Song: I Wish You Love
Genre: Bossa Nova
Time Signature: 4/4
Transcribed from Miumiu’s arrangement:
Cited works:
History
“I Wish You Love” is an American song based on French Charles Trenet’s “Que reste-t-il de nos amours”
and dates back to the early 1900’s. The first recording of Trenet’s piece was sung by the
French female singer Lucienne Boyer and released in 1942. The English version “I Wish You Love”
has been renditioned by American singers including Marlene Dietrich (1972), Lionel Hampton, Janis Siegel,
Keely Smith (1958), Gloria Lynne (1965), Nancy Wilson (1992), Dean Martin (1996),
and Michael Buble (2002), Gloria Gaynor (2002).
Rhythm & Strumming
This song has some percussion parts where you slap the strings. The strumming pattern
and rhythm goes like this (i.e. the first measure in the hook) and is the same throughout the song.
Each row of tabs contains 2 measures, so 8 beats total per box.
Legend:
(t)humb
(i)ndex
(m)iddle
(r)ing
X slap/mute
e|--------------------X-------X---------------------------------------|
B|----r---r---------r-X-r---r-X----r-----r----------------------------|
G|----m---m---------m-X-m---m-X----m-----m----------------------------|
D|----i---i---------i-X-i---i-X----i-----i----------------------------|
A|----t---------------X-------X---------------------------------------|
E|------------t-t-----X-t-----X-t--t-----t----------------------------|
Tabs & Chords
[Hook] x4
Dm7add9 G7add6
Fmaj7/A G G7
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----5---5---------5---5---5-------3---3------------------------------|
G|----5---5---------5---4---4-------4---4------------------------------|
D|----3---3---------3---3---3-------3---3------------------------------|
A|----5----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------0-5-------3-------3---3---3------------------------------|
Cmaj7 G6 Am7
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----5---5---------5---5---5-------5---5------------------------------|
G|----4---4---------4---5---5-------5---5------------------------------|
D|----5---5---------5---5---5-------5---5------------------------------|
A|----3----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------0-3-------5------5----5---5------------------------------|
[Bridge] x1
Dm7add9 G7add6
E Fmaj7/A G G7
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----5---5---------5---5---5-------3---3------------------------------|
G|----5---5-------- 5---4---4-------4---4------------------------------|
D|----3---3---------3---3---3-------3---3------------------------------|
A|----5----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------0-5-------3-------3---3---3------------------------------|
Gm7 Gm7 Cm7 Cm7add9
Cm7add9
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------4---3-------3---3------------------------------|
G|----3---3---------3---3---3-------3---3------------------------------|
D|----3---3---------3---1---1-------1---1------------------------------|
A|----1---1---------1---3-----------3---3------------------------------|
E|----3-------0-3---------------3--------------------------------------|
F Fm
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----2---2---------2---1---1-------1---1------------------------------|
D|----3---3---------3---3---3-------1---1------------------------------|
A|----3---3---------3---3---3-------3---3------------------------------|
E|----1-------0-1-------1-------1---1---1------------------------------|
Cmaj7 G6 Am7
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----5---5---------5---5---5-------5---5------------------------------|
G|----4---4---------4---5---5-------5---5------------------------------|
D|----5---5---------5---5---5-------5---5------------------------------|
A|----3----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------0-3-------5-------5---5---5------------------------------|
Dm7add9 Fmaj7/A D7add9 A D7add9
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----5---5---------5---5---5-------5---5-----------------------------|
G|----5---5-------- 5---5---5-------5---5-----------------------------|
D|----3---3---------3---4---4-------4---4-----------------------------|
A|----5-----------------5-----------5---5-----------------------------|
E|------------0-5---------------5-------------------------------------|
G7add6 G7aug
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----5---5---------5---4---------------------------------------------|
G|----4---4---------4---4---------------------------------------------|
D|----3---3---------3---3---------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----3-------0-3-------3---------------------------------------------|
[Hook] x2
Dm7add9 Fmaj7/A G7add6 G G7
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----5---5---------5---5---5-------3---3------------------------------|
G|----5---5---------5---4---4-------4---4------------------------------|
D|----3---3---------3---3---3-------3---3------------------------------|
A|----5----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------0-5-------3-------3---3---3------------------------------|
Cmaj7 G6 Am7
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----5---5---------5---5---5-------5---5------------------------------|
G|----4---4---------4---5---5-------5---5------------------------------|
D|----5---5---------5---5---5-------5---5------------------------------|
A|----3----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------0-3------5------5----5---5------------------------------|
[Last Hook]
Dm7add9 Fmaj7/A G7add6
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----5---5---------5---5----------------------------------------------|
G|----5---5-------- 5---4----------------------------------------------|
D|----3---3---------3---3----------------------------------------------|
A|----5----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------0-5-------3----------------------------------------------|
Cmaj7
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----5----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----4----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----5----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----3----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
I wish you bluebirds in the spring
To give your heart a song to sing
And then a kiss, but more than this
I wish you love
And in July a lemonade
To cool you in some leafy glade
I wish you health, and more than wealth,
I wish you love
My breaking heart and I agree
That you and I could never be
So, with my best, my very best
I set you free
I wish you shelter from the storm
A cozy fire to keep you warm
But most of all, when snowflakes fall
I wish you love
When snowflakes fall
I wish you love
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