I Wish That I Could Tell You Chords

KeyB Capo4st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays424

I Wish That I Could Tell You by Reba McEntire is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of B with a capo on the 4st fret. It uses the chords G, C, D, Em and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
B
Text
16
Speed
  			 
Tabbed By: Emrldeyzs 
 
 
INTRO: G C G C 
 
VERSE 1: 
 
G 
How do you tell someone you're letting go 
C 
I wish that I could tell you 
G 
But you're asking me things that I don't know 
C 
I wish that I could tell you 
D                       
The words that I would say 
         C                         G    
Sound as empty as the way you feel inside 
D 
While the silence in between 
C             D              Em   C 
Tells me everything that you deny 
G 
I don't know how to help you 
D 
I wish that I could tell you 
C      D       G        G  C 
How to tell me goodbye 
 
VERSE 2: 
 
G 
I don't know how you leave it all behind 
C 
I wish that I could tell you 
G 
Is it true a heart heals itself with time 
C 
I wish that I could tell you 
D 
How do you choose 
       C                                G    
Do you hurt 'em with the truth or with a lie 
D                           C  
Where do you go to find the courage 
         D           Em   C 
You know I could never find 
G 
I don't know how to help you 
D 
I wish that I could tell you 
C      D       G         
How to tell me goodbye 
 
BRIDGE: 
 
Em                 D 
Where do you turn, where do you go 
C                           G        
When you've finally reached the end of the road 
Em                D         
How do you say it I just don't know 
C                        Am             D  CD   
When it comes to leaving you're on your own 
 
G 
How do you tell someone you're letting go 
C 
I wish that I could tell you 
        G                           C G C G 
Ohhhh,I wish that I could tell you 
    	

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