Chords for Wish I Was/ Willow Tree (Album Version) - Mickey Newbury
Tempo:
105.85 bpm
Chords used:
E
D
F#m
F#
Bm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[E]
[Bm]
[E]
[Bm]
[E]
[F#m]
[D]
[E]
[F#m]
[F#] Well I wish it was a willow tree [C#m] leaning on a lazy breeze
[D]
Moving like a midnight train through rainy [F#] Georgia
Wish it was a grain of sand [C#m] laying in a baby's hands
[D] Falling like a diamond chain into the [F#m] ocean Willow [D] tree [E] is strong enough [F#m] to bend
[D] Never like the [E] oak that [C#m] lives [C#] in fear of the wind
[Dm] Oh a grain of sand [E] is all I ever wanted [F#] to be
[D] Lay me [E] down and let the [C#m] water [C#] wash over me, wash [F#m] over me
Wish it was an old guitar [E]
sitting in a beat up car
[D] Hitting every two-bit bar from here [F#m] to Texas
Oh [D] it wouldn't be [E] a shame to look at my old [F#] friends
[D] They would be [E] so glad to see [C#m] me strung up [C#] again
[D] Oh a grain of [E] sand is all I ever [F#] wanted to be
Lay [D] me [E] down and let the [C#m] water wash [C#] over me, wash [F#] over me
[E] [Bm] Nobody [E] wants you [F#m] when you're down and out
[Bm] Nobody [Em] wants to [G] love your [Bm] name
[E] You're just another face [F#m] lost in the [D] crowded street
You're in the crowded [C#] street
Oh [F#] I wish it was a willow tree [E] leaning on a lazy breeze
[D] Moving like a midnight train through rainy [F#m] Georgia
Oh I wish it was a grain of sand [E] laying in a baby's hands
[Bm] Falling [D] like a diamond chain into the [F#m] ocean
Oh [D] a willow tree [E] is strong enough [F#] to bend
Never [D] [E] like the oak that [C#] lives in fear of the wind
[D] Oh a grain of [E] sand is all I ever [F#] wanted to be
[Bm] Lay me [E] down and let the [C#] water wash over me, wash [F#m] over me
Wash [E]
[D]
[F#m] over
[E]
[D]
[E] me
Wash over [F#] me
[D]
[E] [N]
[Bm]
[E]
[Bm]
[E]
[F#m]
[D]
[E]
[F#m]
[F#] Well I wish it was a willow tree [C#m] leaning on a lazy breeze
[D]
Moving like a midnight train through rainy [F#] Georgia
Wish it was a grain of sand [C#m] laying in a baby's hands
[D] Falling like a diamond chain into the [F#m] ocean Willow [D] tree [E] is strong enough [F#m] to bend
[D] Never like the [E] oak that [C#m] lives [C#] in fear of the wind
[Dm] Oh a grain of sand [E] is all I ever wanted [F#] to be
[D] Lay me [E] down and let the [C#m] water [C#] wash over me, wash [F#m] over me
Wish it was an old guitar [E]
sitting in a beat up car
[D] Hitting every two-bit bar from here [F#m] to Texas
Oh [D] it wouldn't be [E] a shame to look at my old [F#] friends
[D] They would be [E] so glad to see [C#m] me strung up [C#] again
[D] Oh a grain of [E] sand is all I ever [F#] wanted to be
Lay [D] me [E] down and let the [C#m] water wash [C#] over me, wash [F#] over me
[E] [Bm] Nobody [E] wants you [F#m] when you're down and out
[Bm] Nobody [Em] wants to [G] love your [Bm] name
[E] You're just another face [F#m] lost in the [D] crowded street
You're in the crowded [C#] street
Oh [F#] I wish it was a willow tree [E] leaning on a lazy breeze
[D] Moving like a midnight train through rainy [F#m] Georgia
Oh I wish it was a grain of sand [E] laying in a baby's hands
[Bm] Falling [D] like a diamond chain into the [F#m] ocean
Oh [D] a willow tree [E] is strong enough [F#] to bend
Never [D] [E] like the oak that [C#] lives in fear of the wind
[D] Oh a grain of [E] sand is all I ever [F#] wanted to be
[Bm] Lay me [E] down and let the [C#] water wash over me, wash [F#m] over me
Wash [E]
[D]
[F#m] over
[E]
[D]
[E] me
Wash over [F#] me
[D]
[E] [N]
Key:
E
D
F#m
F#
Bm
E
D
F#m
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ Well I wish it was a willow tree [C#m] leaning on a lazy breeze
[D]
Moving like a midnight train through rainy [F#] Georgia
