I Wish I Was a Girl — Counting Crows
Chords and lyrics for I Wish I Was a Girl by Counting Crows (key of E).
Intro
[E] [Esus4] [E] [Esus4]
Verse 1
[E] The devil's in the [Esus4]dreaming, he tells you I'm not [E]sleeping in my hotel
room [Esus4]alone
[E] With nothing to [Esus4]believe in, you dive into the [E]traffic rising up, and it's
so quiet
You're surprised and then you [G#m]wake
Pre Chorus
[G#m] For all the things you're [A]losing you might as well [E]resign yourself to
[Esus4]try and make a [E]change
[G#m] I'm going down to [A]Hollywood, they're gonna make a [B]movie from the things
that they find crawling
[B] round my brain
Chorus
[A] I [B]wish I was a [C#m]girl so [B]that you could [A]believe me
And I [B]could shake this [C#m]static everytime[B] I try to [A]sleep
I wish[B] for all the [C#m]world that I [B]could say, "Hey [E]Elizabeth, you know, I'm
doing [F#]alright these [A]days"
Solo
[E] [Esus4] [E] [Esus4]
Verse 2
The [E]devil's in the [Esus4]dreaming, you see yourself [E]descending from a building to
the ground
[E] You watch the sky [Esus4]receding, you spin to see the [E]traffic rising up and
it's so quiet
You're surprised and then you [G#m]wake
Pre Chorus
[G#m] For all the things you're [A]losing you might as well [E]resign yourself to
[Esus4]try and make a [E]change
[G#m] I'm going down to [A]Hollywood, they're gonna make a [B]movie from the things
that they find crawling
[B] round my brain
Chorus
[A] I [B]wish I was a [C#m]girl so [B]that you could [A]believe me
And I [B]could shake this [C#m]static everytime[B] I try to [A]sleep
I wish[B] for all the [C#m]world that I [B]could say, "Hey [E]Elizabeth, you know, I'm
doing [F#]alright these [A]days"
Solo
[E]
Bridge
And in one of these [A]dreams
You [E]forgive me
It makes me think of the bad [F#m]decisions
That [A]keep you at home, how could [E]anyone else have [A]changed?
[F#m] But these are wrong conclusions
That [A]leave you alone, How could [E]everyone [A]rearrange?
How could [E]everyone else have changed? [A]What I see, I [F#m][A]believe[G#m]
Pre Chorus
[G#m] For all the things you're [A]losing you might as well [E]resign yourself to
[Esus4]try and make a [E]change
[G#m] I'm going down to [A]Hollywood, they're gonna make a [B]movie from the things
that they find crawling
[B]round my brain
Chorus
[A] I [B]wish I was a [C#m]girl so [B]that you could [A]believe me
And I [B]could shake this [C#m]static everytime[B] I try to [A]sleep
I wish[B] for all the [C#m]world that I [B]could say, "Hey [E]Elizabeth, you know, I'm
doing [F#]alright these [A]days"
Solo
[A] [A] [A]
[F#m] [A] [B]
[F#m] [A] [B]
Outro
Well I can't [F#m]sleep at [E][B]ni-ght
Well I can't [F#m]sleep at [E][B]ni-ght
Well I can't [F#m]sleep at [E][B]ni-ght
Well I can't [F#m]sleep at [E][B]ni-ght
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