Intro: A  D  A  D 

Verse 
A                               D 
Moon comes up and the moon goes down 
                      A          E 
Life is short and the world is round 
A 
Rivers always run downstream 
D 
Little boys dream the biggest dreams, and   
A                                   E 
Good things seem to go to those who wait 
D                                 A 
Bad news never comes a minute too late 


[Refrão]
 
        D                  A 
If only love was simple as that 
            D 
There would be a book I could read 
   E  
To show me how to bring you back 
           A 
I wouldn't walk the floor all night long 
D 
Wondering baby where I went wrong 
   A    E              A 
If love was simple as that 

Verse 
A                                D 
Days are blue and the nights are dark 
                            E 
I love you with all my heart 
A 
If I could hold the hands of time 
D 
Turn back until you were mine 
    A                          E 
And we would live happily ever after 
        D                                     A  
And the only tears we'd cry were the tears of laughter 


[Refrão]
 
        D                  A 
If only love was simple as that 
            D 
There would be a book I could read 
    E      
To show me how to bring you back 
           A 
I wouldn't walk the floor all night long 
D 
Wondering baby where I went wrong 
   A    E             A 
If love was simple as that 

Outro 
(Shift up half step.) 
Eb  A#  Eb  F   
           A#   
I wouldn't walk the floor all night long 
Eb  
Wondering baby where I went wrong 
   A#    F            A# 
If love was simple as that 
        Eb                 A# 
If only love was simple as that 
            Eb 
There would be a book I could read 
    F 
To show me how to bring you back 
           A#  
I wouldn't walk the floor all night long 
Eb  
Wondering baby where I went wrong 
   A#    F             A# 
If love was simple as that