Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
This is a simple and haunting tune from Pink Floyd. It shows just how amazing a song can be using only simple chords. As with previous songs, the chords in this are all very common which you will find repeated in many popular songs.
This is a great beginner guitar song to learn as it is quite slow and with a little bit of practice you should be able to combine it with singing and put on a performance.
This song introduces a couple of new chords and reuses many from our previous song:
New Chords:
Here you can find the other beginner guitar chords.
Lyrics and Chords:
C D
So, so you think you can tell,
Am G
Heaven from Hell, blue skys from pain.
D C Am
Can you tell a green field from a cold steel rail, a smile from a veil,
G
Do you think you can tell?
C D
And did they get you to trade your heroes for ghosts,
Am G D
Hot ashes for trees, hot air for a cool breeze, cold comfort for change,
C Am G
And did you exchange a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage?
Em G Em G Em A Em A
C D
How I wish, how I wish you were here.
Am G D
We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl, year after year,
C
Running over the same old ground. What have we found?
Am G
The same old fears. Wish you were here!
Em G Em G Em A Em A G
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