I Wish I Were
Bruce Springsteen
RockEasy for beginners4 chords
How to play it
Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.
G
C
D
Em
Chords & lyrics
Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.
Intro: G G C I love to see cottonwoods blossom in the early spring D G I love to see the message of love that the bluebird brings. C D G Em But when I see you walking with him down along the strand C D G I wish I were blind when I see you with your man. G C I love to see your hair shining in the long summer's light. D G I love to watch as stars fill the sky on a summer night. C D Music plays, you take his hand, G Em I watch how you touch him as you start to dance C D G And I wish I were blind when I see you with your man. C D G We struggle here but all our love's in vain C D Well, these eyes that once filled me with your beauty G C G C Now fill me with pain. C D And the light that once entered here G Em Is banished from me. C D Oh, and this darkness is all baby that my heart sees. C And though this world is filled with the D G Em Grace and beauty of God's hand, C D G I wish I were blind when I see you with your man. {Solo} G C D G C D G Em C D G C D G We struggle here but all our love's in vain C D Well, these eyes that once filled me with your beauty G C G C Now fill me with pain. C D And the light that once entered here G Em Is banished from me. C D Oh, and this darkness is all baby that my heart sees. C And though this world is filled with the D G Em Grace and beauty of God's hand, C D G I wish I were blind when I see you with your man. C D G Em Oh, I wish I were blind when I see you with your man. C D G Em Oh, I wish I were blind when I see you with your man. C D G Em 4x
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Chord set
G · C · D · Em
Practice tip
Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.