Gavin’s Song
By Marc Broussard
Album: Carencro
Tabbed by Aaron Beyersdorff barefootrocker@yahoo.com
The other versions of this are relatively good but this is a more correct albeit more
version. I think this is all technically correct, and if you can pull it off, it sounds great.
The chord names and diagrams are in relation to the capo.
CAPO 1
Chord: [Cmaj7] [G] [Em] [Dsus2] [Csus2] Bmin7 [C] [D] [Asus2] [D#maj7] [Fmaj7] [D#]
e 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 6 8 3
B 0 3 0 3 3 3 1 3 0 8 10 4
G 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 2 7 9 3
D 2 0 2 0 2 4 2 0 2 8 10 5
A 3 2 2 0 3 2 3 0 0 6 8 6
E 0 3 0 x 0 2 0 x 0 6 8 3
[Cmaj7] [G]
I wish you freedom, I wish you peace
[Cmaj7] [G]
I wish you nights of stars, that beckon you to sleep
[Em] [Dsus2] [Csus2]
I wish you heartache, that leaves you more a man
[Cmaj7] [Em] [Cmaj7] [G]
I wish I could be there, but I can’t
[Cmaj7] [G]
I wish you places, that sit so still
[Cmaj7] [G]
Where people never ever change, and never ever will
[Em] [Dsus2] [Csus2]
I wish I could hold you and make you understand
[Cmaj7] [Em] [Cmaj] [G]
I wish I could be there but I can’t
Bmin7 [C]
Be good for your momma
[Em] [D]
Cuz she’ll need a hand to hold
Bmin7 [C] [Em] [Asus2]
Boy she loves you more than you’ll ever know
[C] Bmin7 [C]
There are rhymes and there are reasons and times when
Bmin7 [D#maj7] [Fmaj7] [D#]
nothing stayed the same, but you know my love still remains
[Cmaj7] [G]
I wish you wisdom, I wish you years
[Cmaj7] [G]
I wish you armies, to conquer all your fears
[Em] [Dsus2] [Csus2]
I wish you courage, for all that life demands
[Cmaj7] [Em] [Cmaj] [G]
I wish I could be there, but I can’t
Bmin7 [C]
Be good for your momma
[Em] [D]
Cuz she’ll need a hand to hold
Bmin7 [C] [Em] [Asus2]
Boy she loves you more than you’ll ever know
[C] Bmin7 [C]
There are rhymes and there are reasons and times when
Bmin7 [D#maj7] [Fmaj7] [D#]
nothing stayed the same, but you know my love still remains
[Cmaj7] [G]
I wish we were together, I wish I was home
[Cmaj7] [G]
I wish there were nights where I was never alone
[Em] [Dsus2] [Csus2]
I know I’ve said it but I’ll say it once again
[Cmaj7] [Em] [Cmaj7] [G]
I wish I could be there but I can’t
[Cmaj7] [Em] [Cmaj7] [G]
