Jul192019

Hayley Kiyoko – I Wish Piano & Ukulele Chord Progression

ChordsE A F#m

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This is the chord progression of I Wish by Hayley Kiyoko on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

[Intro]
E A
I wish, I wish, I wish I found love
E A
I wish, I wish, I wish I found love

[Verse 1]
E A E
I don’t know where we’re gon’ go from here, I don’t
E A E
You shut down when I tell you all the shit I want
E A F#m
We butt heads, you don’t pay me no attention
F#m A
And you’re selfish with your affection (Yeah)

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
E A E
You don’t like when I decide to speak my mind (Yeah, yeah)
E A E
No, you don’t like that I do what I want like all the time
E A F#m
We butt heads ’cause you don’t pay me no attention
F#m A
And you’re selfish with your affection (Oh)

[Chorus]
E A
I wish, I wish, I wish I found love (Love)
E A
I wish, I wish, I wish I found love
E
‘Cause I wake up, up in the morning time
A
And there’s nobody here by my side
E A
I wish, I wish, I wish I found love (Love)

[Verse 2]
E A E
You don’t care, it’s a storm in my iris ’cause you lied
E A E
You don’t mind that it’s raining oceans from my eyes
E A F#m
We butt heads ’cause you’re payin’ him attention
F#m A
And you’re selfish with your affection (What you want, love?)
E A E
Your black heart, you ain’t even budge when you tore mine apart
E A
You wild out, so I wild out too, mothafucka, wassup?
E A F#m
We butt heads ’cause you keep payin’ him attention
F#m A
And you’re selfish with your affection (Oh)

[Bridge]
E A
Sometimes I wonder if you’ll ever love me ever
E A
I wonder if I’m ever gonna find somebody
E A
I cry, cry, cry, cry to the heavens
F#m A
Why won’t you just send me somebody? (Oh)

[Chorus]
E A
I wish, I wish, I wish I found love (Oh, I)
E A
I wish, I wish, I wish I found love (I wish I found love)f
E
‘Cause I wake up, up in the morning time
A
And there’s nobody here by my side

E A
I wish, I wish, I wish I found love (I wish I found love)
E A
I wish, I wish, I wish I found love (I wish I found love)
E A
I wish, I wish, I wish I found love (I wish I found love)
E
‘Cause I wake up, up in the morning time
A
And there’s nobody here by my side
E A
I wish, I wish, I wish I found love (Love)

How to play I Wish: key, chords and progression

I Wish by Hayley Kiyoko is built around E major (four sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯), with 3 chords in all: E, A and F#m.

The backbone of the song is A – E – A – F#m (IV – I – IV – ii in E major). In solfa, that is fah – doh – fah – reh. Practise these 4 changes until they feel natural and you can play most of it.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 2nd fret and play the shapes D, G, Em (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 67% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.