Learn to Play Wish You Were Here on Guitar (Chords, Tabs, Instructional videos, Sheet Music, Lessons and More)

Learn how to play Wish You Were Here on guitar. View our collection of Wish You Were Here tabs, instructional videos and chords below to help you learn how to play the song quickly and easily!

Wish you were here is one of those classic songs with an unmistakable feel. Pink Floyd is a feeling, an experience, and wish you were here is iconic of that. The basic chord progression is an easier one to learn, making it a great song for beginners.

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"Wish You Were Here" is a song by English rock band Pink Floyd. It was released as the title track of their 1975 album of the same name. David Gilmour and Roger Waters collaborated to write the music, and Gilmour sang the lead vocal. In 2021, the song was ranked No. 302 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. The song is popular on Classic rock radio stations. For example, it was voted the #20 best song of all time by listeners of NYC’s Q104.3 in 2020.
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Wish You Were Here tab

by Pink Floyd

Difficulty: beginner

Tuning: E A D G B E

https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/pink-floyd/wish-you-were-here-tabs-984061

Wish You Were Here Chords

Wish You Were Here chords
Pink Floyd  1975 (Wish You Were Here)
 
G Em  G Em  G Em  A Em A G  2x
 
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? 
 
                        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 lead role in a cage? 
 
G Em  G Em  G Em  A Em A   G
 
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
Wish you were here.
 
G Em  G Em  G Em  A Em A G  4x