Wish you were here
D - Em - A - D
D G
1. They kissed goodbye at the
terminal gate,
- A D
she
said, you're gonna
be late if you don’t go.
G - D G
He
held her tight, said, I'll be alright,
A D
and
I'll call tonight to let you know.
Em A
D
He bought a postcard,
on the front it just said Heaven
Em
A D
with
a picture of the ocean and the beach.
Em A D
And the simple words he wrote
her said he loved her,
Bm - Em A
and they
told her, how he'd hold her if his arms would reach.
D G
Wish you were here, wish you could see this
place,
Em A
wish you were near, wish I could
touch your face.
G A
D
G
The weather's nice, it's paradise, it's
summertime all year,
Em - A
there's some folks we know, they say
hello, I miss you so.
D
Wish you were here !
+ D - Em - A - D
D G
2. She got a call that night,
but it wasn’t from him,
A D
it
didn't sink in right away.
G - D - G
Ma'am,
the plane went down,
our
crews have searched the ground,
A D
no
survivors found, she heard him say.
Em A D
But somehow she got a postcard in the mail
that just said Heaven
Em
A
D
with
a picture of the ocean and the beach.
Em A D
And the simple words he wrote
her, said he loved her,
Bm - Em
A
and they
told her, how he'd hold her if his
arms would reach.
D G
Wish you were here, wish you could see this
place,
Em A
wish you were near, wish I could
touch your face.
G A D G
The weather's nice, it's paradise, it's
summertime all year,
Em - A
there's some folks we know, they say
hello, I miss you so.
D
Wish you were here !
G A
D G
+ The weather's nice, in
paradise, it's summertime all year,
Em - A
and
all the folks we know, they say hello, I miss you so.
D - Em - A
Wish you were here.
D - Em - A
Wish you were here ….
(orig. = capo 3rd) (Mark Wills)