The Cure - To Wish Impossible Things: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "To Wish Impossible Things" on your guitar with our chord guide. 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.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

   C#m                   A
Remember how it used to be
         C#m                   A
When the sun would fill the sky
   C#m                   A
Remember how we used to feel
       F#m                G#m
Those days would never end
       F#m                G#m
Those days would never end

Remember how it used to be
When the stars would fill the sky
Remember how we used to dream
Those nights would never end
Those nights would never end

Chorus:
             A                  B
it was the sweetness of your skin
                   C#m                   E
it was the hope of all we might have been
                        A
that fills me with the hope to wish
B           C#m
impossible things
A                    C#m
To wish impossible things
A                    C#m
To wish impossible things

But now the sun shines cold
And all the sky is grey
The stars are dimmed by clouds and tears
And all I wish is gone away
All I wish is gone away
And all I wished is gone away

And all I wish is gone away
All I wish is gone away
All I wish is gone away


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A

Guitar chord A

C#m

Guitar chord C#m

E

Guitar chord E

F#m

Guitar chord F#m

G#m

Guitar chord G#m

B

Guitar chord B

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "To Wish Impossible Things" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "To Wish Impossible Things" by The Cure.

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