Simple Man Tab

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Simple Man
 
Tabbed By: Matt Lenda
 
ALL GUITARS TUNE DOWN 1/2 STEP (eb  Bb  Gb  Db  Ab  Eb)
 
Intro Part 1 (play x2)
Clean Electric Guitar w/Reverb
(Key Stated Above Tab)
 
    C                   G               Amin
Eb|-------------------------------------------------------------3-----------|
Bb|-------------1-------------------------------1---------1-------1---1-----|
Gb|-------0-------0---0---------0---------2-------2---2-----2-------2-------|
Db|---------2-------2-----0-------0---0-----2-------2---------2-------------|
Ab|-0-2-3-----3-------------2-------2---0-----0---------0-------------------|
Eb|---------------------3-----3---------------------------------------------|
 
Intro Part 2 (play x2)
Same Guitar as Intro Part 1
 
    Am                              C               G                 Am
Eb|-----------------------3-------------------------------------------------|
Bb|---------------1-----------1-----------1---------------------------------|
Gb|-------2-----------2---------------0-------0-----------0-----------2-----|
Db|-----------2---------2-----------------------------0-------0---0-----2---|
Ab|-0-3-0-------0---------------0-2-3---3-------3-2-------------2---0-----0-|
Eb|-------------------------------------------------3---3-------------------|
 
                        Words (at end of this riff): “My mama told me...”
Eb|---------------3-----|
Bb|-1-----1-------------|
Gb|---2---2---2---------|
Db|-----2-------2-------|
Ab|---------------------|
Eb|---------------------|
 
Play Intro Part 1 and Intro Part 2 over the verse
 
Interlude (play x2)
Distortion
 
Eb|-------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-------------------------------------------------|
Db|-------------------------------------------------|
Ab|-0-2-3-----7/5-3-------7/5-3---------------------|
Eb|-----------------3-----------5-----0-3-0-3/5-----|
 
(verse again: “oh take your time, dont live too fast...”)
 
Chorus
Distortion
Strike first chord on the word “simple”
 
Eb|-----------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-5-------5---------------2-------------2-------x-----|
Db|-5-------5---5-------5---2-------------2-------x-----|
Ab|-3-------3---5-------5---0-------------0-------x-----|
Eb|-----------3-3-------3-0---------0-3-0---------------|
 
 
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| x  Dead note
| /  Slide up
 
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