[Verse]
    Em                         G 
I'd rather be a sparrow than a snail
 
I'd rather be a sparrow than a snail 
                                 
Yes I would, if I could, I surely
 Em 
 would
Yes I would, if I could, I surely would
[Chorus]
 C 
Away, I'd rather sail away 
       G 
Like a swan that's here and gone 
  C 
A man gets tied up to the ground 
             G 
He gives the world its saddest sound
 
He gives the world its saddest sound 
             Em 
It's saddest sound
[Verse]
Em                            G 
I'd rather be a hammer than a nail 
                               
Yes I would, if I only could, I
        Em 
 surely would
Yes I would, if I only could, I surely would
[Chorus]
 C 
Away, I'd rather sail away 
       G 
Like a swan that's here and gone 
  C 
A man gets tied up to the ground 
             G 
He gives the world its saddest sound
 
He gives the world its saddest sound 
             Em 
It's saddest sound
[Verse]
Em                            G 
I'd rather be a forest than a street
 
I'd rather be a forest than a street 
                                 
Yes I would, if I could, I surely
 Em 
 would
Yes I would, if I could, I surely would
[Chorus]
 C 
Away, I'd rather sail away 
       G 
Like a swan that's here and gone 
  C 
A man gets tied up to the ground 
             G 
He gives the world its saddest sound
 
He gives the world its saddest sound 
             Em 
It's saddest sound
[Verse]
Em                                  
I'd rather feel the earth beneath my
 G 
 feet 
I'd rather feel the earth beneath my feet 
                               
Yes I would, if I only could, I
        Em 
 surely would
Yes I would, if I only could, I surely would
[Chorus]
 C 
Away, I'd rather sail away 
       G 
Like a swan that's here and gone 
  C 
A man gets tied up to the ground 
             G 
He gives the world its saddest sound
 
He gives the world its saddest sound 
             Em 
It's saddest sound