• 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:
E5                             E5 
   The devil?s in the dreaming
                        E5 
He tells you I?m not sleeping in my hotel room alone
E5                           E5
  With nothing to believe in
                          E5
You dive in to the traffic rising up and it?s so quiet

You?re surprised and then you wake

PRE-CHORUS 1:
Ab5                            A5
     For all the things you?re losing
                     E5
You might as well resign yourself to try and make a change
Ab5                   A5
    I?m going down to Hollywood
                     B5              E5                     A5
They?re gonna make a movie from the things that they find crawling 
         B5
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- | --------------------------------------------------------------
A5         B5        E5            B5          A5
   I wish I was a girl so that you could believe me
       B5               E5            B5
And I could shake this static every time I try to sleep
A5        B5            E5              B5
   I wish for all the world that I could say,
      E5                               F#5           A5    B5
?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 
E5                      A5
the bad decisions that keep you at home
          E5                E5
How could anyone else have changed?
E5                                 A5
 All these wrong conclusions that leave you alone
          E5             A5
How could everyone rearrange?
          E5                  A5
How could everyone else have changed?
       F#5             A5
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 
    E5
resign myself to try and make a change
Ab5                        A5
    Well I?m going down to Hollywood
                     B5              B5                     A5
They?re gonna make a movie from the things that they find crawling 
         B5
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)
A5   Ab5    F#5

A5   Ab5    F#5

             A5        E5    B5
 But I can?t sleep at night...
             A5        E5    B5
  No I can?t sleep at night...
             A5        E5    B5
Well I can?t sleep at night...
             A5        E5    B5
Well I can?t sleep at night...
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