A SImple Man
Elton John/Gary Osborne
b-side for the "Sad Songs" single (1984)

C/G - G - B - Em - Dm - C

C/G    G      G7         C
I'm a simple man with a simple dream
      D        D7     G     C/G
In a far from simple time
       G         G7          C
And I paid the price of the road I chose
        D          D7        G    C/G
But at least the choice was mine

         G       G7      C
And the times I get the feeling
          D        Ebm    Em
That the journey's end is near
        G       G7            C
But I prefer to die with my head held high
         D       D7      G    C - G - C/G
Than to live my life in fear

        G    G7          C
I'm a simple man from a time gone by
         D       D7    G    C/G
Growing cold and old alone
           G       G7        C
There's a time to run and a time to hide
      D        D7       G     C/G
And a time to head for home

       G       G7     C 
To forgive and be forgiven
             D        Ebm    Em
If it's the last thing I can do
          G        G7           C
Then in death's release I may find the peace
         D      D7     G    C/G
That in life I never knew

              G      G7         C
'Cause I'm a simple man with a simple dream
       D     D7       G    C/G
I may never see come true

G - G7 - C - D - D7 - G - C/G

To forgive and be forgiven
If it's the last thing I can do
Then in death's release I may find the peace
That in life I never knew

'Cause I'm a simple man with a simple dream
I will never see come true