The Minnow To The Trout

F                     Am
help me out, said the minnow to the trout
      F                     Am
i was lost and found myself swimming in your mouth
    F                       Am
oh, help me chief, I’ve got plans for you and me
  Bb
I swear upon this riverbed,
     F             C
I’ll help you feel young again
F            Am
oh, not your everyday circumstance
    F
the hummingbird
       Am
taking coffee with the ants, and I said


F                         Am
please, I know that we’re different
            F                          Am
but we were one cell in the sea in the beginning
    F    Am    C           F   Am  F
and what we’re made of was all the same once
      F   Am   C                F
we’re not that different after all

F Am F Am C X2

F                    Am
help me up, said the eagle to the duck
     F              Am
I’ve fallen from my nest so high above
    F                 Am
oh, help me fly, I am too afraid to try
    Bb
now saddled with a fear of heights
    F               C
I’m praying you can set me right
F            Am
oh, not your everyday circumstance
    F
the elephant
        Am
sharing peanuts with the rats, and I said


F                         Am
please, I know that we’re different
            F                          Am
but we were one cell in the sea in the beginning
    F    Am    C           F   Am  C
and what we’re made of was all the same once
      F   Am   C                F
we’re not that different after all

F Am F Am C X2

F              Bbm   C
we are tied in history,
F                     Bbm  C
wide-connected like a family
F              Bbm   C
we are tied in history,
F                     Bbm  C   Bbm   C
wide-connected like a family, a family...

   F                         Am
so please, I know that we’re different
            F                          Am
but we were one cell in the sea in the beginning
    F    Am    C           F   Am  C
and what we’re made of was all the same once
      F   Am  C               F
we’re not that different after all
      F   Am   C               F
we’re not that different after all