Id Rather Have You

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[Verse]
A D A A E A
I'd rather go to a rodeo then shoppin' on Rodeo Drive
A D A E A
I'd rather lay on the grass with you and watch the planes than to have to fly
D
I'd rather have you than Ringling and Barnum & Baily Circus with all three rings
D
And the high trapeez and the lady on the horse and the train that carries them thru
A E A
Stacked up against all the gold in Africa, I'd rather have you
A D A E A
I'd rather share a hotdog with you than dinner with the President
D A E A
Offer me a castle on a mountain top, I'll take you in a tent
D
I'd rather be alone with you than to have my very own satellite
D
To talk and sing and say everything to everybody, do whatever I wanna do
A E A
And to be number one on Who Is Who, I'd rather have you
[Chorus]
D A
I don't crave applause and praise or holidays with my way paid
D A
I don't want to incorporate nor to be top rate nor a head of state
D A
I don't want to play the digery-do nor the sitar or the kazoo
D A E A
Just the two of us alone will do, I'd rather have you
[Verse]
A D A E A
I'd rather have tickets to the movies with you than the one that wins the lottery
D A E A
Rather walk on the beach with you than to own all the ships at sea
D
I'd rather have you than the QE2 and the Eiffel Tower, the Royal Jewels
And the Brooklyn Bridge, and the toll pay to go thru
A E A
And throw in a Texas well or two, I'd rather have you
[Chorus]
D A
I don't crave applause and praise or holidays with my way paid
D A
I don't want to incorporate nor to be top rate nor a head of state
D A
I don't want to play the digery-do nor the sitar or the kazoo
D A E A
Just the two of us alone will do, I'd rather have you
[Outro]
D A D A D A D A E A

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[Chorus]
[Verse]
And the Brooklyn Bridge, and the toll pay to go thru
[Chorus]
[Outro]
D  A   D  A   D  A  D  A  E  A

Id Rather Have You Chords by Johnny Cash

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