Biography:
Duncan Scott Sheik (born November 18, 1969) is an American singer-songwriter. Born in Montclair, New Jersey, Sheik's upbringing was split between his parents' home in South Carolina and that of his grandparents in New Jersey. His grandmother, a piano graduate of The Juilliard School, taught him to play the piano and encouraged his musical development. He graduated from Phillips Academy in 1988, after which he studied semiotics at Brown University.
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Wishful Thinking
By Duncan Sheik
[submitted by Russel Romero]
Tuning: (Normal)
Intro:
e|-14-11--12-9--11-7--9-11-12--14-11--12-9--11-12-11-9-|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
Verse 1
E B
Listen to the waves...
D A
Everything communicates
E B
Will it ever be
D A
Anything more
A
Than wishful thinking?
Chorus 1
F#m C#m
Oh no there you go...
B A
Looked away and missed the show
F#m C#m B A
How much wasted time will you survive?
Verse 2
E B
Feel the blades of grass...
D A
How it brings you back
E B
It will always be
D A
Only as green as you can see
Chorus 2
F#m C#m
Oh no there you go...
B A
Looked away and missed the show
F#m C#m B A
How much wasted time will you survive?
F#m C#m
Oh yeah fooled again
B A
I don't know how and I don't know when
F#m C#m B A
Not much else to blame but wishful thinking
F#m C#m B A
Little breakdowns in coastal towns
F#m C#m B A
They come suddenly crashing over you
F#m C#m B
They come easily
Verse 3
E B
Falling through the sky...
D A - B
And frozen places
Chorus 2
F#m C#m
Oh no there you go...
B A
Looked away and missed the show
F#m C#m B A
How much wasted time will you survive?
F#m C#m
Oh yeah fooled again
B A
I don't know how and I don't know when
F#m C#m B A
Not much else to blame but wishful thinking
Bridge:
F#m C#m B A
I tried to realize that I needn't look any further
F#m C#m B A
The whole of the universe is plain to see
F#m C#m B A
And I try not to rely on another world or the future
F#m C#m B A
The whole of the universe is a mystery
F#m C#m B A
And it gets me over
F#m C#m B A
Yeah it gets me over
F#m C#m B A
And it gets me over
F#m C#m B A
Yeah it gets me over you
C#m A (4x) END
Chords used:
E:(022100)
B:(X24442)
D:(X00232)
A:(002220)
F#m:(244222)
C#m:(X46654)
By Duncan Sheik
[submitted by Russel Romero]
Tuning: (Normal)
Intro:
e|-14-11--12-9--11-7--9-11-12--14-11--12-9--11-12-11-9-|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
Verse 1
E B
Listen to the waves...
D A
Everything communicates
E B
Will it ever be
D A
Anything more
A
Than wishful thinking?
Chorus 1
F#m C#m
Oh no there you go...
B A
Looked away and missed the show
F#m C#m B A
How much wasted time will you survive?
Verse 2
E B
Feel the blades of grass...
D A
How it brings you back
E B
It will always be
D A
Only as green as you can see
Chorus 2
F#m C#m
Oh no there you go...
B A
Looked away and missed the show
F#m C#m B A
How much wasted time will you survive?
F#m C#m
Oh yeah fooled again
B A
I don't know how and I don't know when
F#m C#m B A
Not much else to blame but wishful thinking
F#m C#m B A
Little breakdowns in coastal towns
F#m C#m B A
They come suddenly crashing over you
F#m C#m B
They come easily
Verse 3
E B
Falling through the sky...
D A - B
And frozen places
Chorus 2
F#m C#m
Oh no there you go...
B A
Looked away and missed the show
F#m C#m B A
How much wasted time will you survive?
F#m C#m
Oh yeah fooled again
B A
I don't know how and I don't know when
F#m C#m B A
Not much else to blame but wishful thinking
Bridge:
F#m C#m B A
I tried to realize that I needn't look any further
F#m C#m B A
The whole of the universe is plain to see
F#m C#m B A
And I try not to rely on another world or the future
F#m C#m B A
The whole of the universe is a mystery
F#m C#m B A
And it gets me over
F#m C#m B A
Yeah it gets me over
F#m C#m B A
And it gets me over
F#m C#m B A
Yeah it gets me over you
C#m A (4x) END
Chords used:
E:(022100)
B:(X24442)
D:(X00232)
A:(002220)
F#m:(244222)
C#m:(X46654)
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