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    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 


[Refrão]
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 

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    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 


[Refrão]
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 
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