I Wish Chords
by R. Kelly
I Wish by R. Kelly is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Dm. It uses the chords Dm, C, Am7 and Bb. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Dm C
I wish, I wish, I wish
To every city
Am7 Bb
I wish, I wish, I wish
Every hood
Dm C
I wish, I wish, I wish
And every block
Am7 Bb
I wish, I wish, I wish
Ghetto America
Dm C
Rollin' through the hood, just stopped by to say what's up
Am7 Bb
And let you know that your baby boy ain't doing so tough
Dm C
And even though you passed going on four long years
Am7 Bb
Still waking up late at night crying tears
Dm C Am7
Just thinking about those days you used to talk to me
Bb
Smilin' while I'm sippin' on this Hennessy
Dm C Am7 Bb
And remember we bragged on how rich we would be, to get up out this hood was like a fantasy
Dm C
And now you hear my songs the radio is playin'
Am7
Oh I can't believe my ears
Bb
And what everybody's sayin'
Dm C
And boy I'll tell you, folks don't know the half
Am7 Bb
I would give it all up, just to take one ride
Dm C
How I used to kick it on the front porch
Am7 Bb
And how I used to lay back and smoke weed
Dm C Am7
And all the little basement party joints we'd do
Bb
Now I'm just missing you
How I wish
Dm C
I wish that I could hold you now
Am7 Bb
I wish that I could touch you now
Dm C
I wish that I could talk to you
Am7 Bb
Be with you somehow
Dm C
I know you're in a better place
Am7 Bb
Even though I can't see your face
Dm C
I know you're smiling down on me
Am7 Bb
Saying everything's okayyy
Dm C
Am7
And if I make it out this thug life
Bb Dm
I'll see you again someday
Dm C
I wish, I wish, I wish
Am7 Bb
I wish, I wish, I wish
verse 2
Dm C
Now ever since this money come, been nothing but stress
Am7 Bb
Sometimes I wish I could trade in my success
Dm C
Y'all look at me and say boy you've been blessed
Am7 Bb
But y'all don't see the inside of my unhappiness
Dm C
Man I swear this shit gets heavy like a ton
Am7 Bb
That's why you hear me shootin' This real shit off like a gun
Dm C
Hmm I wonder how my friends would treat me now
Am7 Bb
If I wasn't iced up with a Bentley and a house
Dm C Am7 Bb
That's why fake ass niggas get fake ass digits And fake ass playas get a real playa hatin' 'em
Dm C
Honey Love goes platinum and y'all ass come around
Am7 Bb
But y'all don't wanna raise the roof until my shit is going down
Chorus
Dm C
How I used to hoop off in them tournaments
(With you)
Am7 Bb
And how I used to club hop on weekends
(With you)
Dm C
Your family called the morning of the tragic end
Am7 Bb
Damn, my condolensces
verse 3}
Dm C
Voices in my head be telling me to come to church
Am7 Bb
Saying the Lord is the only way for you to stop the hurt
Dm C
Dreaming of windows black tinted like a hurst
Am7 Bb
When waking up to life sometimes seems worst
Dm C
And all I ever wanted is to be a better man
Am7 Bb
And I try to keep it real with my homies now
Dm C
For me to save the world I don't understand
Am7 Bb
How did I become the leader of a billion men?
Dm C
How I used to street perform on Friday
(With you)
Am7 Bb
And how I used to go to church on Easter Sunday
(With you)
Dm C
Standing here throwing them stones at me
Am7 Bb
Somebody pray for me