Top Of The World chords by Patty Griffin

INTRO: G  D Dsus4 D  Em  C

VERSE:
               G                       D
I wished I was smarter, I wished I was stronger
             Em                      C
I wished I'd loved jesus, The way my wife does
                   G                      D
I wished it'd been easier, Instead of any longer
                    Em                             C
I wished I could've stood, Where you would've been proud
                  G                      D
That won't happen now, That won't happen now

                 C                                 D
There's a whole lot of singing that's never gonna be heard
     Em                            C                   G
Disappearing every day, Without so much as a word, Somehow
      C                                D
And I think I broke the wings off that little songbird
      Em                     C                 G
She's never gonna fly to the top of the world, now
                  D
To the top of the world

VERSE:
                    G                  D
I don't have to answer ,Any of these questions
              Em                   C
Don't have no guide to teach me no lessons
                   G                  D
I come home in the evening, Sit in my chair
                             Em
One night they called me for supper
                C            G
But I never got up, I stayed right there
      D
In my chair

                 C                                 D
There's a whole lot of singing that's never gonna be heard
     Em                            C                   G
Disappearing every day, Without so much as a word, Somehow
      C                                D
And I think I broke the wings off that little songbird
      Em                     C                 G
She's never gonna fly to the top of the world, now
           D                                  Em    C
To the top of the world, Oooh  ooohh

VERSE:
                 G                            D
I wished I'd had known you, I wished I had shown you
           Em                  C
All of the things I was on the inside
                      G
But I'd pretend to be sleeping
                          D
When you'd come in in the morning
           Em                         C
To whisper goodbye and go work at the rain
             G               D
I don't know why, Don't know why

CHORUS:

      C                          D
Cause everyone's singing we just wanna be heard
     Em                            C                   G
Disappearing every day, without so much as a word, Somehow
      C                         D
And I wanna grab a hold of that little songbird
    Em                         C
And take her for a ride to the top of the world
      G                      D
Right now, To the top of the world

   Em        C
Whoaaaa ohhhhhhhhh
                  Em
To the top of the world
                  C
To the top of the world
                  Em
To the top of the world
                  C
To the top of the world
                  Em