Simple Man

About Simple Man

According to the Simple Man Songfacts, shortly after Ronnie Van Zant's grandmother and Gary Rossington's mother died, they got together in Van Zant's apartment and started telling stories about them. Rossington came up with a chord progression, and Van Zant wrote the lyrics based on advice the women had given them over the years. They wrote it in about an hour. .

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About this song

Credited to

Lynyrd Skynyrd

Album

Legend · Track 5 of 9

Released

February 3, 1987

Duration

6:35

Ranking

#3 most played Lynyrd Skynyrd track on Foxsoundi

On Last.fm

1,057,011 listeners on Last.fm

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From the album: Legend