Wishing You Were Here
Peter Cetera

Chicago
Chicago VII
1974

I found that this song:
1) doesn't have many words or parts to it
2) uses some very strange chord progressions
	that you will not find on my chord theory page.
But beyond that it is a good song and I hope
you have fun with it!

Chords

Here's the intro.  I HAVE NOT done an accurate tab here.
This is just what I play.  The chords are exactly right, but
I couldn't hear the picking behind the waves :)

   Am                                    C#m/F#
   +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +
e:-5-------5-------|-5-----5---------|-5\4-----4-------|-4-----4---------|
B:-5-------5-------|-5-----5---------|-5\5-----5-------|-5-----5---------|
G:-5-----5-----5---|-5---------5-----|-5\4---4-----4---|-4---------4-----|
D:-7---7-----------|-7---7-------7---|-7\6-6-----------|-6---6-------6---|
A:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|


     Cm/F                              Dm      Asus4     Bb/F    C/G
   +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +
e:-4\3-----3-------|-3-----3---------|-------1-------0-|-------1-------3-|
B:-5\4-----4-------|-4-----4---------|-----3-------3---|-----3-------5---|
G:-4\3---3-----3---|-3---------3-----|---2-------2-----|---3-------5-----|
D:-6\5-5-----------|-5---5-------5---|-0-------2-------|-3-------5-------|
A:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|


   Am                                    C#m/F#
   +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +
e:-5-------5-------|-5-----5---------|-5\4-----4-------|-4-----4---------|
B:-5-------5-------|-5-----5---------|-5\5-----5-------|-5-----5---------|
G:-5-----5---5-5---|-5---------5-----|-5\4---4-----4---|-4---------4-----|
D:-7---7-----5-7---|-7---7-------7---|-7\6-6-----------|-6---6-------6---|
A:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|


     Cm/F                              Dm                Bb/F    C/G
   +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +
e:-4\3-----3-------|-3-----3---------|-------1-------1-|-------1-------3-|
B:-5\4-----4-------|-4-----4---------|-----3-----3-----|-----3-------5---|
G:-4\3---3-----3---|-3---------3-----|---2---------2---|---3-------5-----|
D:-6\5-5-----------|-5---5-------5---|-0---------------|-3-------5-------|
A:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|


Here's the verse.  Just strum it, I think that's what they do.

A                   D    A               Dm
Sleepless hours and dreamless nights and far aways
    Bb  C                Dm        Bb  C
Ooo ooo wishing you were here
A                D    A             Dm
Heaven knows and Lord it shows when I'm away
    Bb  C                Dm        Bb  C
Ooo ooo wishing you were here

Over this, play the intro:

Aaaaaah___


Same old show in a different town on another day
Ooo ooo wishing you were here
Even though you're far away you're on my mind
Ooo ooo wishing you were here


Aaaaaah___

This is the bridge.  Strum these chords:

Bb         C                 Bb           Bb/C   Bb
   And I'd like to change my life and you know I would
F          Bb            F           Bb   F
   Just to be with you tonight baby, if I could
Bb          C             Bb       Bb/C  Bb
   But I've got my job to do and I do it well
F                   Bb
Change my life So I guess that's how it is


Ooo ooo wishing you were here
Ooo ooo wishing you were here


On the road it's a heavy load but I'll get by
Ooo ooo wishing you were here
Pay the price make a sacrifice and still I'll try
Ooo ooo wishing you were here

Play the intro till the end, and end on a D (not Dm).

CHORDS:

Am	577555
A	x02220
Asus4	x02230
C#m/F#	xx6454
Cm/F	xx5343
Bb	x13331
Bb/F	xx3331
Bb/C	x3333x
C	x35553
C/G	xx5553
F	133211

To learn why these chords are named this way, check out Dansm's Guitar Chord Theory.