"Simple Kind of Life"
by No Doubt
from Return of Saturn, 2000
written by Gwen Stefani
tabbed by Caitlin Wood ( xxccwoodiexx )


CHORDS
     Dsus2     D    Cadd2*     C    Cdrop3*    C7      F    Fdrop1*
E------0-------2-------0-------0-------0-------0-------1-------1-
B------3-------3-------3-------1-------0-------1-------1-------1-
G------2-------2-------0-------0-------0-------3-------2-------1-
D------0-------0-------2-------2-------2-------2-------3-------3-
A----------------------3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------3-
E------------------------------------------------------1-------1-

* I could not find the names to these three chords...sorry I'm a little new to
tabbing but they are easy to play in the context of the song and just sound right *


INTRO/VERSE 1

Dsus2     D      Cadd2      C (play once for intro)

Dsus2       D               Cadd2       C
For a long  time, I was in  love....
Not only in love, I was     obsessed...
With a      friendship that no one else could touch

PRECHORUS 1

Dsus2     D               Cadd2          Cdrop3*
It didn't work out, I'm covered in shells

CHORUS

C         C7             F              Fdrop1*              Cdrop3*
And all I wanted was the simple things, a simple kind of life
And all I needed was a   simple man,    so I could be a wife

VERSE 2

same chords as verse 1
I'm so ashamed, I've been so mean
I don't know how it got to this point
I always was the one with all the love

PRECHORUS 2

same chords as prechorus1
You came along, I'm hunting you down

CHORUS

same chords as chorus 1
Like a sick domestic abuser looking for a fight
And all I wanted the simple things, a simple kind of life

BRIDGE
(fingerpick this 2x)

e--------0------1------0------0----------------------------------
B------2------2------3------0------------------------------------
G----3------2------2------1--------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------

If we met tomorrow for the very first time
Would it start all over again, would i try to make you mine?

VERSE 3

same chords as verses 2 and 1
I always thought I'd be a mom
Sometimes i wish for a mistake
The longer that I wait the more selfish that I get

PRECHORUS 3

same chords as prechoruses 2 and 1
You seem like (stop playing) you'd be a good (start loud where you would have been) dad

CHORUS 3

same chords as chouruses 2 and 1, play 3 times though
Now all those simple things are simply too complicated for my life
And how'd i get so faithful to my freedom, a selfish kind of life
When all I ever wanted was the simple things, a simple kind of life

OUTRO

I know you can hear the melody in the distant background, but i just let the chord ring each
time she says "simple kind of life" and I use this pattern:

Cdrop3*      C      Cdrop3*     C    D D D D     Cdrop3* (keep playing Cdrop3* but fade)


That's it! It's not a hard song but it's a lot of fun to play.