Capo 2nd fret

Standard (EADGBE)

 I wish I was smarter

 I wished I was stronger

 I wished I loved Jesus

 The way my wife does

 I wished any of it were easier

 Instead of any longer

 I wish I could have stood

 Where you would have proud

 That won't happen now, that won't happen now

Chorus

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

 Disappearing every day without so much as a word

 Somehow

Think I broke the wings off that little song bird

 She's never gonna fly to the top of the world right now

 Top of the world

 I don't have to answer

 Any of these questions

 Don't have no god to teach me no lessons

 I come home in the evening

 Sit in my chair

 One night they called me for supper

 But I never got up

 I stayed right there

 In my chair

Chorus

I wished I would have known you

 Wished I would have shown you

 All of the things

 I was on the inside

 I pretend to be sleeping

 When you come in in the morning

 To whisper goodbye

 Go to work in the rain

 I don't know why

 Don't know why

Chorus 2

 Cause everybody's singing

 We just want to be heard

 Disappearing everyday

 Without so much as a word

  -stop-

Some how

Wanna grab a hold of that little song bird

Take her for a ride to the top of the world

D - stop -

Right now

Instrumental

 Oh, oh...

 To the top of the world

 To the top of the world

To the top of the world

 To the top of the world

- no chord