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Wish You Were Here

Andrés Calamaro

RockMedium for beginners9 chords

How to play it

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

BDiagram coming soon
G
D××
A×
E
Em
C×
Am7×
Dsus4Diagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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Intro 
 
hide this tab               Em        G 
e|------------0--------------3----| 
B|------------0--------------0----| 
G|------------0----0--0--0---0----| 
D|-------0-2--2--2/5--2--0---0----| 
A|---0-2------2--2/5--2--2---2----| 
E|-3----------0--------------3----| x2 
 
              Em         A 
e|------------0----------0--------| 
B|------------0----------2--------| 
G|------------0----------2--------| 
D|-------0-2--2--2-0-----2--------| 
A|---0-2------2------2-0-0--------| 
E|-3----------0-------------------| 
 
              Em         A     G 
e|------------0----------0-----3--| 
B|------------0----------2-----0--| 
G|-2/4-4-4\2--0----------2-----0--| 
D|------------2--2-0-----2-----0--| 
A|------------2------2-0-0-0-2-2--| 
E|------------0----------------3--| 
 
Verse 
 C                        D                Am7 
So, so you think you can tell Heaven from Hell, 
                 G 
blue skies from pain. 
                      D                       C 
Can you tell a green field from a cold steel rail? 
                Am7 
A smile from a veil? 
                      G 
Do you think you can tell? 
 
Verse 
    (G)      (A)     (B)  C                     D 
And did they get you to trade your heroes for ghosts? 
                Am7 
Hot ashes for trees? 
               G 
Hot air for a cool breeze? 
                   D 
Cold comfort for change? 
                C                           Am7 
And did you exchange a walk on part in the war 
                      G 
for a lead role in a cage? 
 
Solo 
G  Em  Em  G 
G  Em  Em  G 
G  Em  Em  A 
A  Em  Em  A 
G 
 
       C                         D    Dsus4 D 
How I wish, how I wish you were here. 
       Am7 
We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl, 
G 
 year after year, 
D 
 Running over the same old ground. 
C                                   Am7 
 What have you found? The same old fears. 
               G 
Wish you were here. 
 
Outro 
G  Em  Em  G 
G  Em  Em  G 
G  Em  Em  A 
A  Em  Em  A 
G 
          
 

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Chord set

B · G · D · A · E · Em · C · Am7 · Dsus4

Practice tip

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