C  Am  F

C    Fm        
E|--3-3-3/5-----------|
B|--------------------|
G|--------------------|
D|--------------------|
A|--------------------|
E|--------------------|
 
C   Am    C  Fm  
E|--3-3-3/5-----------|
B|--------------------|
G|--------------------|
D|--------------------|
A|--------------------|
E|--------------------|

[Verse]
C    Am  F  
In and out
               C 
That's the way in
Am            F
I saw an old sign
                      C
When my world was way down
    Fm            Am
Quiet on the streets
                   C
So I climbed the stairs
        F       Am
To the rarified air
               C
I've been on fire
     Am           F
Made from my thoughts
                   C
I thought up my life by

[Verse 2]
C        Am    F
Out then back in
                    C
That's the way to begin
        Fm           Am
But I had to climb down
        C
Into today
                  Am       
And give up the pain
                  C
I held myself up by

[Chorus]
F             Am   C
Baby, be simple 
F             Am   
Baby, be simple, 
        C
Be simple
        G               
Be simple with me

[Verse 3]
C        Am    F
Out, thicker skin
                   C
That's no way to begin
        Am           F
Come with your true arc
                      C
To fall all the way down
     Fm      Am
Like an empire
                   C
Into a kingdom of guts
      F          Am
To become a rooftop
                       E
I built me from the bedrock
 C#m          A
Made me right up
              E
Ignited little tunes
  C#m              A 
While the wind was still
                           E
Trying to find a way to tell you
    C#m               A
If or not the true arc
            E
Is even there
       C#m         A 
Or on a pillow of air
                         E
I'll rip me apart by the lore
           C#m          A
Cause to become that rooftop
                            B
I had to fall all the way down

[Chorus 3]
A        E
Baby, be simple 
A     Am               C#m 
Baaaaaby, please be simple
      E
Be simple
  B
Be simple with me

[Outro]
E C#m A Am