Rick Springfield – If Wishes Were Fishes (Guitar)

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[Verse 1]
             C                 A
I'd wish for no more wars, and silence of guns

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  All your troubles to be little ones

         Am                      Em
For every child in the world to eat their fill

       F                      G
With a guardian angel on each window sill

    Am                        Em
I'd wish for the wealth to be spread around

       C                         D
Every soul when they pass to be heaven bound

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And after I'd wished for all that crap I'd seen

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If maybe I could wish a thing or two for me
[Verse 2]
          C
I wish my neighbor would choke on his yappy dog

             F
Wish I could pick my relatives from a catalog

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The hot girl next door would tan wearing nothing but a smile
Howdy Neighbor! [Verse 3]
G               C
  Wish I could get that knighthood from the queen

       F
I wish folks would quit calling me Rick Springsteen

           Dm                                G
I wish the IRS would permanently misplace my file

            F            G
I wish the starter in my damn corvette would work

           F          G       C         Am
I wish I'd never seen Miley Cyrus twerk

          D
Why does everybody seem so real and I feel like a fraud

            F
I wish that we were all equal in the eyes of God
[Chorus]
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If wishes were fishes I wouldn't smell so sweet

             F            G     C          Am
There'd be a million dead fish lying at my feet

  F          G               C         Am
I wish and I wish to make my life complete

        Dm                          F
I wanna drink from that wishing cup

          D            F              G
But real life steps in to screw it up
[Instrumental] C G F A [Verse 4]
C
Wish every God damn body would learn to drive

          F
And stop cutting me off on Interstate 5

   Dm
And I wish Scarlett Johanson would give me a call

F        G
867-5309
[Verse 5]
C
Wish money flowed like the falls of Niagara

         F
Wish I'd quit getting emails for cheap Viagra

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I wish there was someway, somehow I could have it all

           F                 C          Am
Wish I was 21 again, let the good times roll

         F         G                 C
My only worry back then was "does she have birth control?"

Am           D             C             G
   I'm not a doctor, but I played one on TV

            F  N.C.
And I'd be happy to take a look for free
[Chorus]
F                G                  C          Am
  If wishes were fishes we wouldn't smell too good

       F             G               C            Am
With a bunch of dead fish around the neighborhood

            F            G                   Am
I'm not the only one who wishes cause this is Hollywood

      D               F
Where all your freaky shit comes true

 D                       G
And maybe a wish or two
[Verse 6]
           F          G        Em                G
Wish every politician wasn't a self serving dick

       F              G        Em       Am
Wish I hadn't googled Anthony Weiner's, wiener

        F          G          E      Am
Was our government hit with a stupid stick

        D                                     G
I wish Honest Abe Lincoln was still our president

         F                C   N.C.
But I'd settle for Jesus or Clark Kent
[Chorus]
F                G                C           Am
  If wishes were fishes the whole world would eat

         F              G           C          Am
But we,d all be sick of fish by the end of the week

        F           G                  C        Am
I got a sneaking suspicion I'm not the only freak

      D           F
Who's wishing for blind dumb luck

      D
I get nothing here

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What the fuck?     What the fuck?