• Song:

    I Wish I Was A Girl

  • Artist:

    Counting crows

  • Album:

    2000-03-15: Vega Theatr...

Tom: E 
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 devil?s in the dreaming
                        E 
He tells you I?m not sleeping in my hotel room alone
E                           Esus4
  With nothing to believe in
                          E
You dive in to the traffic rising up and it?s so quiet

You?re surprised and then you wake

PRE-CHORUS 1:
Abm                            A
     For all the things you?re losing
                     E
You might as well resign yourself to try and make a change
Abm                   A
    I?m going down to Hollywood
                     B              E                     A
They?re 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
?Hey, Elizabeth, you know, I?m doing alright these days?
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 devil?s 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 it?s so quiet
You?re surprised and then you wake
PRE-CHORUS 2:
For all the things I?m losing
I might as well resign myself to try and make a change
But I?m going down to Hollywood
They?re 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 I?m losing 
                                  **I might as well 
    E
resign myself to try and make a change
Abm                        A
    Well I?m going down to Hollywood
                     B              B                     A
They?re 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 can?t sleep at night...
             A        E    B
  No I can?t sleep at night...
             A        E    B
Well I can?t sleep at night...
             A        E    B
Well I can?t sleep at night...
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