Simple Man

SIMPLE MAN

As recorded by Lynyrd Skynyrd

(From the 1974 Album PRONOUCED LEH-NERD SKIN-NERD)

Words and Music by Ron Van Zant & Allen Collins

Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Rhythm clean elec'

Gtr II (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Rhythm clean elec w/phaser'

Gtr III, IV (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Rhythm w/dist'

Gtr V, VI (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Lead w/dist'

Intro

Q=60

4/4

Gtr I

E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|-------|---------------------------------|-------------------------3--------|

|-------|---------1-----------------------|---------1---------1-------1------|

|-------|---0-------0---0---------0-------|---2-------2---2-----2------------|

|-------|-----2-------2-----0-------0---0-|-----2-------2---------2----------|

|---0-2-|-3-----3-------------2-------2---|-0-----0---------0-----------0-2--|

|-------|-----------------3-----3---------|----------------------------------|

|-Rhy Fig 1 end Rhy Fig 1-|

w/Rhy Fig 1 x3

Gtr II

W H Q E S S

|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

|---------------------------------|-----------------------------0-2-|

|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

S S S S +S S S S S S S S +S S S S S S S S +S S S S +S S S S +S S S S

|-------------------------------------|---------------------------3-(3)-------|

|-------1-(1)-------------------------|-----------------1-(1)-----------1-----|

|---0---------0-----------0-(0)-------|-------2-(2)-----------2---------------|

|---------------------0---------0-----|-------------2-----------3-------------|

|-3---3---------3-2---------------2---|-0-3-0---------0-------------------0-2-|

|-------------------3---3-----------3-|---------------------------------------|

|-Rhy Fig 2 end Rhy Fig 2-|

S S S S +S S S S S S S S +S S S S S S S S S S S S +S S S S S S S S

|-------------------------------------|-------------------------3---------||

|-------1-(1)-------------------------|---------1-----1-(1)-------1-------||

|---0---------0-----------0-(0)-------|---2-------2---2-(2)-2-------2-----||

|---------------------0---------0---0-|-----2-------2---------2-----------||

|-3---3---------3-2---------------2---|-0-----0-----------------------0-2-||

|-------------------3---3-------------|-----------------------------------||

Verse 1

Rhy Fig 1 + 2 x3

w/Rhy Fig 1 + 2 x3

Gtrs III, IV

W H Q E S S

|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------0-2-|

|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|

~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~

Q +S a S S S Q +S a S S S

|-----------------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------------|

