Wish You Were Here Chords

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Wish You Were Here by Avenged Sevenfold is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, D, Am, G, Em and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
Text
16
Speed
  			
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 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante