Chord/Tab song: Wish List

Perfecting Loneliness
2002 Jade Tree Records
Submitted by: [email protected]

Key: E

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:
E - 022100
C#m - x46654
A - x02220
Am - x02210
B - x24442
[G#] [-] [466544]
[F#m]Edim[-] - [244222]078900 or 022300



Intro: E--C#m--A--E-- x2


Verse 1:
[E] Mom and dad can't
remember if I told you
[C#m] how glad I am I
finally got to know you
[A]Years from when we
met after I left [E]home
[E] Let me sing you sweet
and distant fictions
[C#m] On lonely nights you
will lay and listen
[A] If you don't like it
wait until I [E]fix it[E][C#m][A][E]

Verse 2:
[E] Then morning comes and
cops invade my conscience
[C#m] I run around
the house A heated atom
[A]Can't foresee the outcome
but you can lean to one [E]side
[E] If ever I should seem
to take for gradated
[C#m] this lovely life that
I have been handed
[A]darling don't just stand
there come knock me a[E]round
because

Chorus 1:
[A] I know I can write my
way out of this[E] black hole
Back to all the
things that I miss
[B] Sometimes I wonder
if I even e[A]xist
Am(hold)
Add another line
E Am(hold)
to my wish list

Verse 3:
[E] The overview is
not the same
as going through
[C#m] the present joy
and all it took
to come to this
[A] to know the ending
would be pre[E]tending
[E] They took my words and
wrote them off as passing
[C#m] It pissed me off enough
to keep m writing
[A] Go make your living boy
I'll go on [E]fighting cause

Chorus 2:
[A] I know I can write my
way out of this[E] black hole
Back to all the
things that I miss
[A] You stay digging at
your own little [A]ditch
That's [Am]just another
thing on my [E]wish list

Bridge:
[F#m] If I should s[A]lide
over and [E]under
B A Am(hold)
you know I just might stay
till I get it right

Guitar Solo:


E-B-A--E-B-A-E--B-A--E-G# A(hold)


Verse 4:
[E] Some people say I'm
corny or I'm morbid
[C#m] I always thought I
was touching I was tragic
[A]One man's magic
is another's [E]plastic
[E] Well which one is it?
Am I sweetness?
Am I sickness?
[C#m] If I say both you will
say I lack commitment
[A] Of course you're right
Of course I'm [E]right but

Chorus 3:
[A] I know I can write
my way out of
this[E] black hole
Back to all the
things that I miss
[B] Sometimes I don't
even know you e[A]xist
Am(hold)
That's just another
E Edim A E(hold)
thing on my wish list