Top Of The World Chords by Patty Griffin

[Eb] I wish I was smarter, _ _ _ wish I [Bb] was stronger _
I _ [Eb] wish I'd [Cm] loved Jesus _ the _ way [Ab] my wife does _
I wish it had been [Eb] easier _ instead _ of any [Bb] longer _ _
I wish [Cm] I could have stood where you would have been [Ab] proud
That won't happen [Eb] now
There's _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [Gm] [Ab] a whole lot of singing that's [Bb] never gonna be heard
[Cm] Disappearing every day [Ab] without so much as a word
[Eb] Some think _
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ I broke the [Bb] wings off that little songbird
[Cm] She's never gonna fly [Ab] to the top of the world
_ [Eb] _ _ _
_ To the top of [Bb] the [C] world
_ _ I don't [Eb] have to _ answer any of [Bb] these questions
Don't _ [Eb] have [Cm] no God to _ teach [Ab] me no _ lessons
_ I'd come home [Eb] in the evening, _ _ _ _ [F] sit in [Bb] my chair _
One night they called me [Ab] from [Cm] supper, but I [Ab] never got up
I [Eb] stayed right there [Cm] in [Bb] my chair
_ [Eb] There's a whole [Ab] lot of singing that's [Bb] never gonna be heard
[Cm] _ Disappearing every day without so [Ab] much as a [Eb] word
Some _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Ab] think I broke [Eb] the wings off [Bb] that little songbird
[Cm] She's never gonna fly [Ab] to the top of the world
Fly [Eb] _ _ to _ _ the top [Bb] of the world
_ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
_ _ I wish [Eb] I'd have known you, _ _ _ wish [Bb] I'd have shown you
_ _ All [Cm] of the things I _ _ was [Ab] on the inside
But I'd pretend to [Eb] be sleeping _ when you'd come in in [Bb] the morning _ _
_ To [Cm] whisper goodbye and go to work [Ab] in the rain
Now I don't [Eb] know why, don't know [Bb] _ why
[Eb] It's [Ab] everyone singing [Bb] we just wanna be heard
[Cm] Disappearing every day [Ab] without so much as a word
Some [Eb] _ wanna _
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ grab ahold [Bb] of that little songbird
[Cm] Take her for a ride [Ab] to the top of the world
[Eb] To _ _ _ _ the top [Bb] of the world _
_ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ To _ _ _ _ the top of [Cm] the world
_ [Ab] _
To the top of the world
[Cm] To the top of [Ab] the world
To the top of [Cm] the world
To [Ab] the top of the world
[Cm] To the top of the world
To the top of the world
[Ab] the world to the top of [Cm] the world _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _