[Intro]
      
      


[Verse 1]

I would rather

 be
             
A lover for my

   
 lady
             
A mother for m

    
y baby
       
Than a sailor 

on the sea

Underneath the

 lights
             
We look bigger

            
 than we are
             
We look bright

              
er than the fa

      
lling star
   
Of brief celeb

rity


[Chorus]
            
God only knows

         
 how the wind'

s gonna blow
             
And how it all

         
 flows togethe

r
            
If the words w

             
e use or the w

ars we choose
             
Are gonna chan

              
ge somebody fo

      
r the better
            
God only knows

         
 how the wind'

s gonna blow
             
And how it all

         
 flows togethe

r
            
If the words w

             
e use or the w

ars we choose
             
Are gonna chan

              
ge somebody fo

      
r the better
         
God only knows
         
God only knows
             
God only knows

  


[Verse 2]

I know what it

's like
             
When you lose 

            
your inspirati

on
             
Blow a fuse to

          
 the sensation
         
That you used 

to feel so bri

ght

Many are the t

hings
             
In my mind tha

              
t I would sing
             
In my soul tha

              
t I would brin

 
g
           
If I could fin

d the words to

night


[Chorus]
            
God only knows

         
 how the wind'

s gonna blow
             
And how it all

         
 flows togethe

r
            
If the words w

             
e use or the w

ars we choose
             
Are gonna chan

              
ge somebody fo

      
r the better
            
God only knows

         
 how the wind'

s gonna blow
             
And how it all

         
 flows togethe

r
            
If the words w

             
e use or the w

ars we choose
             
Are gonna chan

              
ge somebody's 

        
life forever
         
God only knows
         
God only knows
             
God only knows

  


[Chorus]
            
God only knows

         
 how the wind'

s gonna blow
             
And how it all

         
 flows togethe

r
            
If the words w

             
e use or the w

ars we choose
             
Are gonna chan

              
ge somebody fo

      
r the better
            
God only knows

         
 how the wind'

s gonna blow
             
And how it all

         
 flows togethe

r
            
If the words w

             
e use or the w

ars we choose
             
Are gonna chan

              
ge somebody's 

        
life forever
         
God only knows
         
God only knows
             
God only knows

  


[Outro]

I would rather

 be
             
A lover for my

   
 lady
             
A mother for m

    
y baby
       
Than a sailor 

on the sea