Simple Math Live (Acoustic) Chords

KeyBm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays430

Simple Math Live (Acoustic) by Manchester Orchestra is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Bm. It uses the chords Bm, Em, G, D, A, B, C#, Am and C#m. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Bm
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16
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intro: Bm Bm Em G
 
Verse 1 
Bm       Em            G               Bm 
I try, lost and hardly noticed, slight goodbye 
Bm       Em          G          Bm 
Wanna rip your lips off in my mouth 
Bm        Em       G            Bm 
Even in the greatest moment, doubt 
Bm        Em       G          
I’m between deceit and right now 

 
Em           G                      D 
Simple math, it’s how our bodies even got here. 
Em           G                     D 
Simple math, the ev and flow to multiply 
G             D 
What if I was wrong and no one cared to mention 
G             D 
What if it was true that all we thought was right was wrong 
G             D 
Simple Math the truth cannot be fractioned 
G 
Either Way 


Bm Bm Em G 

Verse 2 same as verse 1 
So I imply 
To mitigate the guilt we could align 
Perfectly constructed alibi  
Hush the violent guilt that eats and never dies 
in actual blame they call me once the dark divide 

Chorus (same as chorus 1) 
Simple math, it’s how our bodies even got here. 
Simple math, the ev and flow to multiply 
What if you were crazy would we have to listen then 
What if we’ve been trying to get to where we’ve always been 
Simple math the truth cannot be fractioned 
I imply I’ve got to get it back then 

Bridge 
G A B C# D (x3) power chords palm muted 

G                D 
What if I’ve been trying to get to where I’ve always been 
G                D 
What if we’ve been trying to get to where we’ve always been 
G                D 
Simple math the truth cannot be fractioned 
G                D 
I imply I’ve got to get it back then 
G                D 
What if I was wrong and didn’t care to mention it 
G                D  
What if it was true that all we thought was right was wrong 
G                D 
Simple math the truth cannot be fractioned 
G                D 
I imply I’ve got to get it back then 

Bridge 
G Am B C#m D (x4) 
  
G                D 
What if I’ve been trying to get to where I’ve always been 
G                D 
What if we’ve been trying to get to where we’ve always been 
G               D 
Simple math 
G               D 
Simple math 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante