Top Of The World

here are the guitar chords for top of the world . the other tab is totally correct but if you’re a guy you’ll find this song pretty high to sing . with the chords like this there is a lot more room to shift the capo down . i like playing it with the capo on 3 or 5 , but the original song is capo 7 . tuning : standard - capo 7 A E i wished i was smarter , i wished i was stronger . F#m D i wished i love jesus , the way my wife does . A E i wished it had been easier , instead of any longer . F#m i wished i could have stood D where you would have been proud , A that won’t happen now E that won’t happen now . Chorus : D E there’s a whole lot of singing that’s never gonna be heard , F#m D A disappearing everyday without so much as a word somehow . D E think i broke the wings off that little song bird , F#m D A she’s never gonna fly to the top of the world right now . E top of the world . A E i don’t have to answer any of these questions . F#m D don’t have no god to teach me no lessons . A E i come home in the evening , sit in my chair . F#m one night they called me for supper D but i never got up , A E i stayed right there in my chair . D E there’s a whole lot of singing that’s never gonna be heard F#m D A disappearing everyday without so much as a word somehow . D E think i broke the wings off that little song bird , F#m D A she’s never gonna fly to the top of the world right now . A E i wished i’d a known you , wished i’d a shown you , F#m D all of the things i was on the inside . A E i’d pretend to be sleeping , when you come in in the morning F#m D to whisper good - bye , go to work in the rain . A E i don’t know why , don’t know why . D E cause everyone’s singing , we just wanna be heard . F#m D A disappearing every day without so much as a word somehow . D E wanna grab a hold of that little song bird , F#m D A take her for a ride to the top of the world right now . F#m D x4 F#m D whoa . whoa . F#m to the top of the world . D x4 to the top of the world . F#m D repeat to end