A D A E A I'd rather go to a rodeo then shoppin' on Rodeo Drive D A E A RIFF 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 trapeze and the lady on the horse and the train that carries them thru RIFF A E A Stacked up against all the gold in Africa, I'd rather have you A D A E A RIFF I'd rather share a hotdog with you than dinner with the President D A E A RIFF 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 RIFF To talk and sing and say everything to everybody, do whatever I wanna do A E-2b-0 A RIFF 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-2b-0 A RIFF Just the two of us alone will do, I'd rather have you SOLO: B7 e------------------------------------------------------------------------2---| D-----------------------------------------------------------------------0---| G------------------------------------------------------------------------2---| D-----------------------------------------------------------------------1---| A-------2b-00--00--2b-00-0-----2b-00-00--2b-00-00-----2b0-00-00--2b0-00------| E-0-2-4--------------------2b0--------------------2b0--------------------0---| G-------------------------------------------| D2-2-2-2-----------------------------------| A---------2-0---------------0---------------| E-------------2b0—2b0--2-4------------------| A D A I'd rather have tickets to the movies with you than the one that wins the E A 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