Simple Design Chords
Simple Design by Breaking Benjamin is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Bb. It uses the chords Bb, G, F, C, Eb, Am and E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro:
Bb G F C
Bb G F C Eb
C
Verse: 1
C
I live a chemical life
C
I'm on a mission to try
C
You went insane for a day
C
I'll have to shove it away
C
My only option is gone
C
Smile as they break and they fall
C
You want a simpler life
C
You can't erase what was mine
C
You must be out of your mind
C
This was a simple design
C
You fuck it up every time
C
How could you leave me behind
Interlude:
Am F
G Am F
It's alright, it's alright
C G
Because I know what you want
C F
But you'll just have to wait
C G
If I had it to give
C F
I would give it away
C G
I'm living it up
C F
While I'm falling from grace
C G F C
There's no way, there's no way that I'm running away
Verse: 2
C
I'm used to making it worse
C
Made up of four letter words
C
You want to know what it was
C
Now isolated and gone
C
You fall apart at the seams
C
I'll never know what it means
C
Try not to pull it apart
C
You're aiming straight for the heart
C
You must be out of your mind
C
This was a simple design
C
You fuck it up every time
C
How could you leave me behind
Interlude: Am F
G Am F
It's alright, it's alright
C G
Because I know what you want
C F
But you'll just have to wait
C G
If I had it to give
C F
I would give it away
C G
I'm living it up
C F
While I'm falling from grace
C G F C
There's no way, there's no way that I'm running away
Interlude: C Bb C F
Bridge
C Bb
It had to be the worst for me
Am F
I don't know what to say so let me be
C Bb
And now I find you left me behind
Am F C
I don't know what to say so never mind!
C G
You're mine!
Interlude: C F C G C F
C G
Because I know what you want
C F
But you'll just have to wait
C G
If I had it to give
C F
I would give it away
C G
I'm living it up
E F
While I'm falling from grace
C G F C
There's no way, there's no way that I'm running away