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To Wish Impossible Things

The Cure

#Guitar 1:

#Rhythm Fig. 1

C#m7 Aadd9 C#m7

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-----------------------|---------------2----|-------------------|

--------4------4-------|------4------4---4--|------4-----4------|

------2------2------2--|----2------2--------|----2-----2-----2--|

----4------4------4----|--0------0----------|--4-----4-----4----|

-----------------------|--------------------|-------------------|

Aadd9 C#m7 Aadd9

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----------------2------|--------------------|--------------2----|

--------4-----4---4----|------4-----4-------|------4-----4---4--|

------2-----2----------|----2-----2-----2---|----2-----2--------|

----0-----0------------|--4-----4-----4-----|--0-----0----------|

-----------------------|--------------------|-------------------|

#Guitar 2:

#Rhythm Fig. 1a

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----------444-4---4-4--|-4--2----1----------|--------444-4---4-4|

-----------------------|--------------2-----|-------------------|

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----4--2----1----2---1-|--------444-4---4-4-|-4--2-----1--------|

-----------------------|--------------------|---------------2---|

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#Guitar 1:

#Rhythm Fig. 2

F#m7 G#m7 F#m7 G#m7

-----------------|------------------|------------------|---------------------|

-----2-----2-----|-----4-----4------|------2-----2-----|------4-----4--------|

---0-----0-----0-|---2-----2-----2--|----0-----0-----0-|----2-----2-----2----|

-2-----2-----2---|-4-----4-----4----|--2-----2-----2---|--4-----4-----4------|

#Guitar 2:

#Rhythm Fig. 2a

-----------------|------------------|------------------|---------------------|

-------4-4---4-2-|-4/6-6-6----4-----|------4-4-----4-2-|-4/6---------4-------|

-----------------|---------7-----4--|------------------|--------7---------4--|

-----------------|------------------|------------------|---------------------|

#Guitar 3 (acoustic):

#Rhythm Fig. 2b

-------------0---|------------4-----|--------------0-----|-------------0-----|

-----------0---0-|----------------0-|------------0-----0-|----------------0--|

---------4-------|---------4-----4--|----------4---------|-----------4-------|

-----------------|------------------|--------------------|-------------------|

#Guitar 3 (acoustic):

#Rhythm Fig. 1b

C#m7 Aadd9 C#m7

----------0---------|---------4-----------|-----------0----------|

---------------0----|------------------4--|------------------0---|

-----4--------------|------4-------4------|------4---------------|

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Aadd9 C#m7 Aadd9 F#m7

------4----------|----------0-------|-------------------|-----------0--------|

-----------4h5---|--------------0---|-------5-----4-----|---------0-------0--|

---4-----4-------|-------4----------|----4-----4--------|-------4------------|

-----------------|------------------|-------------------|--------------------|

G#m7 F#m7 G#m7

-------0------------|----------0----------|---------------0-------|

---------------0----|--------0--------0---|------------------0----|

----4-------4-------|------4--------------|------------4----------|

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#Chords:

Rem C#m7 ember how it used to b Aadd9 e, when th C#m7 e sun would fill th Aadd9 e sky.

Rem C#m7 ember how we used to f Aadd9 eel, those C#m7 days would ne-ver e Aadd9 nd.

Those F#m7 days would ne-ver end. G#m

Remember how it used to be when the stars would fill the sky

Remember how we used to dream, those nights would never end

Those nights would never end

It was the A sweetness of your__skin.

it was the hope of all_ C#m ___we might have been

that filled me with the A hope to wish___

im - pos-sib-le __ things. C#m7 ___

Aadd9 To wish im - pos-sib-le __ things. C#m7 ____

But now the sun shines cold and all the sky is grey

The stars are dimmed by clouds and tears

And all I wish is gone away, and all i wish is gone away

F#m7 all I wish is gone G#m7 away

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