Tom: Cm
Intro G# D# Bb D# Bb
Verse 1
D#
Telephones ringing jet planes a leaving
G#
Another deadline to beat
Fm Gm
Driven by desire to get all I ever needed
C# G#
But still my life seemed incomplete
Verse 2
D#
The crazy schedule the constant shuffle
G#
A Workin' late every night
Fm Gm
The race that I was runnin' left me tired and empty
G#
There wasn't any rest in sight
Pre-Chorus 1
Bb
The pleasures of wealth
B
Mixed with dreams of greater glory
Cm B
Once all my eyes could ever see....
Bb Gm G#
I used to hear me say the busier the better
C# D# Bb
But in these later days I've got another song to sing
Chorus 1
D# Bb
Thank you Lord for the simple things in life
D# F Gm
Like summer breeze on a starlit night
G#
Oh I thought I knew the joy that I would never find
Bb D# Bb
Thank you Lord for the simple things in life
F Gm
Like a happy home with a wonderful wife
G# D#
Oh I never knew the joy that I could find
Cm D# F D#
In the simple things.....
Verse 3
Friendly chatter the sounds of laughter
G#
At a backyard barbecue
Fm Gm
Children saying the darndest things
G#
Like "daddy I love you"
Pre-Chorus 2
Bb
The pleasures of wealth
B
Mixed with dreams of greater glory
Cm B
Once all my eyes could ever see.....
D# Cm G#
I used to hear me say the busier the better
C# G# Bb
But in these later days I've got another song to sing
Chorus 2
D# Bb
Thank you Lord for the simple things in life
D# F Gm
Like summer breeze on a starlit night
G#
Oh I thought I knew the joy that I would never find
Bb D# Bb
Thank you Lord for the simple things in life
D# F Gm
Like a happy home with a wonderful wife
G# D#
Oh I never knew the joy that I could find
Bb F G# F Bb B
In the simple things Oh the simple things
Outro
B E B
Thank you Lord for the simple things in life
G#m
Like summer breeze on a starlit night
A B E
Oh I thought I knew the joy that I would never find
B E B
Thank you Lord for the simple things in life
E G#m
Like a happy home with a wonderful wife
A E
Oh I never knew the joy that I could find
B
In the simple things
E B E
Oh the simple things
