(Capo on 3) Intro.: | (Em) | (D/F#) | (G) | (C) (Bm) | (C) | (D/F#) | (G) | (G) -- I wish I were a (Em)little girl, (D/F#) in this (G)lie (C) (Bm) (C)No one could resist my (D/F#)little girl smile (G) I wish I were a (Em)baby, (D/F#) in this (G)love (C) (Bm) I'd be (C)cradled in your (D/F#)arms day (G)and night I wish I were an (Em)old man, (D/F#) a (G)scholar (C) (Bm)
With the (C)wisdom of a (D/F#)1,000 men be-(G)fore me Wish I were a (Em)funny dream (D/F#) that (G)haunted (C) (Bm) The (C)people I love every-(D/F#)time they (G)were down I wish I was a (D) fine wine, I wish I were a (C)good drug Hey and if I (G)were Jesus , maybe I could heal (D/F#)all of us Just like a (D)good lover, which one do you (C)prefer? In a world (G)full of vices, I wish I (D/F#)were a little bird Some-(Em)times | (D/F#) | (G) | (C) (Bm) | (C) | (D/F#) | (G) | (G) -- I wish I were the (Em)sunset (D/F#) in Ver-(G)ona (C) (Bm) I'd make a (C)beautiful picture every (D/F#)time I went to (G)bed Or maybe more the (Em) sunrise (D/F#) waking up to a (G)sad man (C) (Bm) And hey if (C)I were the blue skies, (D/F#) I'd never rain (G)on him I wish I was a (D) fine wine, I wish I were a (C)good drug Yeah and if I (G)were Jesus, maybe I could heal (D/F#)all of us Just like a (D)good lover, which one do you (C)prefer? In a world (G)full of vices, I wish I (D/F#)were a little bird Some-(Em)times | (D/F#) | (G) | (C) (Bm) | (C) | (D/F#) | (G) | (G) -- I wish I were an (Em)angel (D/F#) in fifty-(G)two (C) (Bm) In a (C)blue Cadillac on the (D/F#)eve of the (G)new year And there I would have (Em)saved him, the (D/F#)man who sang the (G)blues (C) (Bm) (C)Maybe he is (D/F#)listening right (G)now Yeah, (Em)hopefully, he's (D/F#)listening right (G)now