Tom: Am

         Am                          C
1. I'd rather be a sparrow than a snail,
                                       Am     - F - Am
    yes I would, if I could, I surely would.
                                   C
    I'd rather be a hammer than a nail,
                                             Am    F - Am
    yes I would, if I only could, I surely would.  m  m
      F
    Away, I'd rather sail away,
             C                   Am
    like a swan that's here and gone.
       F   
    A man gets tied up to the ground,
                   C                Am
    he gives the world its saddest sound,
         G        Am       - G - Am
    its saddest sound.
        Am                           C
2. I'd rather be a forest than a street,
                                       Am     - F - Am
    yes I would, if I could, I surely would.
                                          C
    I'd rather feel the earth beneath my feet,
                                            Am    - F - Am - G - Am
    Yes I would, if I only could, I surely would.