Verse 1:
      A            D       A        D           A            Bm       A
If I was a bolt of lightning I would shoot right down and split the sky
      A            D       A        D           A            Bm       A
 in two and I would be so bright  i would light up the darkest night
          Bm                A          Bm                    A
Well maybe I'll come back as one, i think it would be lots of fun
          Bm                A          Bm                    A
To zap the earth and strike the sea with a billion bolts of energy


(count 6 beats I think!)

Verse 2:
      A            D       A        D           A            Bm       A
And if I was a bird out on the wing the sweetest song you'd hear me sing
      A            D       A        D           A            Bm       A
I would whistle sounds like secret words in a language no ones ever heard
          Bm                A          Bm                    A
The tune around your ear would ring so mesmerizing you would think
         Bm                A          Bm                    A
 that I was something quite absurd, more like an angel than a bird

(count 6 beats)


Chorus:
      A      C#m             D            C#m         Bm
But today I don't want to be anything else but myself
        D                       A
Cause today i am a little bit of all these things
        D                         A
Theres a little bit of all these things in me
     D                   A
I got all right here in my hand
     D                       A
i'm a lightning, bird, wind, river, man.

(count 6 beats)

Verse 3:
      A            D       A        D           A            Bm       A
And if I was a gust of wind i'd blow around the world three times or so
      A            D       A        D           A            Bm       A
I would pick up half and million leaves and make a sculpture on the breeze
         Bm                A          Bm                    A
So beautiful that god himself would want to know how do as well
         Bm                A          Bm                    A
Hed'd offer me a handsome price just to be the wind in paradise


(count 6 beats)

Verse 4:
       A            D       A        D           A            Bm       A
And if I was a river I would be a raging river wild and free
      A            D       A        D           A            Bm       A
I would find my way around anything just to get where I was going
           Bm                A          Bm                    A
So treacherous would be my rath you'd never try to cross my path
          Bm                A          Bm                    A
I'd run so fast into the sea, you'd see the waves from mercury

(count 6 beats)


Chorus:
      A      C#m             D            C#m         Bm
But today I don't want to be anything else but myself
        D                       A
Cause today i am a little bit of all these things
        D                         A
Theres a little bit of all these things in me
     D                   A
I got all right here in my hand
     D                       A
i'm a lightning, bird, wind, river, man.

(count 6 beats)

Chorus:
      A      C#m             D            C#m         Bm
Yes today I don't want to be anything else but myself
        D                       A
Cause today i am a little bit of all these things
        D                         A
Theres a little bit of all these things in me
     D                   A
I got all right here in my hand
     D                       A
i'm a lightning, bird, wind, river, man.n.


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