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Wish You Were Here

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Wyclef Jean (born October 17, 1972 in Croix-des-Bouquets, Haïti) is an American rapper, producer, and member of the superstar hip hop trio The Fugees, known now for a series of high-profile hit singles.

Jean moved to Brooklyn, New York when he was nine, then to Northern New Jersey, where he began playing the guitar and studying jazz in his high school. In 1987, Jean, his friend (so close they told people they were cousins growing up) Prakazrel Michel (Pras) and his classmate

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Intro: Em G Em G Em A Em A G G [2x]

Lets go
C D
so so you think you can tell
Am
heaven from hell
G
blue skies from pain
D
can you tell a green field
C
from a cold steel rail
Am
a smile from a vail
G
do you think you can tell
C
did they get you to trade
D
your heroes for ghosts

Am
hot ashes for trees
G
hot air for a cool breeze
D
cold comfort for change
C
did you exchange
Am
a walk on part in the war
G G
for a lead role in the cage

Intro (x1): Em G Em G Em A Em A G G

whether your listening to hip hip-hop
or your tuning to rock
refugees on your box
we gonna take over ya blocks

lets go
C D
how i wish how i wish you were here
Am
we're just two lost souls swimming in a fish-bowl
G
year after year
D
running over the same old ground
C Am
but have we found the same old fears
G G
wish you were here

Intro (x1): Em G Em G Em A Em A G

whether you listening to rock
or you pumping the hip-hop
refugees on your box

[Play the G-Chord only]
critics don't mistake this for just any cover tune
I'ma take ya all to the dark side of the moon
kicking in my moms womb this song was just a thought
a young refugee labeled just come with a passport
dad used to tell me about the american dream
my dream was waking up the projects
a young teen listening to hip-hop
my brother tuned me into rock
put me up on pink floyd a band from the british blocks

Intro (x1): