Friggin awesome track and although very simple there's just a lot of little changes
and it's super long. There are a lot of little electric guitar accents, these are not included!
This tab is mainly to breakdown the sections and provide complete lyrics so you can play and
read at the same time. Includes repeated Chorus' as they change slightly, as well as where key
changes happen and little in-between lyrics that aren't in others).
[MAIN Am BLUES RIFF]
E|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|----7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7------------|
A|----7-7-9-7---7-7-9-7------------|
E|----5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5------------|
[TURNAROUND]
C#m F#m E Am Riff
E|----4-----2-----x-----------------------------|
B|----5-----2-----x-----------------------------|
G|----6-----2-----x-----------------------------|
D|----6-----4-----2----7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7--------|
A|----4-----4-----2----7-7-9-7---7-7-9-7--------|
E|----------2-----0----5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5--------|
Am Riff
I’m holding court with the king of the camp
I’m a working horse, a postage stamp
C#m F#m E Am Riff
Tune up my guitar, turn on my amp
Am Riff
I felt so sad when I got off the plane
I don’t wanna go to New York City again
C#m F#m E Am Riff
Kissing you goodbye in the pissing rain
[Chorus]
Dm Riff Am Riff
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-----7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-------------------------------|
D|-----7-7-9-7---7-7-9-7------7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7--------|
A|-----5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5------7-7-9-7---7-7-9-7--------|
E|----------------------------5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5--------|
But if wishful.. Keep on...
C#m F#m E Dm Riff Am Riff
E|----4-----2------------x-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----5-----2------------x-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----6-----2------------x----------------7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7----------------------------|
D|----6-----4------------2----------------7-7-9-7---7-7-9-7---7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7--------|
A|----4-----4------------2----------------5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5---7-7-9-7---7-7-9-7--------|
E|----------2------------0------------------------------------5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5--------|
I Wish you were here... But you're noooooooooooooooooooooot
Dm Riff
But if wishful thinking’s all I got
Am Riff
I keep on thinking wishful thoughts, thinking wishful thoughts
C#m F#m E Dm Riff Am Riff
I wish you were here... but you’re nooooooooooooooot
Dm Riff Am Riff
(No, no, no), but you’re nooooooooooooooot
[Verse]
Am Riff
I feel like a sailor lost on the seas
Catching a cold, maybe catching a breeze
C#m F#m E Am Riff
Standing on the prairie looking for trees
Am Riff
Rock and roll’s wrapped ‘round me as tight as a noose
And from the front of the train you can’t see the caboose
C#m F#m E Am Riff
In northern New Brunswick watch out for the moose
[Chorus]
Dm Riff
But if wishful thinking’s all I got
Am Riff
I keep on thinking wishful thoughts, thinking wishful thoughts
C#m F#m E Dm Riff Am Riff
I wish you were here... but you’re nooooooooooooooot
Dm Riff Am Riff
(No, no, no), but you’re nooooooooooooooot
Dm Riff Am Riff
(Heeeeeeeee), but you’re nooooooooooooooot
[Bridge]
// Hold on Am Riff for 4 or 8 bars then move EVERYTHING up two frets to Bm
// Riffary over top in Am then into Bm during change. Classic sporatic country-style Plaskett riffage.
Bm Riff
You put some gas in your tank
You put some air in your lungs
Cause you know there's a song that's gotta get sung.
Bm Riff [Hold this as long as possible]
Cause it’s a long, long way to Winnipeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeg
And I ain’t too proud to shake a leg
D#m G#m F# Bm Riff
Sing for my supper, break me an egg
[Chorus]
Bm Riff
But if wishful thinking’s all I got
Em Riff
I keep on thinking wishful thoughts, thinking wishful thoughts
[Hold Bm Riff for 4 more bars then into chorus turnaround]
D#m G#m F# Em Riff Bm Riff
I wish you were here... but you’re nooooooooooooooot
Em Riff Bm Riff
(No, no, no), but you’re nooooooooooooooot
Em Riff Bm Riff
(No, no, no), but you’re nooooooooooooooot
Em Riff Bm Riff
(Heeeeeeeee), but you’re nooooooooooooooot
[Verse]
Bm Riff
CDs for sale at the back of the hall... Buy one, buy ‘em all
Couple bucks cheaper than they are at the mall
D#m G#m C# Bm Riff
Thank you, good night, we’ll be back in the fall!
Bm Riff
Seasons come and season go [Guitar licks in Bm]
Nobody wants to end the rock n’ roll show
D#m G#m C# Bm Riff
Look at you, love, you got that Golden Glow
[Bridge]
Bm Riff
Goin' down, goin' down, goin' down, goin' down..
[Slide back down to Am Riff]
Goin' down, goin' down, goin' down, goin' down..
[Verse]
Am Riff
North of the sun and south of the snow
No particular destination, no particular plant to grow
C#m F#m E Am Riff
Buckle up baby, let’s rock down the road
Am Riff
Highway white lines are freakin’ me out
Wondering what your doin’, are you out and about?
Am Riff
Gettin’ lost, gettin’ lost, gettin’ lost, gettin' lost
C#m F#m E Am Riff
Gettin’ lost on the paper on my paper route
[Chorus]
Dm Riff
But if wishful thinking’s all I got
Am Riff
I keep on thinking wishful thoughts, thinking wishful thoughts
C#m F#m E Dm Riff Am Riff
I wish you were here... but you’re nooooooooooooooot
Dm Riff Am Riff
(No, no, no), but you’re nooooooooooooooot
Dm Riff Am Riff
(No, no, no), but you’re nooooooooooooooot
[Verse]
Am Riff
Guitar’s singing a song for free:
Why’s everybody always picking on me? (Tweedle Dee)
C#m F#m E Am Riff
Tweedley Dum and Tweedley Dee
[Bridge]
Just stay in Am Riff, he does a muted Am Sweep for each Hee Hoo.
Am
Heeee Hoooo... Heeee Hoooo...
Heeee Hoooo... Heeeeeeeeee...
[Chorus]
Dm Riff
But if wishful thinking’s all I got
Am Riff
I keep on thinking wishful thoughts, thinking wishful thoughts
C#m F#m E Dm Riff Am Riff
I wish you were here... but you’re nooooooooooooooot
Dm Riff Am Riff
(No, no, no), but you’re nooooooooooooooot
Dm Riff Am Riff
(Where'd ya go?), but you’re nooooooooooooooot
[Outro]
Am Riff
Ooo OOo Oooooooo
Ooo OOo Oooooooo (add harmony higher)
Ooo OOo Oooooooo
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| x Dead note
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