I Wish Tab

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Transcribed from the 2001 Semisonic album "All About Chemistry". Link to the video found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1nR7jDyjWA.Was this info helpful?
Difficulty:	intermediate
Tuning:	E A D G B E
Key:	A
Capo:	no capo
Author josiahstocks [a] 164. Last edit on Nov 11, 2023
[Intro]
e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|--6--6---6h7p6--4h6p4--2-2--|
D|--7--7---7------5------2-2--|
A|--0--0---0------0------0-0--|
E|----------------------------|
 
e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|
D|--6--6---6h7p6--4h6p4--2-2--|
A|--7--7---7------5------2-2--|
E|--0--0---0------0------0-0--|
 
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|--11-11--11h12p11--9h11p9---7-7--|
D|--12-12--12--------9--------7-7--|
A|--0--0---0---------0--------0-0--|
E|---------------------------------|
 
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|--6--6---6h9p6---4h7p4--2-2--|
D|--7--7---7-------5------2-2--|
A|--0--0---0-------0------0-0--|
E|-----------------------------|
 
 
[Verse 1]
  I wish I could be anyone but the one that I am
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|--6--6---6h7p6---4h6p4--2-2--|
D|--7--7---7-------5------2-2--|
A|--0--0---0-------0------0-0--|
E|-----------------------------|
  now.
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B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|--6--6---6h7p6---4h6p4--2-2--|
A|--7--7---7-------5------2-2--|
E|--0--0---0-------0------0-0--|
  I wish I could see any scene but the one I hang
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|--11-11--11h12p11--9h11p9---7-7--|
D|--12-12--12--------9--------7-7--|
A|--0--0---0---------0--------0-0--|
E|---------------------------------|
  around.
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|--6--6---6h9p6---4h7p4--2-2--|
D|--7--7---7-------5------2-2--|
A|--0--0---0-------0------0-0--|
E|-----------------------------|
  I wish I could do anything but the things I always
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|--6--6---6h7p6---4h6p4--2-2--|
D|--7--7---7-------5------2-2--|
A|--0--0---0-------0------0-0--|
E|-----------------------------|
  do.                         No matter how I try to
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|--11-11--11h12p11--9h10p9---8-8--|
D|--12-12--12--------10-------9-9--|
A|--0--0---0---------0--------0-0--|
E|---------------------------------|
  sing along,     Something is always wrong. What I wish
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|--6--6---6h7p6---------------|
D|--7--7---7-------6-6--6h7p6--|
A|--0--0---0-------7-7--7------|
E|-----------------0-0--0------|
  I knew.
e|-----|
B|--7--|
G|--7--|
D|--7--|
A|--5--|
E|--5--|
 
 
[Verse 2]
  I wish I could drive in the car that you drive around the
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B|-----------------------------|
G|--6--6---6h7p6---4h6p4--2-2--|
D|--7--7---7-------5------2-2--|
A|--0--0---0-------0------0-0--|
E|-----------------------------|
  bay.
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|--6--6---6h7p6---4h6p4--2-2--|
A|--7--7---7-------5------2-2--|
E|--0--0---0-------0------0-0--|
  I wish I could ride in the back seat you're riding in
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|--11-11--11h12p11--9h11p9---7-7--|
D|--12-12--12--------9--------7-7--|
A|--0--0---0---------0--------0-0--|
E|---------------------------------|
  today.
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|--6--6---6h9p6---4h7p4--2-2--|
D|--7--7---7-------5------2-2--|
A|--0--0---0-------0------0-0--|
E|-----------------------------|
  I wish I could be more like someone you wish that I could
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|--6--6---6h7p6---4h6p4--2-2--|
D|--7--7---7-------5------2-2--|
A|--0--0---0-------0------0-0--|
E|-----------------------------|
  be.                         No matter how I change it
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|--11-11--11h12p11--9h10p9---8-8--|
D|--12-12--12--------10-------9-9--|
A|--0--0---0---------0--------0-0--|
E|---------------------------------|
  anyway,          You won't even say if you really
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|--6--6---6h7p6---------------|
D|--7--7---7-------6-6--6h7p6--|
A|--0--0---0-------7-7--7------|
E|-----------------0-0--0------|
  want me.
e|-----|
B|--7--|
G|--7--|
D|--7--|
A|--5--|
E|--5--|
 
 
[Chorus 1] (Chords)
|A| x8
             D
I can try to please you
               A
Get down on my knees for you
               E
Go outside and freeze for you
               D
Cross the high seas for you
             E       A
Whatever you need me to
                D
I can climb the trees for you
             A
Twist in the breeze for you
                           E           D
But there's one thing that I can never do
D
I can't believe for you
D                         A
I can't believe in me for you
 
 
[Verse 3]
  I wish I could turn into somebody far, far
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|--6--6---6h7p6---4h6p4--2-2--|
D|--7--7---7-------5------2-2--|
A|--0--0---0-------0------0-0--|
E|-----------------------------|
  away.
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|--6--6---6h7p6---4h6p4--2-2--|
A|--7--7---7-------5------2-2--|
E|--0--0---0-------0------0-0--|
  I wish I could make myself satisfactory in every
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|--11-11--11h12p11--9h11p9---7-7--|
D|--12-12--12--------9--------7-7--|
A|--0--0---0---------0--------0-0--|
E|---------------------------------|
  way.
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|--6--6---6h9p6---4h7p4--2-2--|
D|--7--7---7-------5------2-2--|
A|--0--0---0-------0------0-0--|
E|-----------------------------|
  I wish I could know whether you really know what you
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|--6--6---6h7p6---4h6p4--2-2--|
D|--7--7---7-------5------2-2--|
A|--0--0---0-------0------0-0--|
E|-----------------------------|
  need.                       If I could only be some-
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|--11-11--11h12p11--9h10p9---8-8--|
D|--12-12--12--------10-------9-9--|
A|--0--0---0---------0--------0-0--|
E|---------------------------------|
  -body else.     I wouldn't be myself, and maybe you'd
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|--6--6---6h7p6---------------|
D|--7--7---7-------6-6--6h7p6--|
A|--0--0---0-------7-7--7------|
E|-----------------0-0--0------|
  want me.
e|-----|
B|--7--|
G|--7--|
D|--7--|
A|--5--|
E|--5--|
 
 
[Chorus 2] (Chords)
|A| x8
             D
I can try to please you
               A
Get down on my knees for you
               E
Go outside and freeze for you
               D
Cross the high seas for you
             E       A
Whatever you need me to
                       D
I've been climbing the trees for you
                A
Twisting in the breeze for you
                        E            D
But the one thing I can never, never do
D
I can't believe for you
D
I can't believe for you
D                         A
I can't believe in me for you
 
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[Chorus] - (Lead)
 
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D|--7-9/11--|
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B|--------------|
G|--------------|
D|----------12--|
A|---7-9-9/11---|
E|-8------------|
 
 
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| h   Hammer-on
| p   Pull-off
| /   Slide up
 
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