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I'D DO ANYTHING SIMPLE PLAN WORDS AND MUSIC BY Charles-Andre Comeau, Jean-Francois Stinco, Pierre Bouvier, Sebastien Lefebvre, David Desrosiers and Arnold Lanni TRANSCRIBED BY Jeff Perrin

All guitars are tuned down one half step (low to high: Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb). Bass tuning (low to high): Eb Ab Db Gb. All notes and chords sound one half step lower than written ( key of Eb ).

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