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Thread #27840 Message #525927
Posted By: Charley Noble
11-Aug-01 - 07:57 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Simple Boy (Mel Lyman)
Subject: Lyr/Chords Add: SIMPLE BOY
Sorcha, you probably copy better than I do. Here's the chords to the above and a few minor spelling corrections:
SIMPLE BOY
(Words and Music by Mel Lyman © 1963 Key: G)
G-D7-G—F-----------------G
A sim-ple boy lived in our town,
-----D7-G---F-----------G----F-G
And he was known for miles a-round.
Chorus:
D7---G-----F
He'd sing, "Birds fly, aren't they pretty,
G-------------------D7--G
Sun, moon, all is beau-ty,
F------------------------G----F-G
Fish swim, they don't make a sound."
He did not know his given name,
The people went, the people came. (CHO)
The people said, "Alas, poor thing,
He sits and knows not what he sings." . (CHO)
The years went by, the boy's now gone,
But those who care still sing his song.*
Final Chorus:
They sing, "Birds fly, aren't they pretty,
Sun, moon, all is beauty,
Fish swim, they don't make a sound."
* New verse by Charlie Ipcar