Gone a way
are the gold en days;
they’re I just a page
in my di a ry.
So here I am,
u to pi an (Eb)cit i zen; I’m,
I’m still con vinced by the, there’s (Gm7)no the such thing as i de al i sm.
Oh, (Dm)mem o ries, they’re fol low ing me like a shad ow, now;
and I’m dream (F)ing,
’cause (Dm)I’ve al read y suf fered the fe ver of dis be lief, sions, hey, no, yeah.
’Cause I’ve (Bb)seen your act, and I know all the facts; I’m still in (Cm7)love with who I wish you were, yeah.
And it ain’t (Bb)hard to see who you are un der neath, but I’m still in (Cm7)love with who I wish you were.
I (F)wish you were here.
I was true
as the sky is blue;
but I could n’t soon
say the same for you.
So now I find
de ni pi al (Eb)in your eyes, I’m,
I’m mes mer ized by the, there’s (Gm7)no the pic ture that’s i in my mind, now.
So, (Dm)tell me when I fi nal ly see your a shal low heart
for what it (F)is,
’cause (Dm)I don’t wan na keep on be liev ing of in il lu sions, no, no, no.
’Cause I’ve (Bb)seen your act, and I know all the facts; I’m still in (Cm7)love with who I wish you were, yeah.
And it ain’t (Bb)hard to see who you are un der neath, but I’m still in (Cm7)love with who I wish you were.
I (F)wish you were here.
I (F)wish you were here.
Some times,
I can’t ex plain it, and I’m so sor ry that I can’t.
I’ll try
to con cen trate
on your true i den ti ty.
(Eb)Oh,
(F)whoa;
oh.
’Cause I’ve (Bb)seen your act, and I know all the facts; I’m still in (Cm)love with who I wish you were, yeah.
And it ain’t (Bb)hard to see who you are un der neath, but I’m still in (Cm)love with who I wish you were.
I’ve (Bb)seen your act, and I know all the facts; I’m still in (Cm7)love with who I wish you were, yeah.
And it ain’t (Bb)hard to see who you are un der neath, but I’m still in (Cm7)love with who I wish you were, now.
I (F)wish you were (Bb)here.
I wish you were (Bb)here.
I wish you were
I wish you were here.
I wish you were here.
I wish you were here.
I (Eb)wish you were here.
This page shows “Wish You Were” by Kate Voegele in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of Eb at 110 BPM, a medium-difficulty arrangement — try slowing the tempo down using the BPM control.