Key: F major
Verse 1
To a black bird sitting on a fence
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Em
A
Oh, the Lord gave me a soul, but
Em
A
D
Forgot to give me common sense,
A
Abaug
A
if I had an ounce of common sense
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Bm
I could while away the hours
D
Bm
consulting with the rain
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A
Em
An d my head I'd be scratching
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G
D
Em
if I only had a brain.
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D
Bm
I'd unravel any riddle
Em
C
D
for any individual in trouble or in pain.
Em
D
With the thoughts I was thinking
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A
I could be another Lincoln
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G
D
if I only had a brain
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Fdim
D
Oh, I could tell you why
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Em
A
D
the ocean's near the shore
Bm
Em
I could think of things
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Bm
I'd never thought before
E
Cdim
A
And then I'd sit and think some more
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Bm
I would not be just a -nothin'
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G
D
Em
Gm
A
If I only had a brain
To a straw man's sad and weary eye
A
Em
A
Oh, the Lord gave me tin ribs
Em
A
D
But for got to put a heart inside
Cdim
Abaug
A
chest and cried
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Bm
When a man's an empty kettle,
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A
Bm
and yet I'm torn apart.
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Em
Just because I'm presuming
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Em
if I only had a heart.
A
D
Bm
I'd be tender, I'd be gentle,
Em
Bm
an aw ful sentiment,
Em
D
regarding love and art.
Em
D
I'd be friends with the sparrows
G
A
and the boy that shoots the arrows,
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G
D
if I only had a heart.
G
Fdim
Picture me, a balcony,
F#m
B
Em
A
D
above a voice sings low,
Bm
Em
F#
Bm
Wherefore art thou Romeo?
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Em
E
I hear a beat.
Abaug
Ab
How sweet
A
D
Just to register emotion
Bm
Em
Jealousy, devotion
Bm
A
Em
I would stay young and chipper
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G
D
Em
Gm
A
If I only had a heart
To a miss who listened to him rave
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Abaug
A
Then his tail began to curl and wave
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Bm
Life is sad, they leave me missy
D
A
Without the feminine
Bm
D
A
Em
Oh, but I could
change my habits
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G
D
Em
If I only had the nerve
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D
Bm
I'm afraid there's no denying
Em
Bm
I'm just a dandy lion,
Em
D
Bm
a fate I don't deserve
Em
G
Oh, but I could show my prowess,
D
G
D
If I only had the nerve
G
Fdim
F#m
B
Oh, I'd be in my stride
Em
A
D
A king down to the core
Bm
Em
And I'd roar the way
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Bm
I'd never roared before
Em
A
And then I'd woof and roar some more
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Bm
I would show the dinosaurus
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Bm
A king they'd better serve
A
Em
Why with my regal beezer
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G
D
Em
A
If I only had the nerve
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G
D
Em
If I only had a heart
A
D
G
If I only had a brain
Outro 1
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Em
Gm
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