Chords for “I Wish I Were Gay” - Shoshana Bean & Jeremy Jordan (TrevorLive NYC 2017) | Original Song

_ [Cm] I_
this totally makes [Eb] me jealous. _
I feel like I'm not living my best life.
[A] What do you want to do about it?
I mean, it's not like we can change our fundamental chemistry, can we? _ _
[Ebm] Please, even if we could, there's [Ab] way too much to learn.
It's like a whole different language they speak, you [Bb] know?
Like, earlier tonight I [Ab] told the band to take it from the top!
And they all took off and disappeared for [Gb] 30 minutes.
I don't_
[D] _ _ [Ab]
Where'd they go?
I [Bb] don't_
You know what?
You [Gb] know what?
I have an [Am] idea, alright?
It's just [Ab] something that I do_
to find my way through these tough situations.
[Fm] You're gonna take your shirt off.
I'm gonna do a [D] musical number!
With your shirt off.
Stand back, [Ab] okay?
I'm gonna sing. _ _ _ _ _
_ The [Fm] glitz, [Ab] the [Abm] glamour, begets [Ab] cabaret
_ _ _ When life's a drag, [Bb] paint it up just [Ab] like a Monet _
It's queer, _ [E] but it's time for [Ab] coming out to [Eb] say
_ _ [Ebm] _
Gee, [Eb] I wish I were_
Wait, [Fm] wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
Are we being just like [Bb] a little bit offensive?
[Gb] No!
No, [Gbm] you know what?
[Ab] I don't think so.
I mean, we're in a safe space here.
[E] We are with the people [Ebm] whose very culture we clearly want [Ab] to appropriate. _ _ _ _ _
[A] Are you thinking what I'm thinking?
_ [Am] I think I know what you're thinking.
Then there's only one thing [Dm] left to do.
Take your shirt off!
Take my [Ab] hand. _
_ _ _ Tonight, I wish_
Oh, God, I [B] wish_
_ I wish I _ [Ab] _ _ [D] were_
Gay, gay, [C] gay, gay, [Ab] gay. _ _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] Oh my God!
[Bb] Backup dancers!
_ _ [Ab] _ _ Shoshanna, the [Dbm] gays are taking the wheel!
_ _ _ _ Jeremy.
What?
[Am] Does this happen every time you say [Ab] you wish you were gay?
[Eb] I wouldn't know that.
[E] _ _ Because, [Ab] you know, I'm pretty sure I said it on the way over here and nothing.
Wait, but that Uber [Ebm] driver did perk up and try to pitch [Ab] me as one act, so [Eb] maybe_
_ [D] _ _ [Ebm] _ _
[Db] _ Short [D] shorts in [Ebm] winter and flannel [Ab] in May.
Reports [Fm] say [Ebm] December's not the only [Abm] time for the slay.
Transform me to chic [Gb] out of black, [Gbm] Desclosé.
[Ebm]
Gee, I [F] wish I were gay.
_ [Ebm] _ _
_ [Am] _ [Bb] Playboy for reading [Ebm] is never [Ab] a lie.
And [Fm] mask for mask [Ebm] ain't a phantom [Ab] costume supply.
Oh, and [Abm] girlfriend is neither [Bbm] girl nor friend.
[Gbm] Reply.
[Ebm]
Hey, I [Db] wish I were gay.
[Abm] With nary but an [Gb] ancillary turn [Ebm] of a phrase.
[Abm] Proving Yiddish [Db] isn't only for [Gb] the Jews.
Oy vey!
[Bbm] Care [Eb] selected interjected [Fm] schtick dossiers.
[Bbm] They can show you [Eb] their ways.
Care to try?
Uh, [Ab] wouldn't you?
Hmm.
Keep _ _ [Db] waiting for next [Ebm] to the similar [C] sex.
[Fm] Maybe you'll come jump a secret [B] way.
_ [Bb] _ _ _
[Ebm] If this isn't you, [F] be the paladin [Bbm] and prove.
But gee, I wish [Eb] I were gay. _ _ _
Oh, this is [Ab] exactly what I've been missing.
I [Gb] love it.
It gets [Ab] better.
You can [Ab] pass on dessert, never skipping the cake.
Yes.
[Fm] Though a tough step, [Ebm] they're not a proper [Ab] topic.
When the big [Db] and the [Gb] little's looking [Bm] positively.
[Ebm] Then hey, you wish [Fm] you were _ [Bb] gay.
[Ebm] _ _ [Db]
If your [D] everyday curse is a [Ab] photographer's kiss.
Or, [C] uh, something about Sarah [Eb] Lauren.
_ [Ab] If [Fm] it's done with a Z, you [Ebm] fall out for sake of an [Abm] S.
Oh, cause Liza with a Z goes zz.
I knew that one, guys.
Then you'll crumble [Db] your foregoing.
You [Bm] cheated, sis.
_ [Eb] Hooray!
You'll wish you were gay.
[Db] _ [Abm] I gave a chant to Jeeva, high and [Ebm] sweet in the wings.
[Abm] And to be a chant, to save [Gb] her to the bar. _
_ [Bbm] _ [A] Liza Judith Mount [Ab] was rolling the [Fm] banks.
Fifteen [Eb] bars and a spanx.
I'll give it a try. _
[Ab] _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ [C] _ _ _
[D] _ _ [Ebm] _ _ [Ab] Of course there's a dance break.
It's like a union thing [B] for them.
The [Ab] _ _ [Abm] _ _ [Db] _
_ [Gb] _ _ [B] _ _ [Ebm] _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [A] _
_ _ [D] _ _ [Ebm] library's open and girls are [F] all golden.
[Gbm] You know girls _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [B] are-
Are there [Ab] dues we can [D] pay?
Maybe [B] points to a crew?
I just wish [Ab] I were gay.
[D] I think we should [B] too.
Oh, you.
_ Maybe later, I [B] don't know. _
_ _ [G] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [G] So a toast [Ab] to our friends [D] taking life a-pee.
[A] _ _ [B] _ Hooray!
_ _ _ _ [Em] We got wish, we got wish, we got wish, we got wish.
Our [F] _ wish, our wish, our wish.
[Em] Gloria.
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _