I Wish I Wish

Written by: Cat Stevens
From: "Mona Bone Jakon" (1970)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

Intro

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Verse 1

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  I wish I knew, I wish I knew
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  What makes me, me, and what makes you, you.
C            Dm     D        G     B
  It's just another point of view, oooh.
E            A              D        B
  A state of mind I'm going through, yes.
E           A            D     G         G  F
  So what I see is never true, ahhh.

Verse 2

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  I wish I could tell, I wish I could tell
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  What makes a heaven what makes a hell.
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  And do I get to ring my bell, oooh.
E            A             D     B
  Or land up in some dusty cell, no.
E              A             D      G         G  F
  While others reach the big hotel, yeah.

Solo

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Verse 3

C [break]                G       G  F
  I wish I had, I wish I had
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  The secret of good, and the secret of bad.
C               Dm       D        G    B
  Why does this question drive me mad? ahhh.
E              A                 D    B
  'Cause I was taught when but a lad, yes,
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  That bad was good and good was bad, ahhh.

Verse 4

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  I wish I knew the mystery of
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  That thing called hate, and that thing called love.
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  What makes the in-between so rough? ahhh.
E           A               D      B
  Why is it always push and shove? ahhh
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  I guess I just don't know enough, yes.
[Solo] vocals ad lib and fade
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