Wish you were here - Pink Floyd
(R. Waters-D. Gilmour)
WISH YOU WERE HERE album 1975
tabbed by Ray Espinoza <rdespino@polymail.calpoly.edu>
This is the only version i heard from the wish you were here cd.
I am tabbing this by ear so it may not be perfect but
it sounds hella cool. hope you like it,
Ray
This is played in standard tuning low to high
E A D G B E
the into/fill is used a few times in the song
Guitar1 plays this: Fill1
E----------5--3-----------|-------------------------|
B----------5--3-----------|-------------------------|
G-------------------------|-------------------------|
D------0--2-----3p2p0-----|-------0--2---2--0-------|
A---0h2---------------2-0-|----0h2-----------2--0---|
E--3----------------------|--3----------------------|
this part is played 4 times before the 2nd guitar comes
in. This part is played in the background of guitar2
until the start of the lyrics
Guitar2 plays this:
E--------------------------------3/5-5-3----------------
B------3--5--3-------------------3/5-5-3--3/5-5-3-5-3-0-
G---2h4-----4---4p2p0---------------------2/4-4-2-4-2-0-
D---------------------0----0-0--------------------------
A-----------------------1/2-----------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------|-------------------------------|
B-----3--5--(7)-5-3------|--------3--5----3--------------|
G--2h4--------------4--2-|--2 (6)4----(6)4---2-----------|
D------------------------|-------------------------------|
A------------------------|-------------------------------|
E------------------------|-------------------------------|
E------------------------|-------------------------------|
B------3-5-(7)5-3-5------|-------------------------------|
G--2h4-------------------|--2--(6)4--2--0----------------|
D------------------------|-------------------------------|
A------------------------|-------------------------------|
E------------------------|-------------------------------|
Then the chords and the lyrics come in.
G C D
So, so you think you can tell
Am G D
heaven from hell, blue sky from pain. Can you tell a green field, from a
C Am G
cold steel rail, a smile from a vail? Do you think you can tell?
C D Am
Did they get you trade, your heros for ghosts, hot ashes for trees, hot air
G D C
from a cool breeze, cold comfort for change, did you exchange, a walk on
Am G
the part of the war, for a lead role in the cage.
Fill1 is played here again along with the solo.
the solo will be added soon, i haven't yet perfected it yet.
C D Am
How i wish, how i wish you were here. We're just two lost souls swimming
G D C
in a fish bowl, year after year. Running over the same old ground, but have
Am G
we found the same old fears, wish you were here.
second solo played, very identical to the first solo, with a few alterations.
i will add that also
