Author/Artist: Wyclef Jean
Title: Wish You Were Here
Album: The Ecleftic / Greatest Hits
Chords transcripted by: Tobias Weisser
E-Mail: tobjack2001@gmx.net
Chords:
Em [022000]
G [320003] or
[355433] this G-chord seems to sound better ;-)
C [332010]
D [xx0232]
A [002220]
Am [002210]
Intro: Em G Em G Em A Em A G G [2x]
Lets go
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 vail
G
do you think you can tell
C
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
did you exchange
Am
a walk on part in the war
G G
for a lead role in the cage
Intro (x1): Em G Em G Em A Em A G G
whether your listening to hip hip-hop
or your tuning to rock
refugees on your box
we gonna take over ya blocks
lets go
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 Am
but have we found the same old fears
G G
wish you were here
Intro (x1): Em G Em G Em A Em A G
whether you listening to rock
or you pumping the hip-hop
refugees on your box
[Play the G-Chord only]
critics don´t mistake this for just any cover tune
I´ma take ya all to the dark side of the moon
kicking in my moms womb this song was just a thought
a young refugee labeled, just come with a passport
dad used to tell me about the american dream
my dream was waking up the projects
a young teen listening to hip-hop
my brother tuned me into rock
put me up on pink floyd a band from the british blocks
Intro (x1): Em G Em G Em A Em A G
Play the G-Chord till the end
whether you pumpin the hip hip-hop
or you tuning to rock
refugees in your box we gonna take over your blocks
from n.j. to bk to the uk
Have Fun While Playing!
If something seems to be wrong, please tell me!
