Lyrics taken from the "Wish You Were Here" album liner notes
Music transcribed by:	Scott Holcomb

 Part 1 (rhythm guitar 1):
             Em7          G               Em7          G
|-------------3-----------3--|-------------3-----------3--|
|-------------3-----------3--|-------------3-----------3--|
|-------------0----0------0--|-------------0----0------0--|
|-----h--0-2--2------2-0--0--|-----h--0-2--2------2-0--0--|
|----0^2------2-----------2--|----0^2------2-----------2--|
|--3----------------------3--|--3----------------------3--|

             Em7          Am              Em7          Am
|-------------3-----------0--|-------------3-----------0--|
|-------------3-----------1--|-------------3-----------1--|
|-------------0-----------2--|-------------0-----------2--|
|-----h--0-2--2--2-0------2--|-----h--0-2--2--2-0------2--|
|----0^2------2------2-0--0--|----0^2------2------2-0--0--|
|--3-------------------------|--3-------------------------|

            G
|-----------3-------------------|
|-----------3-------------------|
|-----------0-------------------|
|------h--0-0-------------------|
|-----0^2---2-------------------|
|---3-------3-------------------|


 Part 1 (rhythm guitar 1):
              Em7                             G
|--------------3------------------------------3-----------|
|--------------3------------------------------3-----------|
|--------------0----------------0-------------0-----------|
|------h--0-2--2-------------------2------0---0-----------|
|-----0^2------2------------------------------2-----------|
|---3-----------------------------------------3-----------|
|                                                         |
| Part 1 (solo guitar 2):                                 |
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------3--5---3------p-p-------------------|
|-----------------2/4------4-------4^2^0------------------|
|-----------------------------------------0----------0-0--|
|------------------------------------------------0/2------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|

              Em7                             G
|--------------3------------------------------3-----------|
|--------------3------------------------------3-----------|
|--------------0----------------0-------------0-----------|
|------h--0-2--2-------------------2------0---0-----------|
|-----0^2------2------------------------------2-----------|
|---3-----------------------------------------3-----------|
|                                                         |
|                                                         |
|-----------------3/5-3-----------------------------------|
|-----------------3/5-3--3/5-3--0--3/5----3-0-0-----------|
|------------------------2/4-2--0--2/4----2-0-0-----------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|

             Em7
|-------------3-------------|
|-------------3-------------|
|-------------0-------------|
|-----h--0-2--2-------------|
|----0^2------2-------------|
|--3------------------------|
|                           |
|                           |
|---------------------------|
|--------------------3---5--|
|----------------2/4---4----|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|

                   Am
|------------------0------------------------|
|------------------1------------------------|
|------------------2------------------------|
|--2-----0---------2------------------------|
|------------2--0--0------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|                                           |
|                                           |
|-------p-----------------------------------|
|--(6)'5^3---3--------------3-5-------------|
|----------4----2-----4'(5)-----4'(5)'4--2--|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|

             Em7                            Am
|-------------3-----------------------------0--------------|
|-------------3-----------------------------1--------------|
|-------------0-----------------------------2--------------|
|-----h--0-2--2-------------2-----0---------2--------------|
|----0^2------2-----------------------2--0--0--------------|
|--3-------------------------------------------------------|
|                                                          |
|                                                          |
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------3---5--5'(6)-5-3-5--------------------|
|----------------2/4---4-----------------2------4'(5)4--2--|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|

    G
|---3-----|
|---3-----|
|---0-----|
|---0-----|
|---2-----|
|---3-----|


Verse:
C                          D
  So, so you think you can tell
            Am                    G
Heaven from Hell, blue skies from pain.
                     D                        C
Can you tell a green field, from a cold steel rail?
               Am                         G
A smile from a veil? do you think you can tell?
                        C                     D
And did they get you to trade your heroes for ghosts?
              Am                    G
Hot ashes for trees?  Hot air for a cool breeze?
                 D                      C
Cold comfort for change?  And did you exchange
                      Am                        G
A walk on part in the war, for a lead role in a cage?


(Guitar 2 solo over Guitar 1 playing Part 1 rhythm)


Chorus:
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                                 C
Running over the same old ground.   What have we found?
             Am
The same old fears.
              G
Wish you were here.


(Guitar 2 solo over Guitar 1 playing Part 1 rhythm and fade)

last updated:11/27/2001