I Wish You Were Here Chords
by Alpha Blondy
I Wish You Were Here by Alpha Blondy is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Em. It uses the chords Em, G, Am, C and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: Em G Em G Am G
C
So,
D
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?
( Em G Em G Am G )
C
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
Did you exchange
Am
A walk on part in the war
G
For a lead role in a cage?
C D
How I wish, how I wish you were here
Am
We're just two lost souls
G
Swimming in a fish bowl,
D
Year after year,
Am
Running over the same old ground.
G
What have we found?
C
The same old fears
G
Wish you were here