Chords for Ricky Van Shelton: Im A Simple Man

_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ I don't know why you want to start with [C] me
[D] _ I ain't nothing far as I can [C] see
[A] And I'm worn out from working too hard
Why don't you give [D] me a break? _ _ _ _ _
_ _ I know that lately things ain't been [Am] so good
[D] _ I'll make [Am] it up just like I told you I would
[A] But I'm tired and I want to sit down
To ease the [D] soul backache
_ _ Say you're [G] having trouble figuring me
_ I don't believe I'm such [D] a mystery
_ Baby, what [A] you get is what you see
_ I am a simple [D] man
_ _ _ I want a [G] job and a piece of land
_ Three squares in [D] my right hand
Don't seem so hard [A] to me to understand
_ I am a simple [D] man _ _ _ _ _
_ You say we got some things to talk [F]
[D] about
A lot of problems that we need [Am] to work [B] out
[A] So we're just into fighting
Why don't [D] you give it a rest?
_ [Dm] _ [D] _ _ _
_ I don't know what else I should say to you
_ I'm doing everything I know to do
[A] But I can't give you anything more
When I'm giving [D] my best
_ _ Say you're having [G] trouble figuring me
I don't believe I'm [D] such a _ mystery
_ Baby, what you [A] get is what you see
I am a simple [D] man
I _ want a job [G] and a piece of land
_ Three squares in my [D] right hand
Don't seem so [G] hard to [A] me to understand
_ I am a simple [D] man _ _ _ _ _
[G] I _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ [D] _ _ _ [B] _ [D] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ want a [G] place I can lay my head
Some [Dm] woman and a warm bed
A little [A] time off before I'm dead
I'm just a [D] simple man
_ You _ say you're having [G] trouble figuring me
_ I don't believe I'm such [D] a mystery
_ _ _ Baby, what you [A] get is what you see
_ I am a simple [D] man
_ _ _ I want a [G] job and a piece of land
Three squares in [D] my right hand
Don't seem so hard to me [A] to understand _ _ _ _