Slightly edited version of original by Andrew Skinner (streetecho)
Capo 1
[Verse 1]
G Cadd9 G
I've been in search of stones
G
Making up the pavement
Cadd9 G
Of less travelled roads
G/F# Em
Mining for treasure deep in my bones
Em D Dsus2 D Dsus2
That I never found
G Cadd9 G
Went looking for reverence
G
Tried to find it in a bottle
Cadd9 G
& came back again
G G/F# Em
High on a hashpipe of good intent
Em D Dsus2 D Dsus2
But it only brought me down
[Chorus]
Cadd9 D G G/F# Em
Tried institutions of the mind and soul
Cadd9 D
It only taught me what I
G G/F# Em
Should not know
Cadd9 D
Oh and the answer well
G G/F# Em
Who would have guessed
Em C D G
Could be something as simple as this
C D G Cadd9 G Cadd9 G
Something as simple as this
[Verse 2]
G Cadd9 G
Travelled to each ocean’s end
G
Saw all 7 wonders,
Cadd9 G
Trying to make some sense
G/F# Em
Memorised the mantra Confucius said
Em D Dsus2 D Dsus2
But it only let me down
[Chorus]
Cadd9 D G G/F# Em
Tried absolutions of the mind and soul
Cadd9 D
It only led me where I
G G/F# Em
Could not go
Cadd9 D
Oh and the answer well
G G/F# Em
How could I miss
C D G
Something as simple as this
C D G Cadd9 G
Something as simple as this
[Bridge]
Cadd9 D G Cadd9 D G
I been falling crashing breaking
Cadd9 D G
And all the while you were
Cadd9 D G
Stood here waiting
Em
For me girl
G Cadd9 G (x2) | G/F# Em D Dsus2 D
[Chorus]
Cadd9 D G G/F# Em
Tried liberation of my own free will
Cadd9 D G G/F# Em
But it left me looking to get higher still
Cadd9 D
Oh and the answer well
G G/F# Em
Who could have guessed
Em C D Em
Could be something as simple as this
Em Am
God knows how I could have missed
C D G Cadd9 G
Something as simple as this
G Cadd9 G
