------2---------------------|-
 -|--0---------------------------0--2-x|-
 -|------------------------------------|-

First Chorus
 
 -|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-
 -|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-
 -|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-
 -|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-
 -|--0---2---3-------------------------|--5-/-7-\-5--------------------------|-
 -|------------------------------------|----------------3--------------------|-
 -|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-
 -|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-
 -|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-
 -|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-
 -|--5-/-7-\-5-------------------------|-------------------------------------|-
 -|---------------5--------------------|----0--3--0--3-/-5-------------------|-

Chorus used throughout song
 
 -|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-
 -|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-
 -|--5---------------------------5-x---|-------------------------------------|-
 -|--5---------------------------5-x---|--5-----------------------------5--x-|-
 -|--3---------------------------3-x---|--5-----------------------------5--x-|-
 -|------------------------------------|--3-----------------------------3--x-|-
 -|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-
 -|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-
 -|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-
 -|--7---------------------------------|----0-h5-x0-h5-/-7-------------------|-
 -|--7---------------------------------|----0-h5-x0-h5-/-7-------------------|-
 -|--5---------------------------------|----0-h3-x0-h3-/-5-------------------|-

Now for the solo, some parts arent exact but its close enough to improvise
around
 
 -|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-
 -|--8---------------8-----------8-----|--8----------------------------------|-
 -|--7b9------------r7---7---5---7-----|--7b9------------7-p-5---------------|-
 -|------------------------------------|---------------------------7---------|-
 -|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-
 -|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-
 -|----------------------8-------------|--------15--------------15-----------|-
 -|---------8-------10-------10-/-13---|--15-15b17-------------r17-15-13-15--|-
 -|--5-/-9------9----------------------|-------------------------------------|-
 -|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-
 -|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-
 -|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-

*Here just bend and strike then bend up more and strike
 
 -|------------------------15b17-------|-------17----*20b21b22b23---19b20----|-
 -|--17r-15-13-------------------------|--17---------------------------------|-
 -|------------------14----------------|-------------------------------------|-
 -|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-
 -|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-
 -|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-
 -|--17--------------------------------|--------17----------------17---------|-
 -|-------17------20b22--22r20-17-20---|--10/17----20b22----10/17----20b22---|-
 -|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-
 -|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-
 -|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-
 -|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-
 -|--------17---------------17---------|-------------------------------------|-
 -|--10/17----20b22---20b22----20b22---|-------------------8-----------------|-
 -|------------------------------------|-------5--7b9r7b9----r7--5--9r7------|-
 -|------------------------------------|---7---------------------------------|-
 -|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-
 -|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-
 -|--------5---------------------------|-------------------------------------|-
 -|------------8-------8b10------------|------------------------------13--15-|-
 -|--7b9-------------------------------|----------5--7/9--9/12--12/14--------|-
 -|------------------------------------|----5/7------------------------------|-
 -|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-
 -|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-
 -|-----------------------15-----------|----15-----------------15b17---------|-
 -|--15b17---------10/17-----15b17r15--|---------15b17r15p13-----------------|-
 -|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-
 -|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-
 -|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-
 -|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-
 -|--5---------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-
 -|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-
 -|-------7b9--7p5---------------------|---Back to main part-----------------|-
 -|-----------------7------------------|-------------------------------------|-
 -|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-
 -|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-


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