I Wish(Chords)

	        
Dm          C 
I wish, I wish, I wish 
To every city 
Am7         Bb 
I wish, I wish, I wish 
Every hood 

Dm          C 
I wish, I wish, I wish 
And every block 
Am7                Bb 
I wish, I wish, I wish 
Ghetto America 

Dm                                     C 
Rollin' through the hood, just stopped by to say what's up 
    Am7                             Bb 
And let you know that your baby boy ain't doing so tough 
Dm                           C 
And even though you passed going on four long years 
Am7              Bb 
Still waking up late at night crying tears 
Dm                         C                       Am7 
Just thinking about those days you used to talk to me 
                   Bb 
Smilin' while I'm sippin' on this Hennessy 
Dm           C                            Am7                        Bb 
And remember we bragged on how rich we would be, to get up out this hood was like a fantasy 

Dm                             C 
And now you hear my songs the radio is playin' 
     Am7 
Oh I can't believe my ears 
           Bb 
And what everybody's sayin' 
Dm                      C 
And boy I'll tell you, folks don't know the half 
  Am7                    Bb 
I would give it all up, just to take one ride 

Dm            C 
How I used to kick it on the front porch 
Am7                Bb 
And how I used to lay back and smoke weed 
Dm                  C                         Am7 
And all the little basement party joints we'd do 
              Bb 
Now I'm just missing you 
How I wish 

 
Dm                  C 
I wish that I could hold you now 
Am7                 Bb 
I wish that I could touch you now 
Dm                  C 
I wish that I could talk to you 
Am7              Bb 
Be with you somehow 
Dm                  C  
I know you're in a better place 
Am7                  Bb 
Even though I can't see your face 
Dm                    C 
I know you're smiling down on me 
            Am7         Bb 
Saying everything's okayyy 


Dm  C 

Am7                    
And if I make it out this thug life 
Bb                        Dm 
I'll see you again someday 
Dm         C          
I wish, I wish, I wish 
Am7       Bb 
I wish, I wish, I wish 


verse 2 
Dm                                   C 
Now ever since this money come, been nothing but stress 
Am7                            Bb 
Sometimes I wish I could trade in my success 
Dm                        C 
Y'all look at me and say boy you've been blessed 
Am7                              Bb 
But y'all don't see the inside of my unhappiness 
Dm                             C 
Man I swear this shit gets heavy like a ton 
Am7                                       Bb 
That's why you hear me shootin' This real shit off like a gun 
Dm                      C        
Hmm I wonder how my friends would treat me now 
Am7                         Bb 
If I wasn't iced up with a Bentley and a house 
Dm                              C                  Am7                     Bb 
That's why fake ass niggas get fake ass digits And fake ass playas get a real playa hatin' 'em 
Dm                            C 
Honey Love goes platinum and y'all ass come around 
Am7                              Bb 
But y'all don't wanna raise the roof until my shit is going down 

Chorus 

Dm              C 
How I used to hoop off in them tournaments 
(With you) 
    Am7                  Bb 
And how I used to club hop on weekends 
(With you) 
Dm                      C 
Your family called the morning of the tragic end 
Am7    Bb 
Damn, my condolensces 

verse 3} 
Dm                     C 
Voices in my head be telling me to come to church 
Am7                         Bb 
Saying the Lord is the only way for you to stop the hurt 
Dm                        C 
Dreaming of windows black tinted like a hurst 
Am7                        Bb 
When waking up to life sometimes seems worst 
Dm                        C 
And all I ever wanted is to be a better man 
Am7                       Bb 
And I try to keep it real with my homies now 
Dm                        C 
For me to save the world I don't understand 
Am7                   Bb 
How did I become the leader of a billion men? 


Dm             C 
How I used to street perform on Friday 
(With you) 
Am7                      Bb 
And how I used to go to church on Easter Sunday 
(With you) 
Dm             C 
Standing here throwing them stones at me 
Am7       Bb 
Somebody pray for me
	        

Written by R. Kelly