I Wish I Was A Girl

Counting Crows - I Wish I Was A Girl: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "I Wish I Was A Girl" on your guitar with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

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This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the guitar chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "I Wish I Was A Girl" smoothly on your guitar.

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E
The devil's in the dreaming
He tells you I'm not sleeping
In my hotel room alone
With nothing to believe in
You dive into the traffic rising up
And it's so quiet
                              G#m
You're surprised and then you wake

G#m                        A
For all the things you're losing
                     E
You might as well resign yourself
to try and make a change
G#m                    A
And I'm going down to Hollywood
                         B
They're going to make a movie from the things
That they find crawling 'round my brain

Chorus:
A  B           C#m       B               A
I wish I was a girl so that you could believe me
    B                  C#m          B
And I could shake this static everytime
           A
I try to sleep
   B                C#m       B
I wish for all the world that I could say,
       E
"Hey Elizabeth, you know,
            F#           A
I'm doing alright these days"

The devil's 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 it's so quiet
You're surprised
And then you wake

For all the things I'm losing
I might as well resign myself to try and make
a change
But I'm going down to Hollywood
They're going to make a movie from the things
That they find crawling 'round my brain

Chorus

In one of these dreams
You forgive me
It makes me think of bad the decisions
 that keep you at home
How could anyone else have changed?
All these wrong conclusions that leave you alone
How could everyone rearrange?
How could everyone else have changed?
What I see
I believe

For all the things I'm losing
I might as well resign myself to try
and make a change
Well, I'm going down to Hollywood
They're going to make a movie from the things
That they find crawling 'round my brain

Chorus

             F#m       A B
Well I can't sleep at night - x4


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Counting Crows - I Wish I Was A Girl: Guitar Chords

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