Wish List by Pearl Jam
from the album 'Yield'
transcribed by Pat Giles (pgiles@ntl.sympatico.ca)
Standard tuning - low to hi - EADGBE
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 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:
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/p/pearl_jam/wish_list_tab.html ]
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...
