Chords:
{t: Wings }
{key: C}
{artist:Vin Garbutt, Colin Bowman}
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5ZHygae2Qk Capo 2
Colin Bowman: FaceBook Video
{c: Thanks to swalker on Ultimate Guitar}
"I [C] could have been a giant" said the [Am] bonsai tree
"But [F] someone bound my [Dm] roots and held me [G] down."
"I [C] could have reached the Heavens" said the [Am] snowy owl
"But they [F] clipped my wings and [G] kept me on the [C] ground."
"I [F] think I heard them [G] tell me that they [C] loved me
That they'd [F] care for me, [Dm] without them I would [G] die
But [C] what's the use of roots if you can't [Am] spread them?
[F] What's the use of [G] wings if you can't [C] fly?"
"I [C] could have been a singer" said the [Am] Myna bird
"But they [F] caged me and [Dm] told me what to [G] say."
"[C] I could have run forever" said the [Am] pony
"But they [F] bridled me and [G] made me go their [C] way."
"I [F] think I heard them [G] tell me that they [C] loved me
That they'd [F] care for me [Dm] forever so it [G] seems
[C] What's the use of voices without [Am] freedom?
[F] What's the use of [G] living other's [C] dreams?"
[F] Why do people [G] cage the things they [C] love the most?
Is it [F] simply that they [Dm] fear to be a-[G] lone?
[C] If you give you're love it's freedom, it will [Am] stay awhile
If it [F] leaves you, it was [G] never yours to [C] own
"I [C] could have found adventure" said the [Am] angelfish
"Now my [F] world's so small there's [Dm] nowhere left to [G] go."
"I [C] could have ruled a kingdom" said the [Am] lion
"Now this [F] land inside my [G] head is all I [C] know."
"I [F] think I heard them [G] tell me that they [C] loved me
That they'd [F] care for me, and [Dm] tell me it's al-[G] right
But [C] what's the use of life without ad-[Am] venture?
[F] What's the use of [G] strength if you [C] can't fight?"
[F] Why do people [G] cage the things they [C] love the most?
Is it [F] simply that they [Dm] fear to be a-[G] lone?
[C] If you give you're love it's freedom, it will [Am] stay awhile
If it [F] leaves you, it was [G] never yours to [C] own
"I [F] know I heard them [G] tell me that they [C] loved me
They'd [F] care for me, [Dm] without them I would [G] die
But [C] what's the use of roots if you can't [Am] spread them?
[F] What's the use of [G] wings if you can't [C] fly?"
