Least Complicated — Indigo Girls
Chords and lyrics for Least Complicated by Indigo Girls (key of G, capo 2).
Intro
[G] [C/G] [G] [G]
[G] [C/G] [G] [G]
Verse 1
[G] [C/G] [G] [G]
I sit two stories above the street
[G] [C/G] [G] [G]
It's awful quiet here since love fell asleep
[Am] [G/B]
There's life down below me though
[C] [D] [G] [C/G] [G] [G]
The kids are walking home from school
Verse 2
[G] [C/G] [G] [G]
So long ago when we were taught
[G] [C/G] [G] [G]
That for whatever kind of puzzle you've got
[Am] [G/B]
You just stick the right formula in
[C] [D] [G] [C/G] [G] [G]
A solution for every fool
Chorus 1
[D] [D] [C] [C]
I remember the time when I came so close to you
[G] [G] [Am7] [Am7]
Sent me skipping my class and running from school
[C] [C] [D]
And I bought you that ring cause I never was cool
[G] [D] [C]
What makes me think I could start clean slated
[C] [D] [G] [C/G] [G] [G]
The hardest to learn was the least complicated
Verse 3
[G] [C/G] [G] [G]
Oh I just sit up in the house and resist
[G] [C/G] [G] [G]
And not be seen until I cease to exist
[Am7] [G/B]
A kind of conscientious objection
[C] [D] [G] [C/G] [G] [G]
A kind of dodging the draft
Verse 4
[G] [C/G] [G] [G]
The boy and girl are holding hands on the street
[G] [C/G] [G] [G]
And I don't want to but I think you just wait
[Am7] [G/B]
It's more than just eye-to-eye
[C] [D] [G] [Gsus4] [G] [G]
Learn the things I could never apply
Chorus 2
[D] [D] [C] [C]
And I remember the time when I came so close with you
[G] [G] [Am7] [Am7]
I let everything go it seemed the only truth
[C] [C] [D]
And I bought you that ring; it seemed the thing to do
[G] [D] [C]
What makes me think I could start clean slated
[C] [D] [G] [G]
The hardest to learn was the least complicated
[G] [D] [C]
So what makes me think I could start clean slated
[C] [D] [D] [G] [G]
The hardest to learn was the least complicated
Bridge
[Am7] [Am7] [Em7] [Em7]
Ohhhhh, I'm just a mirror of a mirror of myself
[C] [D] [G] [G]
All the things that I do
[Em] [Em] [Bm] [Bm]
And the next time I fall, I'm gonna have to recall
[C] [C/B] [Am7] [C/G] [D]
It isn't love, it's only something new
Verse 5
[G] [C/G] [G] [G]
I sit two stories above the street
[G] [C/G] [G] [G]
It's awful quiet here since love fell asleep
[Am7] [G/B]
There's life down below me though
[C] [D] [G] [C/G] [G] [G]
The kids are walking home from school
Final Chorus
[D] [D] [C] [C]
And I remember the time when I came so close with you
[G] [G] [Am7] [Am7]
Sent me skipping my class and running from school
[C] [C] [D]
And I bought you that ring cause I never was cool
[G] [D] [C]
What makes me think I could start clean slated
[C] [D] [D] [G] [G]
The hardest to learn was the least complicated
[G] [D] [C]
So what makes me think I could start clean slated
[C] [D] [C/G] [G] [C/G] [G] [G]
The hardest to learn was the least complicated
Outro
[G] [C/G] [G] [G]
Least complicated
[G]
Least complicated