Intro--- E G D x4
EGDEGD
ooh, I'd rather have my life than be unborn, yes, I'd rather have a bad time than no time at all
EGDEGD
ooh, I'd rather take the storm than be becalmed, yes, I'd rather have my life than be unborn
EGDEGD
but, if I was a monkey up a tree, well, all you big old blackbirds would come and take a peck at me
EGDEGD
but, I'd rather have that life than be unborn, yes, I'd rather take that writing off the wall
harmonica break--- E G D x4
EGDEGD
well, now, if I was a monkey up a tree, or, down in some old basement over at 32nd Street
EGDEGD
but, I'd rather live a nightmare that's my own, yes, I'd rather take that writing off the wall
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sometimes I think I must be going crazy, 'cause most people seem to value that that hasn't any worth
BbGDEGD
well, that's their business now you know I'm easy, as long as they don't count on me to do their dirty work
EGDEGD
I'd rather be the rain than be a pond, yes, I'd rather I had nothing than had something that I'd borne
EGDEGD
yes, I'd rather make my church the open road, yes, I'd rather wipe that writing off the wall
EGDEGD
well, now, if I was a monkey up a tree, or, in some dirty basement down on 32nd Street
EGDEGD
well, I'd rather take my life than be unborn, yes, I'd disregard that writing on the wall
harmonica break--- E G D x4
BbGDBbGD
sometimes I think I must be going crazy, most people seem to value that that hasn't any worth
BbGDEGD
well, that's their business now you know I'm easy, as long as they don't count on me to do their dirty work
EGDEGD
ooh, I'd rather have my life than be unborn, yes, I'd rather have a bad time than no time at all
EGDEGD
yes, I'd rather take that storm than be becalmed, yes, I'd rather have my life than be unborn
EGDEGD
ooh, give me just one wish and leave me be, yeah, give me some old shack up on that rocky mountain scene
EGDEGD
but, I'd rather have my life than be unborn, yes, I'd rather wipe that writing off the wall