How Will I Ever Be Simple Again

												
How Will I Ever be Simple Again?
Richard Thompson, from Daring Adventures
Transcribed by phillip@phoenix.princeton.edu

Capo 1st fret

        A                    D         A
Oh, She danced in the street with the guns all around her,
    A                   E
All torn like a ragl, barefoot in the rain
        A               D             A
And she sang like a child too-ra day too-ra da dee
    A         E       A
Oh, will I ever be simple again?

She sat by the banks of the dirty grey river
And tried a fish with a worm on a pin.
There was nothing but fever and ghosts in the water
Oh, will I ever be simple again?

Bridge 1
D             A
War was my love and my friend andpanion
    D              A          E
And what did I care the pretty and plain?
        A                D            A
But her smile was so clear and my heart was so troubled
    A         E       A
Oh, will I ever be simple again?

Solo (below)

In her poor burned-outse I sat at her table
The smell of her hair was likenfields in May
And I wanted to weep and my eyes ached from trying
Oh, will I ever be simple again?

Bridge 2
So graceful she moved through the dust and the ruin
And happy she was in her dances and games.
Oh teach me to see with your innocent eyes, love.
Oh, will I ever be simple again?

Guitar Solo
   A
-|------------------|----------0-------|-------------------|
-|------------------|-------2-----2----|-------------------|
-|----2-----2--2----|-2-h4-----------4-|-4-p2--2-----------|
-|-------2----------|------------------|----------4--2-----|
-|-0--------------0-|------------------|----------------4--|
-|------------------|------------------|-------------------|

   D            A            A
-|----------0-h2--0----|-0--------0-h2--0----|------------------|
-|-------3-----------0-|-------------------0-|-0-h2--------2--3-|
-|----2--------2--2--2-|-------2-----2--2--2-|----------2-----4-|
-|-0-------------------|----2----------------|-------2----------|
-|---------------------|-0-------------------|-0----------------|
-|---------------------|---------------------|------------------|

   A                 A            E
-|-----------------|---------------------|------------------------|
-|-3-/5-------5--7-|-7-p5--------5--5-s3-|-3--0-h3-p0-------------|
-|-4-/6----6-------|----------6----------|------------2--1--------|
-|------7----------|-------7-------------|------------------2-s4--|
-|-----------------|----0----------------|------------------------|
-|-----------------|---------------------|------------------------|

   E            A                 A
-|---------------------|-----------------|-0---------4-s5--|
-|---------------------|------------0-h2-|------0----------|
-|-1-------------------|-------2---------|-----------------|
-|----2--2-p0----------|----2------------|-----------------|
-|-------------2-s4--2-|-0---------------|-----------------|
-|---------------------|-----------------|-----------------|

   D            A                A
-|-5--2-h5-p2----------|----------------|------------------|
-|-------------3-------|----------------|-2---------2------|
-|----------------2----|-----------2--4-|-2----2-------2---|
-|-0-----------------4-|-2----2-------4-|------------------|
-|---------------------|-0--------------|-0----------------|
-|---------------------|----------------|------------------|

   A         E              A                 A
-|------------------|------------4-|-5-p4--0---------|---------------|
-|----2-------------|---------5----|---------3--2----|---------------|
-|-4-----4-p2-------|------4-------|---------------4-|-2-------------|
-|-------------4--2-|-4-s6---------|-----------------|------4----2---|
-|------------------|--------------|-0---------------|---------------|
-|------------------|-0------------|-----------------|---------------|