E D E If I could choose the life I please then I would be a boatman E D E On the canals and the rivers free no hasty words are spoken D A My only law is the river breeze that takes me to the open seas E D E If I could choose the life I please then I would be a boatman [Chorus] E D E If I could choose the life I please then I would be a rover E D E And if the roads was not for me then I would choose another D A Mountains and the valleys deep where I would take this weary feet E D E If I could choose the life I please then I would be a rover [Verse] Bm A Bm A But these things are so hard for me, I cannot choose my own destiny Bm A E And all things that I want to see are so unclean E D E Well I wish I could choose the life I please, I am not a free man E D E Others rule my destiny but my will is never broken [Verse] Bm A Bm A I know some day I will be everything that I dreamed I'd be E D E And when I've lived the life I please then I will be a free man Bm A Bm A I know some day I will be everything that I dreamed I'd be E D E And when I've lived the life I please then I will be a free man E D E And when I've lived the life I please then I will be a free man