_ Wish it was a grain of sand [C#m] laying in a baby's hands
[D] Falling like a diamond chain into the [F#m] ocean _ Willow [D] tree [E] is strong enough [F#m] to bend _
_ [D] Never like the [E] oak that [C#m] lives [C#] in fear of the wind
[Dm] Oh a grain of sand [E] is all I ever wanted [F#] to be
_ _ [D] Lay me [E] down and let the [C#m] water [C#] wash over me, wash [F#m] over me _ _ _ _
_ _ Wish it was an old guitar _ [E]
sitting in a beat up car
[D] Hitting every two-bit bar from here [F#m] to Texas
Oh [D] it wouldn't be [E] a shame to look at my old [F#] friends
_ _ [D] They would be [E] so glad to see [C#m] me strung up [C#] again
[D] Oh a grain of [E] sand is all I ever [F#] wanted to be
Lay [D] me [E] down and let the [C#m] water wash [C#] over me, wash [F#] over me _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ [Bm] Nobody [E] wants you [F#m] when you're down and out
[Bm] Nobody [Em] wants to _ [G] love your [Bm] name
[E] You're just another face [F#m] lost in the [D] crowded street _ _ _
You're in the crowded [C#] _ street _
_ Oh [F#] I wish it was a willow tree [E] leaning on a lazy breeze
[D] Moving like a midnight train through rainy [F#m] Georgia
Oh I wish it was a grain of sand [E] laying in a baby's hands
[Bm] Falling [D] like a diamond chain into the [F#m] ocean
Oh [D] a willow tree [E] is strong enough [F#] to bend
Never [D] _ [E] like the oak that [C#] lives in fear of the wind
[D] Oh a grain of [E] sand is all I ever [F#] wanted to be
[Bm] Lay me [E] down and let the [C#] water wash over me, wash [F#m] over me _
Wash _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#m] over _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] me _
Wash _ over [F#] me _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [N] _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ Well I wish it was a willow tree [C#m] leaning on a lazy breeze
[D]
Moving like a midnight train through rainy [F#] Georgia
_ Wish it was a grain of sand [C#m] laying in a baby's hands
[D] Falling like a diamond chain into the [F#m] ocean _ Willow [D] tree [E] is strong enough [F#m] to bend _
_ [D] Never like the [E] oak that [C#m] lives [C#] in fear of the wind
[Dm] Oh a grain of sand [E] is all I ever wanted [F#] to be
_ _ [D] Lay me [E] down and let the [C#m] water [C#] wash over me, wash [F#m] over me _ _ _ _
_ _ Wish it was an old guitar _ [E]
sitting in a beat up car
[D] Hitting every two-bit bar from here [F#m] to Texas
Oh [D] it wouldn't be [E] a shame to look at my old [F#] friends
_ _ [D] They would be [E] so glad to see [C#m] me strung up [C#] again
[D] Oh a grain of [E] sand is all I ever [F#] wanted to be
Lay [D] me [E] down and let the [C#m] water wash [C#] over me, wash [F#] over me _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ [Bm] Nobody [E] wants you [F#m] when you're down and out
[Bm] Nobody [Em] wants to _ [G] love your [Bm] name
[E] You're just another face [F#m] lost in the [D] crowded street _ _ _
You're in the crowded [C#] _ street _
_ Oh [F#] I wish it was a willow tree [E] leaning on a lazy breeze
[D] Moving like a midnight train through rainy [F#m] Georgia
Oh I wish it was a grain of sand [E] laying in a baby's hands
[Bm] Falling [D] like a diamond chain into the [F#m] ocean
Oh [D] a willow tree [E] is strong enough [F#] to bend
Never [D] _ [E] like the oak that [C#] lives in fear of the wind
[D] Oh a grain of [E] sand is all I ever [F#] wanted to be
[Bm] Lay me [E] down and let the [C#] water wash over me, wash [F#m] over me _
Wash _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#m] over _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] me _
Wash _ over [F#] me _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [N] _