I Wish You Lonely Chords
by Morrissey
I Wish You Lonely by Morrissey is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Am. It uses the chords Am, C, Em, G, Dm and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
verse 1
Am
I wish you lonely
C
If only for one day
Em C
So that you might see routine for me
G Dm
Since the day I was born, born
Am
Think of yourself only
C
Of everything you demand
Em
You want and you need
C
And to hell
G Dm
To hell with everybody else, everybody else
verse 2
Am
Turn the key slowly
C
Remember how I can't sleep
G Em
Or if ever I do, an earthquake
C G Dm
An earthquake couldn't agitate, couldn't agitate
verse 3
C Am C Am
Tombs are full of fools who gave their life upon command
F
Of monarchy, oligarch, head of state, potentate
G Dm
And now never coming back, never coming back
C Am C Am
Tombs are full of fools who gave their life upon command
F
Of romance gone wrong
G G Dm
The same old glue and never coming true, never coming true
C Am C Am
Tombs are full of fools who gave their life upon command
F C
Oh heroin, heroin, heroin, heroin, heroin
G Dm
And never coming back, never coming back
verse 4
Am
I wish you lonely
C Em
Like the last tracked humpback whale
Em C
Chased by gunships from Bergen
G Dm F
But never giving in, never giving in