Guitar Tabs, Chords and Lyrics
Update 25:10. 13:00. Site is back up running again. Songbooks are recovered. Woring on getting search back up..


I Wish I Was a Girl  Counting Crows

This song's really good, great bit of rock! Any comments, e-mail
Standard Tuning
INTRO:
Riff 1:
 
 E-|-------7---------------7------------------------------------------
 B-|--9--9--7---------9--9--7-----------------------------------------
 G-|-9-9-------------9-9-----------9-8h9-9-9-9-8--8-6-4-6/9-9-9-9-9---
 D-|------------------------------------------------------------------
 A-|------------------------------------------------------------------
 E-|------------------------------------------------------------------

Bend &
slide
 
 E-|-------7---------------7-------------------------------------------
 B-|--9--9--7---------9--9--7------------------------------------7-9~\-
 G-|-9-9-------------9-9-------------8h9-9-9-9-8--8-6-4-6/9-9-9-9-9----
 D-|-------------------------------------------------------------------
 A-|-------------------------------------------------------------------
 E-|-------------------------------------------------------------------

VERSE 1:
[E] The devil¹s in the dreamin[Esus4]g
He tells you I¹m not sl[E]eeping in my hotel room alone
[E] With nothing to believe in[Esus4]
You dive in to the traffic[E] rising up and it¹s so quiet
You¹re surprised and then you wake
PRE-CHORUS 1:
[Abm] For all the things you¹re[A] losing
You might as well res[E]ign yourself to try and make a change
[Abm] I¹m going down to[A] Hollywood
They¹re gonna make a[B] movie from the[E] things that they find[A] crawling
round my [B]brain
CHORUS 1: (second guitar with Riff 2)
Riff 2:
 
 E-|-------7---------------7--------------------------------------------
 B-|--9--9--7---------9--9--7-------------------------------------7--9~-
 G-|-9-9-------------9-9-------------8h9-9-9-9-8-9-9-9-9-8h9-9-9-9--9---
 D-|--------------------------------------------------------------------
 A-|--------------------------------------------------------------------
 E-|--------------------------------------------------------------------
 E-|-------7---------------7--------------------------------------
 B-|--9--9--7---------9--9--7-------------------------------------
 G-|-9-9-------------9-9------------------------------------------
 D-|--------------------------------------------------------------
 A-|--------------------------------------------------------------
 E-|--------------------------------------------------------------

[A] I wish [B]I was a g[E]irl so that y[B]ou could be[A]lieve me
And I c[B]ould shake this [E]static every [B]time I try to sleep
[A] I wish[B] for all the [E]world that I co[B]uld say,
³Hey,[E] Elizabeth, you know, I¹m doing[F#m] alright these[A] days[B]²
BREAK: (one guitar only) (x denotes palm mute)
[E] [Esus4] [E] [Esus4] [E]  
 
 E-|--0--0--0x--0â?¹0x--0--0-0x--0-0x--0--0--0x--0-0x---0--0--0x--0-0x----
 B-|--0--0--0x--0-0x--0--0-0x--0-0x--0--0--0x--0-0x---0--0--0x--0-0x----
 G-|--1--1--1x--1-1x--2--2-2x--2-2x--1--1--1x--2-2x---1--1--1x--1-1x----
 D-|--2--2--2x--2-2x--2--2-2x--2-2x--2--2--2x--2-2x---2--2--2x--2-2x----
 A-|--2--2--2x--2-2x--2--2-2x--2-2x--2--2--2x--2-2x---2--2--2x--2-2x----
 E-|--0--0--0x--0-0x--0--0â?¹0x--0-0x--0--0--0x--0-0x---0--0--0x--0-0x----

VERSE 2: Same pattern as verse 1.
The devil¹s in the dreaming
You see yourself descending from a building to the ground
You watch the sky receding
You spin to see the traffic rising up and it¹s so quiet
You¹re surprised and then you wake
PRE-CHORUS 2:
For all the things I¹m losing
I might as well resign myself to try and make a change
But I¹m going down to Hollywood
They¹re gonna make a movie from the things that they find crawling round my brain
CHORUS 2 (second guitar Riff 2)
Then to INTERLUDE:
*
 
 E-|------------------|-
 B-|--9---9---7---7---|-
 G-|----9---9---9---9-|-
 D-|------------------|- Play 8 times
 A-|------------------|- Vocals enter half way through pattern (@ the *)
 E-|------------------|- End on Ab note (ninth fret ­ B string)

4th time
In one of these dreams,
6th time
you forgive me
8th time
It makes me think of
[E]the bad decisions that [A]keep you at home
How could [E]anyone else have [Esus4]changed?
[E] All these wrong conclusions that [A]leave you alone
How could [E]everyone rearr[A]ange?
How could [E]everyone else have [A]changed?
What I [F#m]see [A] I believe
PRE-CHORUS 3:
 
 E-|------------------|-----------------------|-
 B-|--9---9---9---9---|-9/10---10---10---10---|-
 G-|----9---9---9---9-|------9----9----9----9-|-
 D-|------------------|-----------------------|-
 A-|------------------|-----------------------|-
 E-|------------------|-----------------------|-

* **
*For all the things I¹m losing
**I might as well
resi[E]gn myself to try and make a change
[Abm] Well I¹m going down to[A] Hollywood
They¹re gonna make a[B] movie from the[B] things that they find[A] crawling
round my [B]brain
CHORUS 3: (second guitar with Riff 3)
Riff 3:
 
 E-|-------7---------------7----|-
 B-|--9--9--7---------9--9--7---|-
 G-|-9-9-------------9-9--------|-
 D-|----------------------------|-
 A-|----------------------------|-
 E-|----------------------------|-
 E-|---7--11p7-11-12-7---11p7-11-12-7---11p7-11-12-7---11p7-11-12----|-
 B-|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-
 G-|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-
 D-|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-
 A-|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-
 E-|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-
 E-|-------7---------------7------------
 B-|--9--9--7---------9--9--7-----------
 G-|-9-9-------------9-9----------------
 D-|------------------------------------
 A-|------------------------------------
 E-|------------------------------------

END: (second guitar plays lead)
[A] [Abm] [F#m]  
[A] [Abm] [F#m]  
But I can¹t[A] sleep at[E] nigh[B]t...
No I can¹t[A] sleep at[E] nigh[B]t...
Well I can¹t[A] sleep at[E] nigh[B]t...
Well I can¹t[A] sleep at[E] nigh[B]t...

Important: The song above is NOT stored on the Chordie server. The original song is hosted at www.azchords.com. Chordie works as a search engine and provides on-the-fly formatting. Chordie does not index songs against artists'/composers' will. To remove this song please click here.

Text color:
Chord color:
Chord grids: 
Font size:    
Page size: 

A Abm B E Esus4 F#m
Rate #3 of 5 versions

Login - add to songbook

SHARE PAGE  




You need to log in to post comments