Simple

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SIMPLE
By Maury Yeston
From: “Nine”
Key: F

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Sim-ple these af-fairs that touch the heart.
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Sim-ple are the ways of love.
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Sim-ple as the touch of an-oth-ers hand.
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Sim-ple e-nough for an-y-one to un-der-stand,
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But you.

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Sim-ple are the ways we come a-part.
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Sim-ple as a babe is new!
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Sim-ple as a tree, and as sim-ple as a cloud,
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It’s as sim-ple as the sim-plest things
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Have al-ways been.
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Sim-ple as the sun and the moon
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And the stars in the sky
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Sim-ple are the ways we say “good-bye.”