Wishlist Tab

Wish List by Pearl Jam
from the album 'Yield'
 
transcribed by Pat Giles (pgiles@ntl.sympatico.ca)
 
Note: The lead guitar parts can be played several different ways on
      various parts of the fretboard.
 
Chords:
C:  x32010
F:  x33211
G:  320033
 
Tab notations:
h = hammer-on
p = pull-off
/ = slide up
\ = slide down
~ = hold/shake note
 
 
The basic rhythm for the verses is this:
 
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
D|-2-2-0-0-2-2-0-0-2-2-0-0-2-2-0--3-3-3-3--3-3-0--2-2-0-0-2-2-0--|
A|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
 
 
I wish I was a neutron bomb, for once I could go off
I wish I was a sacrifice but somehow still lived on
I wish I was a sentimental ornament you hung on
The Christmas tree, I wish I was the star that went on top
 
  F              C           F              C
I wish I was the evidence, I wish I was the grounds
    F             C                   G               F
For fifty million hands upraised that open toward the sky
 
 
Fill 1:
 
    C               F       C
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-------------1--/3~---/5-----------|
G|-/5~------2--------------5~--------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|
 
I wish I was a silhouette, someone who waited for me
I wish I was as fortunate, as fortunate as me
I wish I was a messenger and all the news good
I wish I was the full moon shining off a Camaro's hood
 
 
Interlude/Bridge:
 
          G      F         C           G           F              C
 
e|------8-7--/8-----/7--------|------8-7--/10-8-7-----/10-8-7-------|
B|-8h10---------10-----10-\5--|-8h10--------------10----------10-\5-|
G|----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
 
          G      F                    F           C
 
e|------8-7-----/8---8p7--------------8-----7------------------|
B|-8h10--------------------10---8-----------------5~-----------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
 
I wish I was an alien at home behind the sun
I wish I was the souvenir you kept your house key on
 
  F              C                F            C
I wish I was the pedal brake that you depended on
  F              C                   G             F
I wish I was the verb 'to trust' and never let you down
 
 
Fill 3: (x2)
 
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|-9p7--9p7--9p7p5--7-/10~-----9~------7-|
D|---------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|
 
  F            C               F                  C
I wish I was a radio song, the one you could turn up
  F             C
I wish, I wish, I wish, I wish
  G              F
I guess it never stops...
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