Wish You Were Gay - Billie Eilish

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Tuning: G C E A, G C E A

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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 ukulele chords to the 2019 version, see
https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/billie_eilish/wish_you_were_gay_ukulele_2623185
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[Verse]
            
"Baby, I don't

            
 feel so good"

              
, 6 words you 

             
never understo

 
od
            
"I'll never le

              
t you go", 5 w

            
ords you never

        
 said
            
I laugh along 

              
like nothing's

            
 wrong, 4 days

             
 has never fel

     
t so long
            
If 3 is a crow

            
d & 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]
            
Is there a rea

              
son we're not 

 
through
             
Is there a 12t

              
h step just fo

    
r you
            
Our conversati

             
ons are in blu


e
         
11 heys
            
10 fingers pul

            
ling on my hai

r
             
9 times you ne

              
ver made it fa

 
ir
            
I ate alone at

            
 7, 6 minutes 

          
away

[Chorus]
            
How am I suppo

            
sed to make yo

               
u 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