I Wish I Was You Chords

KeyEm Capo4st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays529

I Wish I Was You by Shane Nicholson is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Em with a capo on the 4st fret. It uses the chords Em, G#m, B, G, A, C and A/G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Em
Text
16
Speed
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chord layout is relative to capo though chord names are transposed 
1. to save space and 2. as it's they're natural position - i.e. Em = G#m 
 
    Em  B   G   A   C  A/G 
E --0---2---3---0---0---0-- 
B --0---4---0---2---1---2-- 
G --0---4---0---2---0---0-- 
D --2---4---0---2---2---2-- 
A --2---2---2---0---3---0-- 
E --0-------3-------------- 
 
Em            B              G              A 
stop messing around it's the countdown to ignition 
Em               B           G                    A 
bring the hammer down and be done with the twenty questions 
Em             B             G               A 
we got nothing done you just gotta love that don't you ? 
Em                 B         G            A 
we're still having fun so at least it's a start 
 
                  C                            A/G 
and nothing comes close to this - tell me it's true 
                  C                     Em         B     G     A 
if i had just one wish - i'd wish i was you 
 
Em               B            G                   A 
i try to call connect but i'm still getting disconnected 
Em             B            G             A 
i've come to expect so much less than i expected 
 
                  C                            A/G 
and nothing comes close to this - tell me it's true 
                  C                     Em          
if i had just one wish - i'd wish i was you  
    B                     G         A 
sometimes, i'd wish i was you 
               Em 
i'd wish i was you  
    B                     G         A 
sometimes, i'd wish i was you       you 
 
Em         B           G          A (x2) 
 
Em            B            G               A 
stop messing around cos we must be missing something 
Em               B        G               A 
bring the hammer down and let's go make a start 
 
                  C                            A/G 
and nothing comes close to this - tell me it's true 
                  C                     A/G                  Em 
if i had just one wish - i'd wish i was you - i'd wish i was you 
    B                 G         A 
sometimes, wish i was you 
               Em 
i'd wish i was you  
    B                 G         A 
sometimes, wish i was you       i wish i was 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