| G | |
| Well a wise man once said to me |
| Em | |
| If your heart don't break you wont be free |
| C | D | |
| But I'm as free as a | bird |
| C | D | C | D | G | |
| Flying out | over, | flying out | over the | sea |
| Em | |
| I call out to the wind, but no one comes to let me in |
| C | D | |
| I hear the | thunder |
| C | D | |
| The weight on my | shoulders |
| C | D | G | |
| The weight upon my | shoulders crushing | me |
| Cborus |
| F | C | G | |
| Shine | down on this | mountain |
| F | C | G | |
| Rain | down on my | face |
| F | C | G | |
| Call | out to the | river |
| D | C | G | |
| To wash me | out to wash me | out of this | place |
| Well I wish that I was a sailor man |
| Em | |
| With the wheel of the ship held in my hand |
| C | D | |
| But I don't like the | water |
| C | D | |
| I'm more like the | anchor |
| C | D | G | |
| I wish I was the | anchor in | me |
| Sometimes I wish I was a sin |
| Em | |
| So the ones I love wouldn't let me | in |
| C | D | |
| I wouldn't have to | try |
| C | D | |
| To find the | answers |
| C | D | G | |
| To give them all the | answers they | need |
| repeat CBORUS |
| Instrumental (Rhythm: Chords from chorus repeated) |
| Well a wise man once said to me |
| Em | |
| If your heart don't break you wont be | free |
| C | D | |
| But I'm as free as a | bird |
| C | D | |
| Flying out | over |
| C | D | G | |
| Flying out | over the | sea |