Wish You Were Gay - Billie Eilish

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*** PLEASE READ ***

This tab is for the first version of the song, not the new (March 2019) release:
- First (acoustic) version (2017): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLDTUJ90-oE
                                or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DA5etFXaae8
- Released single (2019): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaJx0Gj_LCY

Also see here for the history of the song:
https://earmilk.com/2019/03/06/compare-billie-eillishs-new-wish-you-were-gay-audio-to-its-original-2017-recording

For chords to the 2019 version, see
https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/billie_eilish/wish_you_were_gay_chords_2623206
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[Verse 1]
            
"Baby, I don't

            
 feel so good"

              
, 6 words you 

             
never understo

 
od
            
"I'll never le

             
t you go", 5 w

             
ords you'll ne

          
ver say
            
I laugh along 

              
like nothing's

            
 wrong, 4 days

             
 has never fel

          
t so long
            
If 3's a crowd

            
 and 2 is us, 

                 
1 slipped away

[Chorus]
           
I just wanna m

             
ake you feel o

         
kay
            
But all you do

            
 is look the o

            
ther way
            
I can't tell y

            
ou how much I 

              
wish I didn't 

            
wanna stay
            
But I just kin

            
da wish you we

             
re gay

[Verse 2]
            
Is there a rea

              
son we're not 

        
through
             
Is there a 12 

              
step just for 

    
you
            
Our conversati

              
on's all in bl


ue
        
11 heys
            
10 fingers pul

             
ling on my hai


r
             
9 times you ne

              
ver made it th

    
ere
            
I ate alone at

            
 7, 6 minutes 

          
away

[Chorus]
            
How'm I s'pose

            
d to make you 

            
feel okay
            
When all you d

            
o is walk the 

               
other way
            
I can't tell y

            
ou how much I 

              
wish I didn't 

              
wanna stay
            
I just kinda w

            
ish you were g

            
ay

[Bridge]
            
To spare my pr

        
ide
              
To give your l

             
ack of interes

              
t an explanati

     
on
             
I'm not your t

    
ype
              
Maybe I'm not 

             
your preferred

           
 gender orient

ation
            
I'm so selfish

            
 but you make 

             
me feel helple

       
ss
            
And I can't st

             
and another da


y
             
I can't stand 

           
another day

[Chorus]
            
I just wanna m

            
ake you feel o

         
kay
            
But all you do

            
 is look the o

              
ther way
            
I can't tell y

            
ou how much I 

              
wish I didn't 

            
wanna stay
            
I just kinda w

            
ish you were g

         
ay
            
I just kinda w

            
ish you were g

 
ay