COUNTING CROWS - "i wish i was a girl" Tablature
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This song's really good, great bit of rock! Any comments, e-mail
'randomorwhat@hotmail.com'. Thanks, Simon
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 Esus4
The devil¹s in the dreaming
E
He tells you I¹m not sleeping in my hotel room alone
E Esus4
With nothing to believe in
E
You dive in to the traffic rising up and it¹s so quiet
You¹re surprised and then you wake
PRE-CHORUS 1:
Abm A
For all the things you¹re losing
E
You might as well resign yourself to try and make a change
Abm A
I¹m going down to Hollywood
B E A
They¹re gonna make a movie from the things that they find crawling
B
round my 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 B E B A
I wish I was a girl so that you could believe me
B E B
And I could shake this static every time I try to sleep
A B E B
I wish for all the world that I could say,
E F#m A B
³Hey, Elizabeth, you know, I¹m doing alright these days²
BREAK: (one guitar only) (x denotes palm mute)
E Esus4 E Esus4 E
E-|--0--0--0x--0‹0x--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--0‹0x--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 A
the bad decisions that keep you at home
E Esus4
How could anyone else have changed?
E A
All these wrong conclusions that leave you alone
E A
How could everyone rearrange?
E A
How could everyone else have changed?
F#m A
What I see 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
E
resign myself to try and make a change
Abm A
Well I¹m going down to Hollywood
B B A
They¹re gonna make a movie from the things that they find crawling
B
round my 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
A E B
But I can¹t sleep at night...
A E B
No I can¹t sleep at night...
A E B
Well I can¹t sleep at night...
A E B
Well I can¹t sleep at night...
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