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Wishing (acoustic)

Buddy Holly

RockAdvanced for beginners7 chords

How to play it

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

D××○
G○○○
A×○○
Bm×
C×○○
F
BbDiagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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Capo on 2nd fret
              
 
 
 
Intro D 
 
G   A   D 
Wishing 
G                    Bm    A 
that I could see you every day 
G   A   D 
Wishing  
G                       A      D 
that I could steal your heart away 
 
G    A   D 
Dreaming  
G                 Bm       A 
of the time I can hold you tight 
G   A   D 
Wishing  
G                   A      D 
that the time would come tonight 
 
G         D      G          C 
I ve been hopin' all along  things would turn out right 
F                              Bb           A 
If I could find a wishing star then I would spend the ni-i-ight 
 
G   A   D 
Wishing 
G                    Bm    A 
that I could see you every day 
G   A   D 
Wishing  
G                       A      D 
that I could steal your heart away 
 
G A D  G Bm A  G A D  G A D 
 
G         D      G          C 
I ve been hopin' all along  things would turn out right 
F                              Bb           A 
If I could find a wishing star then I would spend the ni-i-ight 
 
G   A   D 
Wishing 
G                    Bm    A 
that I could see you every day 
G   A   D 
Wishing  
G                       A      D 
that I could steal your heart away 
 
G A D (2x)

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Chord set

D · G · A · Bm · C · F · Bb

Practice tip

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