E/G#:
e|-------4-------|
B|-------5-------|
G|-------4-------|
D|-------6-------|
A|-------x-------|
E|-------x-------|
E/B:
e|------7-------|
B|------9-------|
G|------9-------|
D|------9-------|
A|------x-------|
E|------x-------|
A:
e|-------5-------|
B|-------5-------|
G|-------6-------|
D|-------7-------|
A|-------x-------|
E|-------x-------|
C#m/E:
e|-------0-------|
B|-------2-------|
G|-------1-------|
D|-------2-------|
A|-------x-------|
E|-------x-------|
Intro: E/G# - E/B – D9/A
E B C#m/E A
I wish I was a friend of Jesus
E B C#m/E A
Talking to people all day long
E B C#m/E A
I wish I was a workmate of Cresus
E B C#m/E A
Earning monache going on (?)
Chorua:
A B G# A
But I was born in the wrong century
A B E
I did not choose the decade
A B G# A
I was born in the wrong century
A B E
I was born too late
E B C#m/E A
I wish I was a brave, strong knight
E B C#m/E A
Fighting birds, reflying colush (?)
E B C#m/E A
The king would be so satisfied that he would
E B C#m/E A
Want me to become a Lord
Chorus:
A B G# A
But I was born in the wrong century
A B E
I did not choose the decade
A B G# A
I was born in the wrong century
A B E
I was born too late
E B C#m/E A
I wish that I ratified the Constitution
E B C#m/E A
That I wrote the Bill of Rights
E B C#m/E A
I would hood (?) my whole nation where
E B C#m/E A
We would sing and dance all night
Chorus:
A B G# A
But I was born in the wrong century
A B E
I did not choose the decade
A B G# A
I was born in the wrong century
A B E
I was born too late
E B C#m/E A
I wish I was a dirty songs school boy (?)
E B C#m/E A
Drinking whisky and playing cards
E B C#m/E A
I would have my home horse
E B C#m/E A
And ockers (?) filled with light songs
Chorus:
A B G# A
But I was born in the wrong century
A B E
I did not choose the decade
A B G# A
I was born in the wrong century
A B
I was born
A B
I was born, you know
A B E
I was born too late
A B E
I was born too late