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Wish You Were Here Chords & Guitar Lesson

Welcome to my Wish You Were Here chords and guitar lesson by Pink Floyd. This is such an amazing song and a really great one to play on guitar because it features both a bit of strumming and a bit of picking.

This lesson will not detail the guitar solo over the intro, but it will feature the rhythm guitar lines that play at the start of the song and underneath the intro.

Then, we will explore different Wish You Were Here strumming patterns to make the song come to life.

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Wish You Were Here Guitar Chords:

Wish You Were Here Strumming Patterns:

Strumming 1: First Verse
1 2 3 4 + a
DDD D DU

Strumming 2: Later Verses
1  2 +a  3  4 + a
D DDU  D D DU

Intro:

Wish You Were Here Intro on guitar

Wish You Were Here Guitar Lesson:

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Wish You Were Here Chord Chart:

WISH YOU WERE HERE - PINK FLOYD

INTRO:
Em7 G Em7 G
Em7 A7sus4 Em7 A7sus4 G

VERSE:
C                                               D
So, so you think you can tell,
                           Am                                     G
Heaven from Hell, blue skies from pain.
                                           D                                         C                                  Am
Can you tell a green field from a cold steel rail, a smile from a veil,
                                              G (increase strumming)
Do you think you can tell?

INSTRUMENTAL: (repeat intro)
Em7 G Em7 G
Em7 A7sus4 Em7 A7sus4 G

VERSE:
                                            C                                       D
Did they get you to trade your heroes for ghosts,
                              Am                              G                                                           D
Hot ashes for trees, hot air for a cool breeze, cold comfort for change,
                                    C                                                  Am                                      G
And did you exchange a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage?

INSTRUMENTAL: (repeat intro)
Em7 G Em7 G
Em7 A7sus4 Em7 A7sus4 G

VERSE:
C                                                               D
How I wish, how I wish you were here.
                       Am                                                                       G
We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl, year after year,
D                                                                        C
Running over the same old ground. What have we found?
                              Am                                    G
The same old fears. Wish you were here!

INSTRUMENTAL: (repeat intro)
Em7 G Em7 G
Em7 A7sus4 Em7 A7sus4 G

This file is the author’s own work and represents his interpretation of this song. It’s intended solely for private study, scholarship or research.

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