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I Wish I cared

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RockAdvanced for beginners5 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

E○○○
A×○○
D××○
F#mDiagram coming soon
Bm×

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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              Intro 4x: E  A  D  E 
 
E           A        D      E 
To hold me closer or set me free 
E            A         D      E 
To trust completely or let it be 
A         D      F#m    E 
You don't know my destiny 
Bm       F#m       A 
You can't see what I can see 
 
 
A D F#m E   A  D      F#m  E 
Hey...       I wish I cared 
A D F#m E   A  D      F#m  E 
Hey...       I wish I cared 
 
( E  A  D  E ) (2x) 
 
E          A         D      E 
To love me truely or let me go 
E    A            D       E 
Inbetween I don't want to know 
A       D      F#m    E 
This is how it has to be 
Bm      F#m    E 
No more us and no more we 
 
 
 
     D             A 
Once again, on the station 
         D         A 
See your face in a crowd 
       D        A 
Comes again the sensation 
          D    E       F#m 
You can't hear yourself think 
           D        E 
With their voices inside your head 
 
( A  D  F#m  E ) 
 
Hey - I wish I cared 
Hey - I wish I cared 
I wish I cared 
Yes I really do 
I wish I cared 
(Hey) I wish I cared 
Yes I really do 
I wish I cared 
(Hey) I wish I cared 
I wish I cared 
(Hey)

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Chord set

E · A · D · F#m · Bm

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.