Song: "I Wish I Was The Moon"
Artist: Neko Case
Album: Blacklisted (2002)
Transcribed by: Freeze1186 (Freeze1186@neo.rr.com)
*UPDATE* Some are suggesting playing a C/B instead of G/B.
I think the chord is actually something like Gadd11/B
Scary name, but an easy chord: x2001x
Use your ears and pick which one you think sounds best.
[Intro]
(0:00)
C Gadd11/B C F
[Verse 1]
(0:10)
C Gadd11/B
Chimney falls and lovers blaze
Am F
Thought that I was young
C Gadd11/B
Now I've freezing hands and bloodless veins
Am F
As numb as I've be-come
F
I'm so tired
Fm C
I wish I was the moon to-night
[Verse 2]
(0:40)
F C
Last night I dreamt I had for-got-ten my name
F
'Cause I had sold my soul
Am
but awoke just the same
F
I'm so lonely
Fm C
I wish I was the moon to-night
[Interlude]
(1:04)
C
(1:09)
C Gadd11/B Am F (x3)
(1:22)
F
[Verse 3/4]
(1:25)
C Gadd11/B
God blessed me, I'm a free man
Am F
With no place free to go
C Gadd11/B
I'm paralyzed and collared-tight
Am F
No pills for what I fear
F
This is crazy
Fm C
I wish I was the moon tonight
C Gadd11/B
Chimney falls and lovers blaze
Am F
I Thought that I was young
C Gadd11/B
Now I've freezing hands & bloodless veins
Am F
As numb as I've become
F
I'm so tired,
Fm C
I wish I was the moon tonight
[Bridge]
(2:16)
F C
How will you know if you found me at last?
'Cause I'll be the one, be the one,
Gadd11/B Am F
be the one with my heart in my lap
I'm so tired, I'm so tired
Fm C
I wish I was the moon to-night
[Interlude]
(2:46)
F C
(2:55)
C Gadd11/B Am F
(3:01)
F
I'm so tired, I'm so tired
Fm
I wish I was the moon...
F
I'm so tired, I'm so tired
Fm C
I wish I was the moon to-night.