Sometimes I Wish
Gordon Lightfoot
From The Album Harmony
Capo 2nd Fret

[Intro]   D   Dmaj7   Em7   A


D                     Dmaj7             D             F#m                  G                    D
___Dreaming of a love ____I lost, the day the final bridge was crossed, Sometimes I wish that I could
          A            G                 D          G                F#m                  Gx1 1/2              A
just forget, but the memory lingers yet and it hangs around, leaving me low and leaving me down  ___


[Chorus]
Bm          G                Bm              A               Bm         G
______Everywhere I roam, ______there is nobody home ______Even I should know,
          F#m                       Gx1 1/2       A
When it ain?t __my day there is no other way _____


[Repeat Intro]   D   Dmaj7   Em7   A


D                Dmaj7               D                 F#m            G                       D
____I begin to wake ___up to, how wrong it was to cling __ to you; sometimes I wish to hold you in my
A                 G                D    G                          F#m                 Gx1 1/2           A
Heart 'Cause I can't keep us apart, forgiving you, Was the easiest thing that I ever could do _____


[Chorus]
Bm          G             Bm            A                  Bm        G
______Everywhere I go, ______there is no one I know, _____ Even I can see,
     F#m                 Gx2
It's too ___ late now to believe in a vow


[Solo]     A-D   A-D   A-D  G-A-D

[Repeat Intro]   D   Dmaj7   Em7   A



D                   Dmaj7               D                       F#m                  G
____As I wander I _______return, to days gone by there's much to be learned, Sometimes I wish that
D                 A          G             D       G            F#m                  Gx1 1/2           A
Miracles could be, But at best I fail to see any happening, Some gotta lose and some gotta win _____


[Chorus]
Bm          G                Bm              A               Bm         G
______Everywhere I roam, ______there is nobody home ______Even I should know,
          F#m                       Gx1 1/2       A
When it ain?t __my day there is no other way _____


[Chorus]
Bm          G             Bm            A                  Bm        G
______Everywhere I go, ______there is no one I know, _____ Even I can see,
     F#m                 Gx1 1/2                    A                     D
It's too ___ late now to believe in a vow, You're leaving right now ___