Key: G
Introduction:
C D/F#
So, so you think you can tell
Am/E G D/F#
Heaven from hell, Blue skies from pain. Can you tell a green field
C Am G
From a cold steel rail, A smile from a veil? Do you think you can tell?
C D/F# Am/E
Did they get you to trade, Your heroes for ghosts, Hot ashes for trees
G D/F# 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/F#
How I wish, how I wish you were here
Am/E G D/F#
We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl, Year after year
C Am
Running over the same old ground, What have we found? The same old fears
G
Wish you were here
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