KeyC Capo2st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays519

Simone by England Dan and John Ford Coley is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of C with a capo on the 2st fret. It uses the chords C, Csus4, Am, G, F, Dm7, Em, Dm, G6 and Asus2. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			England Dan and John Ford Coley - Simone 
  
  
nd Fret 
  
  
Intro: C  Csus4  C 
  
            Am          G  F 
Simone, why do you cry? 
Am                  Dm7              G 
Don't you know your tears will dry? 
                   Em         G 
And take away that loneliness 
C                 G           C 
There inside, oh, if you try 
  
  
            Am          G  F 
Simone, why do you cry? 
Am                  Dm7             G 
Don't you know the sun will shine? 
                     Em            G 
And on your mirrored soul you find 
  C                      G               Am 
Reflections good, ooh, I said you would 
  
  
Bridge: 
                     F    
You've been searching everywhere 
    Dm             C     G   Am 
For something to believe in 
                      F          
You've been searching, it's never there 
          Am                  G         C 
Read your own book and you'll know 
  
  
            Am           G  F 
Simone, why do you cry? 
Am                    Dm7      G 
Don't you know you've got a life? 
                   Em         G  C 
Now don't waste it all inside 
           F     C 
Come on, Simone 
           F     C 
Come on, Simone 
           F 
Come on, Simone 
     C  G  Am  G  Dm7 
Your own_____  
         F               C  G  Am  G  Dm7  
Da da da daa daa daa daa daaa____ 
         F               C 
Da da da daa daa daa daa 
  
  
            Am        G  F 
Simone, why do you cry? 
                   Dm7             G 
Don't you know the sun will shine? 
                   C          G 
And take away that loneliness 
C                  G           C 
There inside, ooh, if you try 
  
  
OUTRO:      (## fade to end ##) 
  G6        Asus2      G F 
Simone, why do you cry? 
Am                    Dm7      C 
Don't you know you've got a life? 
  G6        Asus2      G F 
Simone, why do you cry? 
Am                    Dm7      C 
Don't you know you've got a life? 
  G6        Asus2      G F 
Simone, why do you cry? 
Am                    Dm7      C 
Don't you know you've got a life? 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante