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Wish You Were Here

Bee Gees

RockMedium for beginners12 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

G
Bm7Diagram coming soon
C×
D7××
Em7
Am7×
E
D××
Em
Bm×
Am×
E7

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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              G   Bm7   C   D7  
 
 
              G 
      You're living your life  
         Em7                    Bm7 
      in somebody else's heart.  
Am7       G   
      My love is as strong  
         Em7                  Bm7 
      as oceans are far apart.  
        
 
  E                 Am7 
      A summer song  
                        D 
      keeps playing in my brain,  
                G 
      and I feel you  
                     Em7 
      and I see your face again.  
       C 
      There's no escape,  
               D 
      I lost everything  
                    E 
      in losing you.  
        
 
      Em7    D 
      Ah I wish you were here,  
      Em                       Bm 
      drying these tears I cry.  
  D              G 
      They were good times  
            Bm7 
      and I wish you were here  
          Am7 
      and calling my name,  
                 Am7             D        Am7        E 
      but you're dealing with a man insane, the cost,  
          Am7              E 
      how hopelessly I'm lost,  
        Am7                     G 
      I tried to throw our love away  
             C     G   D 
      and I can't let go.  
        
 
   D       G 
      And so I awake  
         Em7                   Bm7 
      in somebody else's dream.  
 
      (It's not what it seems)  
Am7        G 
      It's only a lie,  
            Em7                      Bm7 
      I've yet to decide who's real.  
        
 
  E                     Am7                D 
      The blood red rose  will never never die,  
                       G 
      it'll burn like a flame  
              Em7 
      in the dark of the night.  
      C 
      I'm not afraid,  
                 D 
      I'd give everything  
                         E 
      if you hear me there.  
        
 
      Em7     D 
      Ahh I wish you were here,  
      Em                       Bm 
      drying these tears I cry.  
   D             G 
      They were good times,  
                Bm7 
      it's that time of year  
          Am7 
      for being alone  
                 Am7             D            Am 
      but you're dealing with a heart of stone,  
              Am               E 
      try to kiss and say goodbye,  
      Am                   G 
      try to throw our love away  
                 C    G     D 
      and that storm will blow.  
        
 
    Bm7     Am7                 D    G 
      Ooooh Wish you were here.  
    Bm7     Am7 
      Ooooh Wish you were here.  
        
 
                    Am7             D             Am7 
      'Cause you're dealing with a heart of stone,  
              Am7               E7 
      try to kiss and say goodbye,  
      Am7                  G 
      They were good times ... 
             C     G   D 
      and I can't let go.  
        
 
D7               G 
      They were good times  
            Bm7 
      and I wish you were here,  
              C 
      yes, I wish you were here.  
 
    D            G 
      try to throw our love away 
          
 

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Chord set

G · Bm7 · C · D7 · Em7 · Am7 · E · D · Em · Bm · Am · E7

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.