WISH YOU WERE HERE chords, lyrics & video – Pink Floyd
Wish You Were Here chords, lyrics and amazing live video performance of David Gilmour in 2009. Released in 1975, the song became an immediate classic. The song is so simple, yet so powerful. It means so many different things to so many people, but it means something to everyone. Wish You Were Here is truly a brilliant masterpiece and a gift to us all.
Artist: Pink Floyd Composer: Waters / Gilmour Album: Wish You Were Here Released: 1975
Verse 1
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So, so you think you can
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tell
Heaven from
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Hell, blue skies from
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pain
Can you tell a green
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field from a cold steel
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rail, a smile from a
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veil,
Do you think you can
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tell?
Verse 2
Did they get you to
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trade your heroes for
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ghosts,
Hot ashes for
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trees, hot air for a
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cool breeze, cold comfort for
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change,
And did you ex
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change a walk on part in the
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war for a lead role in a
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cage?
Verse 3
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How I wish, how I wish you were
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here.
We’re just
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two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl,
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year after year,
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Running over the same old ground. What have we
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found?
The same old
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fears. Wish you were
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here!
Wish You Were Here – David Gilmour Video
Such a beautiful song. I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve listened to this classic. Gilmour’s performance in this video is chilling. The band with cello is perfect behind Gilmours perfectly aged voice. The guitar playing is masterful and I can say it’s one of my favorite songs ever.
Wish You Were Here – Guitar Lesson
The guitar lesson below is from Marty Music. He has a ton of great guitar instruction videos on YouTube and in this one Marty teaches all the unique guitars formations to replicate the great sound you here on Gilmour’s playing. If you’re looking for guitar instruction, Marty offers a few membership plans, get the details here.
