Wish list — Pearl Jam

Wish List by Pearl Jam

from the album 'Yield'

transcribed by Pat Giles ([email protected])

Standard tuning - low to hi - EADGBE

Note: The lead guitar parts can be played several different ways on

various parts of the fretboard.

Chords:

C: X32010

F: X33211

G: 320033

Tab notations:

h = hammer-on

p = pull-off

/ = slide up

= slide down

~ = hold/shake note

The basic rhythm for the verses is this:

E:---------------------------------------------------------------

B:---------------------------------------------------------------

G:-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--

D:-2-2-0-0-2-2-0-0-2-2-0-0-2-2-0--3-3-3-3--3-3-0--2-2-0-0-2-2-0--

A:-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3--

E:---------------------------------------------------------------

I wish I was a neutron bomb, for once I could go off

I wish I was a sacrifice but somehow still lived on

I was a sentimental ornament you hung on

The Christmas tree, I wish I was the star that went on top

I wish I was the evidence, I wish I was the grounds

For fifty million hands upraised that open toward the sky

Fill 1:

E:---------------------------------|

B:-------------1--/3~---/5---------|

G:-/5~------2--------------5~------|

D:---------------------------------|

A:---------------------------------|

E:---------------------------------

I wish I was a silhouette, someone who waited for me

I wish I was as fortunate, as fortunate as me

I wish I was a messenger and all the news good

I wish I was the full moon shining off a Camaro's hood

Interlude/Bridge:

E:------8-7--/8-----/7--------|------8-7--/10-8-7-----/10-8-7-------|

B:-8h10---------10-----10-5--|-8h10--------------10----------10-5-|

G:----------------------------|-------------------------------------|

D:----------------------------|-------------------------------------|

A:----------------------------|-------------------------------------|

E:----------------------------|-------------------------------------|

E:------8-7-----/8---8p7--------------8-----7------------------|

B:-8h10--------------------10---8-----------------5~-----------|

G:-------------------------------------------------------------|

D:-------------------------------------------------------------|

A:-------------------------------------------------------------|

E:-------------------------------------------------------------|

I wish I was an alien at home behind the sun

I wish I was the souvenir you kept your house key on

I wish I was the pedal brake that you depended on

I wish I was the verb 'to trust' and never let you down

Fill 3: (x2)

E:---------------------------------------|

B:---------------------------------------|

G:-9p7--9p7--9p7p5--7-/10~-----9~------7-|

D:---------------------------------------|

A:---------------------------------------|

E:---------------------------------------|

I wish I was a radio song, the one you could turn up

I wish, I wish, I wish, I wish

I guess it never stops...