DECLAN O'ROURKE - LIGHTNING BIRD WIND RIVER MAN CHORDS

Well here it is, my first tab( and probably last!). Had to write up all the lyrics too so you lot better enjoy it! Didn't realize this tabbing stuff is hard work.... Great song from talented Irishman. Well done Declan! Tips: The B minor in the verse has no root note. You can also use D chord instead of Bm if you prefer. I mix up this song with bar and higher chords etc to get the sound right. If you've got some money from the dole buy his cd and support Declan O Rourke!! enjoy:-) Verse 1:

If I w^Aas a bolt of ^Dlightnin^Ag I would^D shoot right^A down and spl^Bmit the sk^Ay in tw^Ao and I would^D be so b^Aright i ^Dwould light ^Aup the darkes^Bmt night ^A Well maybe^Bm I'll come back as^A one, i thi^Bmnk it would be lots of^A fun To zap the^Bm earth and strike ^Athe sea wit^Bmh a billion bolts of e^Anergy

(count 6 beats I think!) Verse 2:

And if^A I was a bird^D out on ^Athe wing ^Dthe sweetest^A song you'd h^Bmear me si^Ang I woul^Ad whistle sou^Dnds like^A secret w^Dords in a la^Anguage no one^Bms ever he^Aard The tune a^Bmround your ear wou^Ald ring so ^Bmmesmerizing you would ^Athink that I w^Bmas something quite^A absurd, mo^Bmre like an angel than ^Aa bird

(count 6 beats) Chorus:

But to^Aday I d^C#mon't want to be ^Danything else^C#m but myself ^Bm Cause to^Dday i am a little bit of^A all these things Theres a^D little bit of all these t^Ahings in me I got^D all right here in m^Ay hand i'm a^D lightning, bird, wind, ^Ariver, man.

(count 6 beats) Verse 3:

And if^A I was a gust^D of wind^A i'd blow^D around the ^Aworld three t^Bmimes or s^Ao I woul^Ad pick up hal^Df and mi^Allion lea^Dves and make^A a sculpture ^Bmon the br^Aeeze So beauti^Bmful that god himse^Alf would wa^Bmnt to know how do as w^Aell Hed'd off^Bmer me a handsome p^Arice just t^Bmo be the wind in parad^Aise

(count 6 beats) Verse 4:

And if ^AI was a river^D I would^A be a rag^Ding river wi^Ald and free ^Bm ^A I woul^Ad find my way^D around ^Aanything ^Djust to get ^Awhere I was g^Bmoing ^A So treacher^Bmous would be my ra^Ath you'd ne^Bmver try to cross my pa^Ath I'd run so^Bm fast into the sea^A, you'd see^Bm the waves from mercur^Ay

(count 6 beats) Chorus:

Yes to^Aday I d^C#mon't want to be ^Danything else^C#m but myself ^Bm Cause to^Dday i am a little bit of^A all these things Theres a^D little bit of all these t^Ahings in me I got^D all right here in m^Ay hand i'm a^D lightning, bird, wind, ^Ariver, man.n.

A..... Woo ooooohhh hey yahoo ohhhh Woooohh ooooooo

Declan O'Rourke - Lightning bird wind river man