I Wish I Was A Girl

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  • Standard Tuning
     
    INTRO:
  • Riff 1:
    E-|-------7---------------7------------------------------------------
    B-|--9--9--7---------9--9--7-----------------------------------------
  • G-|-9-9-------------9-9-----------9-8h9-9-9-9-8--8-6-4-6/9-9-9-9-9---
    D-|------------------------------------------------------------------
    A-|------------------------------------------------------------------
  • E-|------------------------------------------------------------------
     
    Bend &
  • slide
    E-|-------7---------------7-------------------------------------------
    B-|--9--9--7---------9--9--7------------------------------------7-9~\-
  • G-|-9-9-------------9-9-------------8h9-9-9-9-8--8-6-4-6/9-9-9-9-9----
    D-|-------------------------------------------------------------------
    A-|-------------------------------------------------------------------
  • E-|-------------------------------------------------------------------
     
    VERSE 1:
  • E Esus4
    The devilıs in the dreaming
    E
  • He tells you Iım not sleeping in my hotel room alone
    E Esus4
    With nothing to believe in
  • E
    You dive in to the traffic rising up and itıs so quiet
    Youıre surprised and then you wake
  •  
    PRE-CHORUS 1:
    Abm A
  • For all the things youıre losing
    E
    You might as well resign yourself to try and make a change
  • Abm A
    Iım going down to Hollywood
    B E A
  • Theyıre gonna make a movie from the things that they find crawling
    B
    round my brain
  •  
    CHORUS 1: (second guitar with Riff 2)
    Riff 2:
  • E-|-------7---------------7--------------------------------------------
    B-|--9--9--7---------9--9--7-------------------------------------7--9~-
    G-|-9-9-------------9-9-------------8h9-9-9-9-8-9-9-9-9-8h9-9-9-9--9---
  • D-|--------------------------------------------------------------------
    A-|--------------------------------------------------------------------
    E-|--------------------------------------------------------------------
  •  
    E-|-------7---------------7--------------------------------------
    B-|--9--9--7---------9--9--7-------------------------------------
  • G-|-9-9-------------9-9------------------------------------------
    D-|--------------------------------------------------------------
    A-|--------------------------------------------------------------
  • E-|--------------------------------------------------------------
     
    A B E B A
  • I wish I was a girl so that you could believe me
    B E B
    And I could shake this static every time I try to sleep
  • A B E B
    I wish for all the world that I could say,
    E F#m A B
  • ³Hey, Elizabeth, you know, Iım doing alright these days²
     
    BREAK: (one guitar only) (x denotes palm mute)
  • E Esus4 E Esus4 E
    E-|--0--0--0x--0‹0x--0--0-0x--0-0x--0--0--0x--0-0x---0--0--0x--0-0x----
    B-|--0--0--0x--0-0x--0--0-0x--0-0x--0--0--0x--0-0x---0--0--0x--0-0x----
  • G-|--1--1--1x--1-1x--2--2-2x--2-2x--1--1--1x--2-2x---1--1--1x--1-1x----
    D-|--2--2--2x--2-2x--2--2-2x--2-2x--2--2--2x--2-2x---2--2--2x--2-2x----
    A-|--2--2--2x--2-2x--2--2-2x--2-2x--2--2--2x--2-2x---2--2--2x--2-2x----
  • E-|--0--0--0x--0-0x--0--0‹0x--0-0x--0--0--0x--0-0x---0--0--0x--0-0x----
     
    VERSE 2: Same pattern as verse 1.
  • The devilıs in the dreaming
    You see yourself descending from a building to the ground
    You watch the sky receding
  • You spin to see the traffic rising up and itıs so quiet
    Youıre surprised and then you wake
     
  • PRE-CHORUS 2:
    For all the things Iım losing
    I might as well resign myself to try and make a change
  • But Iım going down to Hollywood
    Theyıre gonna make a movie from the things that they find crawling round my brain
     
  • CHORUS 2 (second guitar Riff 2)
     
    Then to INTERLUDE:
  • *
    E-|------------------|-
    B-|--9---9---7---7---|-
  • G-|----9---9---9---9-|-
    D-|------------------|- Play 8 times
    A-|------------------|- Vocals enter half way through pattern (@ the *)
  • E-|------------------|- End on Ab note (ninth fret ­ B string)
     
    4th time
  • In one of these dreams,
    6th time
    you forgive me
  • 8th time
    It makes me think of
    E A
  • the bad decisions that keep you at home
    E Esus4
    How could anyone else have changed?
  • E A
    All these wrong conclusions that leave you alone
    E A
  • How could everyone rearrange?
    E A
    How could everyone else have changed?
  • F#m A
    What I see I believe
     
  • PRE-CHORUS 3:
    E-|------------------|-----------------------|-
    B-|--9---9---9---9---|-9/10---10---10---10---|-
  • G-|----9---9---9---9-|------9----9----9----9-|-
    D-|------------------|-----------------------|-
    A-|------------------|-----------------------|-
  • E-|------------------|-----------------------|-
    * **
    *For all the things Iım losing
  • **I might as well
    E
    resign myself to try and make a change
  • Abm A
    Well Iım going down to Hollywood
    B B A
  • Theyıre gonna make a movie from the things that they find crawling
    B
    round my brain
  •  
    CHORUS 3: (second guitar with Riff 3)
    Riff 3:
  • E-|-------7---------------7----|-
    B-|--9--9--7---------9--9--7---|-
    G-|-9-9-------------9-9--------|-
  • D-|----------------------------|-
    A-|----------------------------|-
    E-|----------------------------|-
  •  
    E-|---7--11p7-11-12-7---11p7-11-12-7---11p7-11-12-7---11p7-11-12----|-
    B-|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-
  • G-|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-
    D-|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-
    A-|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-
  • E-|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-
     
    E-|-------7---------------7------------
  • B-|--9--9--7---------9--9--7-----------
    G-|-9-9-------------9-9----------------
    D-|------------------------------------
  • A-|------------------------------------
    E-|------------------------------------
     
  • END: (second guitar plays lead)
    A Abm F#m
    A Abm F#m
  • A E B
    But I canıt sleep at night...
    A E B
  • No I canıt sleep at night...
    A E B
    Well I canıt sleep at night...
  • A E B
    Well I canıt sleep at night...
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