Wish You Were Here Chords
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.
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