Chords with lyrics
Song: More I Cannot Wish You
Artist: Paul McCartney
Album: Kisses On The Bottom, 2012
URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K38EhTEcfXc
Tempo: Slow Ballad-style
Tuning: Standard
Capo 1
Chords EADGBe
D MajorD XX0232
D3add4 XX0032
E minorEm 022000
A augmentedA X02220
G+G 320003
F# minorF#m 244222
B minorBm X24432
C# minorC#m X46654
Intro:(Acoustic guitar riff over)
e||———8————2————2——-—2———|——0——|——0—-|
BB||———9————3————3—-——3———|——0——|——2—-|
G+G||——10——-—4————0——-—2———|——0——|——2—-|
D MajorD||——10————4————0——-—0———|——2——|——2—-|
A augmentedA||———X————X————X——-—X———|——2——|——0—-|
E MajorE||———X————X————X——-—X———|——0——|——X—-|
F minorFm B minorBm D3add4 D MajorD E minorEm A augmentedA
(smooth jazz-like) (arpeggiated)
Verse 1:
D MajorD D3add4 D MajorD D3add4
Velvet, I can wish you, for the collar of your coat,
G+G A augmentedA G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
And fortune smiling all along your way.
D MajorD D3add4 D MajorD F# minorF#m
But more I cannot wish you, than to wish you, find your love,
B minorBm G+G F# minorF#m D MajorD E minorEm A augmentedA G+G
Your own true love this day.
Verse 2:
A augmentedA G+G A augmentedA G+G A augmentedA G+G A augmentedA
Mansions, I can wish you, seven footmen all in red,
G+G D MajorD
And calling cards upon a silver tray,
A augmentedA D MajorD F# minorF#m
But more I cannot wish ya, than to wish you find your love,
B minorBm G+G F# minorF#m B minorBm A augmentedA D MajorD
Your own true love, this day.
Verse 3:
C# minorC#m E minorEm A augmentedA
Standing there, gazing at you,
D MajorD E minorEm A augmentedA E minorEm A augmentedA C# minorC#m
Full of the bloom __of youth, standing there.
A augmentedA F# minorF#m E minorEm A augmentedA
Gazing at you, with a sheepish eye,
E minorEm A augmentedA
And a look of the truth.
Verse 4:
D MajorD D3add4 A augmentedA
Music, I can wish you, merry music while you're young,
G+G A augmentedA G+G D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD
And wisdom, when your hair has turned to gray.
A augmentedA D MajorD D3add4 F# minorF#m G+G A augmentedA
But more I cannot wish you, than to wish you find your love,
D MajorD F# minorF#m B minorBm D MajorD
Your own true love this day.
Refrain:
E minorEm A augmentedA E minorEm A augmentedA
With a sheepish eye, and a look of the truth,
D MajorD F# minorF#m D MajorD E minorEm D MajorD
And the strong arms, to carry you __ away.
Coda: (Piano)
F# minorF#m B minorBm E minorEm A augmentedA D(sustained)
End:
NOTES
1. A augmentedA sensitive and distinctive cover based on the song from the 1950’s musical, ’Guys & Dolls’, with
music and lyrics by Frank Loesser. A augmentedA favourite of Paul McCartney’s Dad and my father.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guys_and_Dolls
2. The chords are very lightly strummed on nylon strings and arpegiatted at the accented fills at the
’end of line’.
3. This version doesn’t pretend to map all of the intricacies and subtleties of the jazz-style
accompaniment, but gives my interpretation of the overall scheme of the song’s chords. :-R