Wishlist Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays439

Wishlist 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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C
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Intro: C F (2x) 

  C                              F               C 
I wish I was a neutron bomb, for once I could go off 
  C                          F                   C 
I wish I was a sacrifice but somehow still lived on 
  C                        F                 C 
I wish I was a sentimental ornament you hung on 
    C                                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 
for 50 million hands upraised, and open toward the sky 

C F C 

  C                            F                  C 
I wish I was a sailor with someone who waited for me 
  C                           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 was good 
  F              C                 G              F 
I wish I was the full moon shining off a Camaro s hood 

C F C  (3x) 

  C             G        F               C 
I wish I was an alien at home behind the sun 
  C                           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 
I wish I was the verb to trust and never let you down 

C F C  (2x) 

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

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante