Everclear – Wonderful
188 bpm 4/4 Strumming
[Songs from an American Movie Vol. One:
Learning How to Smile 2000]
Intro
G G D D C C D D
Verse 1
G G
I close my eyes when I get too sad…
D D
I think thoughts that I know are bad…
C C
Close my eyes and I count to ten…
D D
Hope it's over when I open them…
G G
I want the things that I had before…
D D
like a Star Wars poster on my bedroom door…
C C
I wish I could count to ten…
D D
Make everything be wonderful again…
Verse 2
G G
I hope my Mom and I hope my Dad…
D D
will figure out why they get so mad…
C C
I heard them scream… I hear them fight…
D D
They say bad words that make me wanna cry…
G G
I close my eyes when I go to bed
D D
and I dream of angels that make me smile…
C C
I feel better when I hear them say…
D D
"Everything will be wonderful
Pre Chorus
C C
some-eee-day…" Promises mean
D D
everything… when you're little and the
G G
world is so big…
G G
I just don't understand
C C
how-www… you can smile with all those
D D
tears in your eyes-sss… and tell me
D D
everything is wonderful
Middle 8
G G D D
now-www…
C C
Please don't tell me
D D
everything is wonderful
Verse 3
G G
now-www…I go to school and I run and play…
D D
I tell the kids that it's all okay…
C C
I laugh a lot so my friends won't know…
D D
when the bell rings I just don't wanna go…
G G
Go to my room and I close my eyes…
D D
I make believe that I have a new life…
C C
I don't believe you when you say…
D D
"Everything will be wonderful
Pre Chorus
C C
some-eee-day…" Promises mean
D D
everything… when you're little and the
G G
world is so big…
G G
I just don't understand
C C
how-www… you can smile with all those
D D
tears in your eyes-sss… and tell me
D D
everything is wonderful
Chorus
G G D D
now-www… No-ooo… No-ooo…
C C
I don't want to hear you tell me
D D
everything is wonderful
G G D D
now-www… No-ooo… No-ooo…
C C
I don't want to hear you tell me
D D
everything is wonderful
Bridge
C C
now-www… I don't want to hear you say…
D D
“I will understand someday…”
G G G G
No… NO… No… NO… No… NO… No…
C C
I don't want to hear you say…
D D
“We both have grown in a different way…”
G G G G
No… NO… No… NO… No… NO… No…
C C
I-iii don't want to meet your friends…
D D
I don't want to start over again…
G D/F#
I just want my life to be the
Em G
same just like it used to be…
C C
Some days I hate
D D
everything… I hate
D D
everything… Everyone and
D D
everything… Please don't tell me
D D
everything is wonderful
Refrain
G G D D
now-www…
C C
No-ooo… Please don’t tell me
D D
everything is wonderful
G G D D
now-www-www-www-www…
C C
Please don’t tell me
D D
everything is wonderful
G G D D
now-www-www-www-www…
C C
I don't want to hear you tell me
D D
everything is wonderful
G G D D
now-www-www-www-www…
C C
Please don’t tell me
D D
everything is wonderful
Outro (fade ending)
G G G G G G G G
now-www…
G G G G G G G G * G