Simple Song Chords
by Miley Cyrus
Simple Song by Miley Cyrus is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Am. It uses the chords C, Am, G, F, D and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
INTRO: Strum C
VERSE 1:
Am
Wake up here I go
G
Cram it all down my throat
F G
Stomach so full that I wish I could choke
Am G
Seven a.m. my head’s
F G
Already in a spin
Am
As soon as I’m out that door
G F
Bam it hits me like a ton of those red bricks
G Am G
Can’t dig myself out of this highest ditch
F G
This madness
Chorus:
G
I swear sometimes
C
I can’t tell which way’s up, which way's down
G
It’s all up in my face need to push it away
F
Somebody push it away
C D F C
So all that I can hear
C D F C
Is a simple song
C
Sing along now
D F
La la la la la
C C
La la la la
D F
La la la la la
C
La la la la
VERSE 2:
Am G
Midday sun beating on the concrete
F
Burning up my feet
G Am
Too many cars on the street
G
The noise, the red, the green
F G
Makes me wanna scream
Five o’clock now it’s
Am G
Bumper on bumper on bumper
Horns honking
F
Nobody’s looking
G
But everybody’s talking
Am G
Just another day
F G
On this highway
Chorus:
G
I swear sometimes
C
I can’t tell which way’s up, which way’s down
G
It’s all up in my face need to push it away
F
Somebody push it away
C D F C
‘Cause all I wanna hear, ohhh
C D F C
Is a simple song, hmmm
C
Sing along now
D F
La la la la la
C C
La la la la
D F
La la la la la
C C D F C
La la la la, hey!
C D F C
Sing along now
C D F C
Sing along
BRIDGE:
Em
What I’d give
Am
To turn it off
F
And make it stop
F
Make it stop
F
Ya gotta make it stop
C D F C
So all that I can hear
C D F C
Is a simple song, hmmm
C
Sing along now
D F
La la la la la
C C
La la la la
D F
La la la la la
C C
La la la la
D F
La la la la la
C C
La la la la
D F
La la la la la
F F F C
La da da da