As Simple As That Chords

KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays483

As Simple As That by Mike Reid is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, D, E, Eb, A# and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
A
Text
16
Speed
  			Intro: A  D  A  D 

Verse 
A                               D 
Moon comes up and the moon goes down 
                      A          E 
Life is short and the world is round 
A 
Rivers always run downstream 
D 
Little boys dream the biggest dreams, and   
A                                   E 
Good things seem to go to those who wait 
D                                 A 
Bad news never comes a minute too late 

 
        D                  A 
If only love was simple as that 
            D 
There would be a book I could read 
   E  
To show me how to bring you back 
           A 
I wouldn't walk the floor all night long 
D 
Wondering baby where I went wrong 
   A    E              A 
If love was simple as that 

Verse 
A                                D 
Days are blue and the nights are dark 
                            E 
I love you with all my heart 
A 
If I could hold the hands of time 
D 
Turn back until you were mine 
    A                          E 
And we would live happily ever after 
        D                                     A  
And the only tears we'd cry were the tears of laughter 

 
        D                  A 
If only love was simple as that 
            D 
There would be a book I could read 
    E      
To show me how to bring you back 
           A 
I wouldn't walk the floor all night long 
D 
Wondering baby where I went wrong 
   A    E             A 
If love was simple as that 

Outro 
(Shift up half step.) 
Eb  A#  Eb  F   
           A#   
I wouldn't walk the floor all night long 
Eb  
Wondering baby where I went wrong 
   A#    F            A# 
If love was simple as that 
        Eb                 A# 
If only love was simple as that 
            Eb 
There would be a book I could read 
    F 
To show me how to bring you back 
           A#  
I wouldn't walk the floor all night long 
Eb  
Wondering baby where I went wrong 
   A#    F             A# 
If love was simple as that 
    	

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