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ASLAN
WISH YOU WERE HERE
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CSo, so ya think you can tDell
heaven from hAmell, blue skies from Gpain, can ya tell a green Dfield
from a cold steel Crail? A smile from a vAmeil? Do ya think you can Gtell...
did they get you to Ctrade, your heroes for gDhosts, hot ashes for tAmrees
hot air for a cool brGeeze, cold comfort for cDhange, did you excChange,
a walk on part in the Amwar, for a lead role in a cGage
CHow I wish, how I wish you were Dhere
We're just Amtwo lost souls swimming in a fish boGwl
Year after yeDar
Running over the same old grounCd.
What have we found?
The old feaAmrs
Wish you were heGre

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The story behind the song

Aslan, an Irish rock band from Dublin, took their name from the fictional lion in C.S. Lewis's Narnia series. While "Wish You Were Here" is a widely recognized song name, Aslan's track with this title, appearing on their "Made in Dublin" release, seems to evoke a deep sense of longing for someone absent. It plays like a heartfelt expression of missing a person, perhaps pondering the changes they might have gone through, or the choices they made, leaving the singer to wish they were still present.

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Wish You Were Here

by Aslan

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ASLAN

WISH YOU WERE HERE

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|------------0---2-----2--------2--0----0--|

|-------0>2-----------------------------x--|

|----3----------------------------------3--|

C D

So, so ya think you can tell

Am G D

heaven from hell, blue skies from pain, can ya tell a green field

C Am G

from a cold steel rail? A smile from a veil? Do ya think you can tell...

C D Am

did they get you to trade, your heroes for ghosts, hot ashes for trees

G D C

hot air for a cool breeze, cold comfort for change, did you exchange,

Am G

a walk on part in the war, for a lead role in a cage

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

Running over the same old ground.

What have we found?

The old fears

Wish you were here

About Wish You Were Here Chords by Aslan

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