Intro:  D , A , D , Bm7 , A , G 
 
D 
We were sitting 'round the table 
Bm7                  D 
At the Tuesday poker game 
        G                D 
Solvin' all the problems of the world 
Bm7                      G 
Tryin' to draw an inside straight 
D 
When Jimmy posed the question 
Bm7                    D 
As he played a pair of kings 
              G            D 
"If you could be anyone in this whole world 
A                D G D 
Who would you be" 
 
Chorus: 
D                             A 
Would you be Elvis shakin' up Memphis 
Bm7                        G 
Makin' all the young girls scream 
G                                  D 
Would you make a speech that would change the world 
Bm7                G 
Like Martin Luther King 
G          D                A 
Go down in history like Abe Lincoln 
Bm7                      G 
'Cause you set a country free 
G            D                 Bm7    
If you could be anyone in this whole world 
G        A            
Tell me, who would you be 
 

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(Same progression as above) 
 
Hank said "I'd be a cowboy 

Someone like John Wayne" 

Donny said, "Hey pilgrim 

Blow that cigar smoke the other way" 

Said he'd make a million dollars 

Pitchin' in the major leagues 

Then he stared straight into Paul's bloodshot eyes 

And said, "Who would you be" 
 
Chorus: 
 
Would you be John Lennon, can you imagine 

Givin' hope with just a song 

Would you be the Babe pointin' that bat 

Saying, "This one's going long" 

Maybe Moses partin' the waters 

Saying, "Children, follow me" 

If you could be anyone in this whole world 

Tell me, who would you be 
 

G 
Well, I knew those boys would roll their eyes 
D 
When they heard what I had to say 
G                                Bm7 
But I shuffled the cards, said, "Dueces wild" 
A                 G 
And I told them anyway 
 
Chorus: 
 
I'd be a father who had all the answers 

To every question my kids had 

I'd earn every word on that coffee cup 

That said, "World's Greatest Dad" 

Be a perfect husband to that woman 

Who means everything to me 

If I could be anyone in this whole world 

That's who I'd be 
 

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Yeah, that's who I'd be 
 
Outro: 
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