I wish I were     (video)

 

    Am ~ ~

 

       Am                      C            F                           C

1. I wish I were your pillow to touch your face at night,

        F                     C                       F                        C

    I wish I was the sunshine, oh, to be your morning light.

 

    F        Am       G               - F                              C

I wish I were, I wish I were       all I should have been,

         F                      G                G7              C

but most of all, oh, most of all I wish I were him.

 

         F                        C             F                                C

2. I wish I were your mirror to watch you comb your hair

              F                                  C 

    and hear you hum that little song you used to hum,

F                                  C

    when I was really there.

 

    F        Am       G               - F                              C

I wish I were, I wish I were       all I should have been,

         F                      G               G7               C

but most of all, oh, most of all I wish I were him.

 

+  C - F - G (2x)

 

      C                F               G                                   C              - F - G

+  Didn't I tell you what I wanted to tell you ? Oh, didn't I ?

       C                   F               G

    Didn't I show you what I wanted to show you ?

            C                F                 G

    Oh, didn't I, oh, didn't I, oh, didn't I ?

 

     F                                          - C 

3.      You know what I do now       every night

F                                  C

     while laying in my bed,

      F                         C              - F                                  C

    take back all the things I did      and half the things I said.

 

            F        Am             D7      G     - F                              C

And I wish I were, and I wish I were       all I should have been,

         F                      G               G7                           C

but most of all, oh, most of all I wish, I wish, I wish. Oh !

 

+  C - F - G  (6x)     +  C - F - G (2x)     +  C - F - G (3x) …

 

(orig. = capo 2nd)    (Andy Kim)