Wish List Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays553

Wish List by Pearl Jam is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, F and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			Wish List - Pearl Jam 
 
  C				  F             C 
I wish I was a neutron bomb, for once I could go off 
   			     F                 C 
I wish I was a sacrifice but somehow still lived on 
   			     F              C 
I wish I was a sentimental ornament you hung on 
   				     F                C 
The Christmas tree, I wish I was the star that went on top 

 
 F                C         F			C 
I wish I was the evidence, I wish I was the grounds 
 F             	 C             G               	   F	   C  F
For fifty million hands upraised that open toward the sky 
 
 C			F              	       	 C 
I wish I was a silhouette, someone who waited for me 
   			F              	   C 
I wish I was as fortunate, as fortunate as me  
 F               C           F		       C 
I wish I was a messenger and all the news good 
 F             	C                      G            F 
I wish I was the full moon shining off a Camaro's hood 

 
G  F  C  G  F  C  G  F      Solo 

 
 C		      F          	  C 
I wish I was an alien at home behind the sun 
 			   F              	 C 
I wish I was the souvenir you kept your house key on 
 
 F                  C               F	      C 
I wish I was the pedal brake that you depended on 
 F              C                G                  F	(C  F) 4 x 
I wish I was the verb 'to trust' and never let you down 

 
 F             C               F		     C 
I wish I was a radio song, the one you could turn up 
 F             	C 
I wish, I wish, I wish, I wish 
 G             	F 
I guess it never stops... 
    	

Chord diagrams

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