I Wish (Anywhere But Here)


Capo 1st fret. All chord shapes are relative to capo, so the song is

actually F major. There is no capo in the studio version.



Chords         EADGBe

E              022100

E5             079900   (or sometimes x79900)

Asus2          x09900

Asus2addb5     x09800

C#m7-5         9x9900

Badd11         799800

Aadd9          577600

F#m7add11      2x2200

A              577655

Am             577555





When you play the E5 here (and also sometimes later in the song), 

first just pick string 5,4 and 3 a bit, and then start strumming.



E5     Asus2    Asus2addb5    Asus2   C#m7-5   Badd11



  E5                         Asus2                Asus2addb5    Asus2

I wish for a place where the earth doesn't shake

           C#m7-5                          Badd11

and if the earth won't be still, then I will.

       E5                           Asus2                  Asus2addb5    Asus2

And my friends can be my family and they can be my company

         C#m7-5                               Badd11

and I'll take them to a party and we'll have fun.



Aadd9                  E       Aadd9         C#m7-5

Can you tell me if I'm near to anywhere but here?





  E5                          Asus2               Asus2addb5   Asus2

I wish for a place where it's not such a waste.

       C#m7-5                       Badd11

I can tell the girls my name. It's OK although it's plain.



Aadd9                  E       Aadd9          C#m7-5

Can you tell me if I'm near to anywhere but here?

Aadd9      E          C#m7-5           Badd11   (See comment 1 below)

If I could sleep then I would dream of what you promised me

Aadd9       E               C#m7-5

 Then everything would seem better than it is.

Aadd9  Badd11              C#m7-5           A               Am

 I wish for a place where I could go, cause everything here moves so slow.



        Aadd9          E       Aadd9       C#m7-5

Can you tell me if I'm near to anywhere but here.



Comment 1: Here she actually plays 688700 and slides up one fret, but I think that's

a mistake. It sounds kinda cool, though :-)





E5      Asus2  Asus2addb5  Asus2    C#m7-5   Badd11



Aadd9   E      Aadd9    F#m7add11





  E5                         Asus2                Asus2addb5   Asus2

I wish for a place where the earth doesn't shake,

           C#m7-5                     Badd11     C#m7-5 

and if the earth won't be still, then you and I will.



        Aadd9          E       Aadd9              C#m7-5

Can you tell me if I'm near to anywhere but here.



A    Am      E



On the A and Am chords first pick the 6th string, then the 5th string, and

the the rest of the chord.



That's all. If you have any questions, comments, corrections or just want

to say hi, send me an email (haraldka@stud.ntnu.no)