|-3-------(3)-5s7s5p3-------------5s7s5p3-|

|---------------------3-------(3)---------|

|-Riff A

~~~~~~~~~~~~

Q +S S S S S T T E +E S S

|-------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------|

|--------------------------------------0-2--|

|-5-------(5)-0-3-0--3s=5p3h5---(5)\--------|

~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~

Q +S a S S S Q +S a S S S

|-----------------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------------|

|-3-------(3)-5s7s5p3-------------5s7s5p3-|

|---------------------3-------(3)---------|

~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~

Q +S S S S S E. +E E

|-----------------------------------------||

|-----------------------------------------||

|-----------------------------------------||

|-----------------------------------------||

|-----------------------------------------||

|-5-------(5)-0-3-0--3s=5------(5)\-------||

end Riff A-|

Verses

$

||--

||o-

||-- Rhy Fig 1 + 2 x3

||--

||o-

||--

Gtrs III, IV

W H Q. S S

|---------------------------------|--------------------------||

|---------------------------------|--------------------------||

|---------------------------------|-----------------2--------||

|---------------------------------|-----------------2----x-x-||

|---------------------------------|-----------------0----x-x-||

|---------------------------------|--------------------------||

|

| Gtrs I, II

| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S H

|---------------------------------|--------------------------||

|---------1-----------------------|--------------------------||

|---0-------0---0---------0-------|---2-----2----------------||

|-----2-------2-----0-------0---0-|-----2-----------2--------||

|-3-----3-------------2-------2---|-0-----0-----5---0--------||

|-----------------3-----3---------|-----------0-3-0----------||

Chorus

Gtrs III, IV

Q. S S Q. S S Q +S S S S Q. S S

|-------------------|-----------------------|

|-5----5------------|-----------------------|

|-5----5---4----4---|-2--(2)-------2----x---|

|-5----5---5----5---|-2--(2)-------2----x---|

|-3----3---5----5---|-0--(0)-------0------3-|

|--------3-3----3-0-|--------0-3-0--------3-|

|-Rhy Fig 3 end Rhy Fig 3-|

Q. S S Q. S S Q +S S S S Q. S S

|-------------------|-------------------------|

|-5----5------------|-------------------------|

|-5----5---4----4---|-2--(2)-------2----------|

|-5----5---5----5---|-2--(2)-------2----------|

|-3----3---5----5---|-0--(0)-------0----x-3---|

|--------3-3----3-0-|--------0-3-0------x-3---|

w/Rhy Fig 3 x1.5

To Coda

Gtr IV

Q. E H Q +S S S S Q. S S Q. E Q. E

|---------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|

|-5----5---/12--------|-----------------------|-5----5---/12----12\---|

|-5----5---/12--------|-2--(2)-------2----x---|-5----5---/12----12\---|

|-5----5---/12--------|-2--(2)---0---2----x---|-5----5---/12----12\---|

|-3----3---/10--------|-0--(0)-------0----x-3-|-3----3---/10----10\---|

|---------------------|--------0-3-0----------|-----------------------|

1.

Gtrs III, IV Gtr I |-w/Rhy Fig 2

Q +S S S S Q. S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|-----------------------|---------------------------------|

|-----------------------|---------1-----------------------|

|-2--(2)-------2--------|---0-------0---0---------0-------|

|-2--(2)-------2--------|-----2-------2-----0-------0---0-|

|-0--(0)-------0----0-2-|-3-----3-------------2-------2---|

|--------0-3-0----------|-----------------3-----3---------|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|-------------------------3----------||

|---------1---------1-------1-------o||

|---2-------2---2-----2--------------||

|-----2-------2---------2------------||

|-0-----0---------0-----------0-2---o||

|------------------------------------||

Guitar Solo

2.

Gtrs V, VI

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

H Q E S S Q +S S +S S Q +S S +S S

|------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------||--8---------(8)---8---------8--------(8)--8---------|

|--------------------------5-7-||--7b9=======(7)r--7b9r(7)p5-7b9======(7)r-7b9r(7)p5-|

|------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------|

|

| Gtr IV

| Q +S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S E E S S S S S S

|------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------|

|-2--(2)---------------9-9-9-9-||-12------12-12---14---12\---7------7--7---7----7--7-|

|-2--(2)---------------7-7-7-7-||-10------10-10---12---10\---5------5--5---5----5--5-|

|-0--(0)---5---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||----------------------------------------------------|

|--------0-3-0-----------------||----------------------------------------------------|

| |-Rhy Fig 4

| Gtr III

| Q +S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S E E S S S S S S

|------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------|

|-2--(2)-----------------------||----------------------------------------------------|

|-2--(2)-------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||-10------10-10---10---10\---5------5--5---5----0--0-|

|-0--(0)-------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||-10------10-10---10---10\---5------5--5---5---------|

|--------0-3-0-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||--8-------8--8----8----8\---3------3--3---3---------|

|-Rhy Fig 5

~~ ~~~~~~~~~

Q +S S S S S S E +E S S

|-------------------------------------------------|

|--------------------------13---------------------|

|----------------/12-14-14----14---(14)---/17-19--|

|-7-------(7)\-x----------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------------|

|

| S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S

|-------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------------|

|-7-9-9-9--9-------7--7--7s=9--9-9---9s12--12s=9--|

|-5-7-7-7--7-------5--5--5s=7--7-7---7s10--10s=7--|

|-------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------------|

| end Rhy Fig 4-|

|

| S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S

|-------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------------|

|-5s7-7-7--7-------5--5--5s=7--7-7---7s10--10s=7--|

|-3s5-5-5--5-------3--3--3s=5--5-5---5s=8---8s=5--|

end Rhy Fig 5-|

w/Rhy Fig 4 + 5 x3.5

