Simply Beautiful — Al Green
Chords and lyrics for Simply Beautiful by Al Green (key of A#).
Verse 1
This is based off of the Live Acoustic version from 2004 on YouTube,
but it's pretty similar to the original, just slightly more stripped back.
Intro
[Dm7] [A]
[Dm7] [A]
[Dm7] [G]
[C7]Dm7[B7] G [Bb7]A*[A7]
Verse 1
Dm7 A*
If I gave you my love
Dm7 A*
I tell you what I'd do
[Dm7] I'd[G] expect a [C7]whole [B7]lot[Bb7] of [A7]love out of you
Dm7 G A*
hmmmm
Verse 2
Dm7 A*
You got be good to me
Dm7 A*
I'm gonna be good to you
[Dm7] [G]There's a whole lot of things[C7] [B7] [Bb7] [A7]you and I could do
Dm7 G A*
Instrumental Break
Dm7 A*
Dm7 A*
[Dm7] [G]
[C7]Dm7[B7] G [Bb7]A*[A7]
oh baby
Bridge
What about the way you love [Dm7][G]me?[A7][Bb7][B7][C7]
Dm7 G A*
And the way you squeeze me?
Simply [Dm7][G][C7][B7]beautiful[A7][Bb7]
Dm7 G A*
Simply uh huh
From here the bridge chords repeat until the end of the song.
*Repeat the intro phrase
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