Top of the world    (intro)  (midi)    (sample)

 

      - - - - - - - - - - -   C                                  G

1. I wished I was smarter, I wished I was stronger,

                              Am                          F

    I wished I loved Jesus, the way my wife does.

                                  C                                G

    I wish it had been easier, instead of any longer,

                                         Am                                                    F

    I wished I could have stood, where you would have been proud,

                                         C                                    G

    but that won't happen now, that won't happen now.

 

                    F                                               G

There's a whole lot of singing, that's never gonna be heard,

          Am                                           F                                   C       - - -

disappearing every day, without so much as a word - somehow.

    F                                            G

I think I broke the wings of that little songbird,

          Am                               F                                 C                       G

she's never gonna fly, to the top of the world, right now, top of the world.

 

                             C                                 G

2. I don' t have to answer, any of these questions,

                           Am                             F

    don't have no guide to teach me no lessons.

                                    C                             G

    I come home in the evening, sit in my chair,

                                                 Am                                F

    one night they called me for supper, but I never got up,

                            C                 G

    I stayed right there in my chair.

 

                    F                                               G

There's a whole lot of singing, that's never gonna be heard,

          Am                                           F                                  C       

disappearing every day, without so much as a word, somehow.

    F                                            G

I think I broke the wings of that little songbird,

          Am                               F                                 C          - - -

she's never gonna fly, to the top of the world, right now.

 

 

 

 

 

 

       - - - - - - - -   C                                 G

3. I wished I'd known you, wished I'd shown you,

                    Am                          F

    all of the things, I was on the inside.

                                  C                                                    G

    I´d pretend to be sleeping, when you come in in the morning,

                              Am                              F

    to whisper goodbye, go to work in the rain,

                          C                        G

    I don't know why, don't know why.

 

             F                                          G

Cause everyone´s singing, we just wanna be heard,

          Am                                            F                                 C

disappearing every day, without so much as a word, somehow.

   F                                     G

Gonna grab a hold of that little songbird,

Am                                    F                                 C

take her for a ride, to the top of the world, right now.

 

    Am - F  (4x)    Am       F

                           Oh !     Oh !

 

                               Am                                 F

    To the top of the world, to the top of the world. (4x)

 

    Am - F  (8x) ….

 

(orig. = capo 4th)         (Dixie Chicks)