~~~~~~ ~~

Q +S S T +T S Q +S E +T T

|-------------------------------------------------------------|

|-20----------(20)-20-------------20-----(20)-----------------|

|-19b21=======(19)----19r=(19)-17-19-----(19)-19b21r==(19)p17-|

|-------------------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------------------------|

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

S E. +E S S S S S S S +S S S

|------------------------17-20-20pb21-20pb22-20pb24-20b21==(20)r-17----|

|----20b22======(20)r-17--------------------------------------------17-|

|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-19-------------------------------------------------------------------|

|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

~~~~~ ~~

Q S S +S S Q +E S S

|------------------------------------------------17-|

|-20b22---------20b22r(20)p17-20-----(20)\---/17----|

|---------------------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------------------|

E S S E S S S S S S S S S S

|--------------17------------17-------------17------------------|

|-20b22\---/17----20b22\-/17----20b22----------17-20b22---------|

|-------------------------------------19b21--------------0--5-7-|

|---------------------------------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------------------------------|

~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~

S +S +E +S S T +T S S +E. +S S S S

|-------------------------------------------------------------5---|

|---------------------------8-----------------------------------8-|

|--7pb9r(7)b9==(7)----(7)r-----7pb9r(7)p5-7b9r(7)-----(7)-7b9-----|

|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

~~~~

Q +S S S S S S S S S S S S

|-----------------------------------------------|

|-8pb10========(8)r----------------------13-15--|

|-----------------------5-7s9-9s12-12s14--------|

|-------------------5s7-------------------------|

|-----------------------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------------------|

~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~

Q +S E S S +E. +S S T +T S

|----------------------------15---------------------15---------------|

|-15b17=======(15)r\-/12--------15b17r(15)-----(15)----15b17r(15)p13-|

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

Q +S S T +T S Q. E

|-15b17========(15)r\-5------------------------------||

|---------------------5------------------------------||

|-----------------------7pb9r(7)p5-------------------||

|----------------------------------7\----------------||

|----------------------------------------------------||

|----------------------------------------------------||

|

| S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S

|----------------------------------------------------||

|----------------------------------------------------||

|--7s====9-9-9---9------7--------7-7s9-9-9-9s12------||

|--5s====7-7-7---7------5--------5-5s7-7-7-7s10------||

|-----------------------------------------------0-2--||

|----------------------------------------------------||

|

| S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S

|----------------------------------------------------||

|----------------------------------------------------||

|----------------------------------------------------||

|--5s====7-7-7---7------5--------5-5s7-7-7-7s10------||

|--5s====7-7-7---7------5--------5-5s7-7-7-7s10-0-2--||

|--3s====5-5-5---5------3--------3-3s5-5-5-5s=8------||

Interlude

Rhy Fig 1 + 2 (x2) + Riff A -> D.S. al Coda

Outro

&

Gtrs III, IV

Q +S S S S Q. S S Q. S S Q. S S Q +S S S S S E. +E S S

|-----------------------|-------------------|----------------------------|

|-----------------------|-5----5------------|----------------------------|

|-2--(2)----------------|-5----5--------4---|----------------------------|

|-2--(2)------------x---|-5----5--------5---|-2--(2)---------------------|

|-0--(0)-------0----x-3-|-3----3---5----5---|-0--(0)-------5s7--(7)-x----|

|--------0-3-0----------|--------0-3----3-0-|--------0-3-0-3s5--(5)-x-0--|

Q. S S Q. S S Q +S S S S S E. +E S S

|-------------------|---------------------------*|

|-5----5------------|---------------------------*|

|-5----5------------|---------------------------*|

|-5----5------------|-2--(2)--------------------*|

|-3----3---5----5---|-0--(0)-------5s7--(7)-x---*|

|--------0-3----3-0-|--------0-3-0-3s5--(5)-x-0-*|

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