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                I Wish, I Wish - Cat Stevens
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Written by: Cat Stevens
From: "Mona Bone Jakon" (1970)

Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

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[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
           
  I wish I kne

            
w, I wish I kn

         
ew
             
  What makes m

            
e, me, and wha

            
t makes you, y

          
ou.
            
  It's just an

            
other point of

      
 view, oooh.
            
  A state of m

              
ind I'm going 

        
through, yes.
            
  So what I se

             
e is never tru

              
e, ahhh.

[Verse 2]
             
  I wish I cou

           
ld tell, I wis

                    
h I could tell
             
  What makes a

           
 heaven what m

                 
akes a hell.
           
  And do I get

            
 to ring my be

    
ll, oooh.
            
  Or land up i

             
n some dusty c

     
ell, no.
             
  While others

             
 reach the big

                  
 hotel, yeah.

[Solo]
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[Verse 3]
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  I wish I had

                     
, I wish I had
             
  The secret o

            
f good, and th

            
e secret of ba

         
d.
             
  Why does thi

           
s question dri

          
ve me mad? ahh

h.
             
  'Cause I was

             
 taught when b

         
ut a lad, yes,
             
  That bad was

             
 good and good

            
 was bad, ahhh

        
.

[Verse 4]
           
  I wish I kne

             
w the mystery 

          
of
             
  That thing c

            
alled hate, an

             
d that thing c

                
alled love.
             
  What makes t

           
he in-between 

         
so rough? ahhh

.
            
  Why is it al

              
ways push and 

      
shove? ahhh
            
  I guess I ju

              
st don't know 

                  
enough, yes.

[Solo] vocals ad lib and fade
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