Bert Jansch – A Man Id Rather Be (Guitar)

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[Intro] Em A Em A Em A Em A [Verse 1]
      Em           A
Now I wish I was a dog

Em               A
Lazin' about all day

       Em               A
With a bark so loud and fierce

   Em            A     F#m F
To keep the cats away, away
[Chorus 1]
B     E          A
But a man's a man

      D       F
And a dog's a slave

     Am          A        D G D
So a man I would rather be
[Verse 2]
      Em           A
Now I wish I was a book

  Em         A
Upon a dusty shelf

       Em                   A
With a millions of words to read

            Em                A       F#m F
Lord, but I can't even read myself, myself
[Chorus 2]
B     E       A
But a man's a man

      D          F
And a book can't think

     Am          A        D G D
So a man I would rather be
[Verse 3]
      Em           A
Now I wish I was a brick

       Em          A
In the middle of a wall

       Em               A
With a plastic coat and hat

        Em               A       F#m F
I would have no cares at all, at all
[Chorus 3]
B     E       A
But a man's a man

      D           F
And a brick won't talk

     Am          A        D G D
So a man I would rather be
[Verse 4]
      Em           A
Now I wish I was a fly

  Em                 A
A buzzin' around and around

Em                 A
Racin' through the air

        Em            A         F#m F
With no spiders to be found, be found
[Chorus 4]
B     E       A
But a man's a man

      D        F
And a fly gets squashed

     Am          A        D G D
So a man I would rather be