Joel Plaskett – Wishful Thinking (Guitar)

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Friggin awesome track and although very simple there's just a lot of little changes and it's super long. There are a lot of little electric guitar accents, these are not included! This tab is mainly to breakdown the sections and provide complete lyrics so you can play and read at the same time. Includes repeated Chorus' as they change slightly, as well as where key changes happen and little in-between lyrics that aren't in others).

[MAIN Am BLUES RIFF]
E|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|----7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7------------|
A|----7-7-9-7---7-7-9-7------------|
E|----5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5------------|

[TURNAROUND]
      C#m   F#m   E    Am Riff
E|----4-----2-----x-----------------------------|
B|----5-----2-----x-----------------------------|
G|----6-----2-----x-----------------------------|
D|----6-----4-----2----7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7--------|
A|----4-----4-----2----7-7-9-7---7-7-9-7--------|
E|----------2-----0----5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5--------|

Am Riff
I’m holding court with the king of the camp

I’m a working horse, a postage stamp

C#m        F#m     E          Am Riff
Tune up my guitar, turn on my amp

Am Riff
I felt so sad when I got off the plane

I don’t wanna go to New York City again

C#m        F#m     E          Am Riff
Kissing you goodbye in the pissing rain

[Chorus]
       Dm Riff                Am Riff
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-----7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-------------------------------|
D|-----7-7-9-7---7-7-9-7------7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7--------|
A|-----5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5------7-7-9-7---7-7-9-7--------|
E|----------------------------5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5--------|
    But if wishful..           Keep on...

      C#m   F#m          E                Dm Riff         Am Riff
E|----4-----2------------x-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----5-----2------------x-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----6-----2------------x----------------7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7----------------------------|
D|----6-----4------------2----------------7-7-9-7---7-7-9-7---7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7--------|
A|----4-----4------------2----------------5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5---7-7-9-7---7-7-9-7--------|
E|----------2------------0------------------------------------5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5--------|
    I Wish you were here...    But you're noooooooooooooooooooooot

       Dm Riff
But if wishful thinking’s all I got

Am Riff I keep on thinking wishful thoughts, thinking wishful thoughts

  C#m            F#m       E         Dm Riff         Am Riff
 I wish you were here...   but you’re nooooooooooooooot

                         Dm Riff         Am Riff
(No, no, no), but you’re nooooooooooooooot

[Verse]

Am Riff
I feel like a sailor lost on the seas

Catching a cold, maybe catching a breeze

C#m        F#m     E          Am Riff
Standing on the prairie looking for trees

Am Riff
Rock and roll’s wrapped ‘round me as tight as a noose

And from the front of the train you can’t see the caboose

   C#m          F#m             E           Am Riff
In northern New Brunswick watch out for the moose

[Chorus]

       Dm Riff
But if wishful thinking’s all I got

          Am Riff
I keep on thinking wishful thoughts, thinking wishful thoughts

  C#m            F#m       E         Dm Riff         Am Riff
 I wish you were here...   but you’re nooooooooooooooot

                         Dm Riff         Am Riff
(No, no, no), but you’re nooooooooooooooot

                         Dm Riff         Am Riff
(Heeeeeeeee), but you’re nooooooooooooooot

[Bridge] // Hold on Am Riff for 4 or 8 bars then move EVERYTHING up two frets to Bm // Riffary over top in Am then into Bm during change. Classic sporatic country-style Plaskett riffage.

Bm Riff
You put some gas in your tank

You put some air in your lungs Cause you know there's a song that's gotta get sung.

Bm Riff                           [Hold this as long as possible]
Cause it’s a long, long way to Winnipeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeg

And I ain’t too proud to shake a leg

D#m         G#m     F#       Bm Riff
Sing for my supper, break me an egg

[Chorus]

       Bm Riff
But if wishful thinking’s all I got

          Em Riff
I keep on thinking wishful thoughts, thinking wishful thoughts

[Hold Bm Riff for 4 more bars then into chorus turnaround]

  D#m            G#m       F#         Em Riff         Bm Riff
 I wish you were here...   but you’re nooooooooooooooot

                         Em Riff         Bm Riff
(No, no, no), but you’re nooooooooooooooot

                         Em Riff         Bm Riff
(No, no, no), but you’re nooooooooooooooot

                         Em Riff         Bm Riff
(Heeeeeeeee), but you’re nooooooooooooooot

[Verse]

Bm Riff
CDs for sale at the back of the hall... Buy one, buy ‘em all

Couple bucks cheaper than they are at the mall

D#m          G#m       C#       Bm Riff
Thank you, good night, we’ll be back in the fall!

Bm Riff Seasons come and season go [Guitar licks in Bm] Nobody wants to end the rock n’ roll show

D#m          G#m       C#       Bm Riff
Look at you, love, you got that Golden Glow

[Bridge]

Bm Riff
Goin' down, goin' down, goin' down, goin' down..

[Slide back down to Am Riff] Goin' down, goin' down, goin' down, goin' down.. [Verse]

Am Riff
North of the sun and south of the snow

No particular destination, no particular plant to grow

C#m       F#m         E             Am Riff
Buckle up baby, let’s rock down the road

Am Riff
Highway white lines are freakin’ me out

Wondering what your doin’, are you out and about?

Am Riff
Gettin’ lost, gettin’ lost, gettin’ lost, gettin' lost

C#m        F#m     E          Am Riff
Gettin’ lost on the paper on my paper route

[Chorus]

       Dm Riff
But if wishful thinking’s all I got

          Am Riff
I keep on thinking wishful thoughts, thinking wishful thoughts

  C#m            F#m       E         Dm Riff         Am Riff
 I wish you were here...   but you’re nooooooooooooooot

                         Dm Riff         Am Riff
(No, no, no), but you’re nooooooooooooooot

                         Dm Riff         Am Riff
(No, no, no), but you’re nooooooooooooooot

[Verse]

Am Riff
Guitar’s singing a song for free:

Why’s everybody always picking on me? (Tweedle Dee)

C#m      F#m     E        Am Riff
Tweedley Dum and Tweedley Dee

[Bridge] Just stay in Am Riff, he does a muted Am Sweep for each Hee Hoo.

Am
Heeee Hoooo... Heeee Hoooo...

Heeee Hoooo... Heeeeeeeeee... [Chorus]

       Dm Riff
But if wishful thinking’s all I got

          Am Riff
I keep on thinking wishful thoughts, thinking wishful thoughts

  C#m            F#m       E         Dm Riff         Am Riff
 I wish you were here...   but you’re nooooooooooooooot

                         Dm Riff         Am Riff
(No, no, no), but you’re nooooooooooooooot

                         Dm Riff         Am Riff
(Where'd ya go?), but you’re nooooooooooooooot

[Outro]

Am Riff
Ooo OOo Oooooooo

Ooo OOo Oooooooo (add harmony higher) Ooo OOo Oooooooo ************************************ | x Dead note ************************************