[Intro]
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[Verse]
     Em                         G
I'd rather be a sparrow than a snail
                                   Em
Yes I would, if I could, I surely would
Hmm                            G
I'd rather be a hammer than a nail
                                        Em
Yes I would, if I only could, I surely would
Hmm
  C
Away, I'd rather sail away
         G
Like a swan that's here and gone
   C
A man gets tied up to the ground
              G
He gives the world its saddest sound
             Em
Its saddest sound
                                G
I'd rather be a forest than a street
                                   Em
Yes I would, if I could, I surely would
                                      G
I'd rather feel the earth beneath my feet
                                        Em  C  G  C  G  Em
Yes I would, if I only could, I surely would