Pearl Jam - Wish List 1 Tabs

Wish List by Pearl Jam
from the album 'Yield'

transcribed by Pat Giles (pgiles@ntl.sympatico.ca)

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

  F              C           F              C
I wish I was the evidence, I wish I was the grounds
    F             C                   G               F
For fifty million hands upraised that open toward the sky

Fill 1:

   C               F       C
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:


          G      F         C           G           F              C

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:----------------------------|-------------------------------------|

          G      F                    F           C

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

  F              C                F            C
I wish I was the pedal brake that you depended on
  F              C                   G             F
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:---------------------------------------|

  F            C               F                  C
I wish I was a radio song, the one you could turn up
  F             C
I wish, I wish, I wish, I wish
  G              F
I guess it never stops...