D D7 D7 D7


[Verse]
D                            D
I don't know why you want to start with me
D                          D
I ain't n-n-nothing far as I can see
        A7
And I'm worn out from working too hard
A7                        D       D
Why don't you give me a break?
D7                              D
I know that lately things ain't been so good
D                           D
I'll make it up just like I told you I would
    A7
But I'm tired and I want to sit down
   A7            D7
To ease this old backache


[Chorus]
D7                            G
You say you're having trouble figuring me
G7                         D
I don't believe I'm such a mystery
D                         A7
Mmm baby, what you get is what you see
A7                 D
I am a simple man
D7                 G
I want a job and a piece of land
G7                  D
Three squares in my frying pan
D                            A7
Don't seem so hard for me to understand
A7                 D    D7
I am a simple man


[Verse]
D                                D
You say we've got some things to talk about
D                         D
A lot of problems that we need to work out
       A7
But we just wind up fighting
A                          D    D7
Why don't you give it a rest?
D                            D
I don't know what else I can say to you
D                      D
I'm doing everything I know to do
      A7
And I can't give you anything more
A7                 D
When I'm giving my best


[Chorus]
D                             G
You say you're having trouble figuring me
G7                         D
I don't believe I'm such a mystery
D                         A7
Mmm baby, what you get is what you see
A7                D7
I am a simple man
D7                 G
I want a job and a piece of land
G7                  D
Three squares in my frying pan
D                            A7
Don't seem so hard for me to understand
A7
I am a simple man


[Solo]
D D7 G7 G7
D7 D A7 A7 D


[Chorus]
D7                   G
I want a place I can lay my head
G                Dm
Soft woman and a warm bed
D                 A7
A little time off before I'm dead
A                      D
I am just a simple man
D                             G
You say you're having trouble figuring me
G7                         D
I don't believe I'm such a mystery
D                         A
Mmm baby, what you get is what you see
A7                D
I am a simple man
D7                 G
I want a job and a piece of land
      G             D
Three squares in my frying pan
D                            A7
Don't seem so hard for me to understand
A
I am a simple man