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Wish You Were Here

Avenged Sevenfold

MetalMedium for beginners6 chords

How to play it

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

C×
D××
Am×
G
Em
A×

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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verse 1 
C                         D 
So, so you think you can tell 
            Am 
Heaven from Hell 
                 G 
Blue skies from pain? 
                        D 
Can you tell a green field 
                   C 
From a cold steel rail? 
                Am 
A smile from a veil? 
                      G 
Do you think you can tell? 
 
verse 2 
                          C 
And did they get you to trade 
                 D 
Your heroes for ghosts? 
                Am 
Hot ashes for trees? 
               G 
Hot air for a cool breeze? 
                  D 
Cold comfort for change? 
                C 
And did you exchange 
                       Am 
A walk on part in the war 
                         G 
For a leading role in a cage? 
 
Em D G 
Em G 
Em A 
Em A 
G 
 
verse 3 
C                                D 
How I wish, how I wish you were here 
           Am 
We're just two lost souls 
Swimming in a fish bowl 
G 
Year after year 
D 
Running over the same old ground 
C 
What have we found? 
                Am 
The same old fears 
               G     Em 
Wish you were here 
          
 

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Chord set

C · D · Am · G · Em · A

Practice tip

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