Well here it is, my first tab( and probably last!). Had to write up all the lyrics
too so you lot better enjoy it! Didn t realize this tabbing stuff is hard work....
Great song from talented Irishman. Well done Declan!
Tips:
The B minor in the verse has no root note. You can also use D chord instead of Bm if you prefer.
I mix up this song with bar and higher chords etc to get the sound right. If
you ve got some money from the dole buy his cd and support Declan O Rourke!!
enjoy:-)
Verse 1:
If I was a bolt of lightning I would shoot right down and split the sky
in two and I would be so bright i would light up the darkest night
Well maybe I ll come back as one, i think it would be lots of fun
To zap the earth and strike the sea with a billion bolts of energy
(count 6 beats I think!)
Verse 2:
And if I was a bird out on the wing the sweetest song you d hear me sing
I would whistle sounds like secret words in a language no ones ever heard
The tune around your ear would ring so mesmerizing you would think
that I was something quite absurd, more like an angel than a bird
(count 6 beats)
Chorus:
But today I don t want to be anything else but myself
Cause today i am a little bit of all these things
Theres a little bit of all these things in me
I got all right here in my hand
i m a lightning, bird, wind, river, man.
(count 6 beats)
Verse 3:
And if I was a gust of wind i d blow around the world three times or so
I would pick up half and million leaves and make a sculpture on the breeze
So beautiful that god himself would want to know how do as well
Hed d offer me a handsome price just to be the wind in paradise
(count 6 beats)
Verse 4:
And if I was a river I would be a raging river wild and free
I would find my way around anything just to get where I was going
So treacherous would be my rath you d never try to cross my path
I d run so fast into the sea, you d see the waves from mercury
(count 6 beats)
Chorus:
But today I don t want to be anything else but myself
Cause today i am a little bit of all these things
Theres a little bit of all these things in me
I got all right here in my hand
i m a lightning, bird, wind, river, man.
(count 6 beats)
Chorus:
Yes today I don t want to be anything else but myself
Cause today i am a little bit of all these things
Theres a little bit of all these things in me
I got all right here in my hand
i m a lightning, bird, wind, river, man.n.
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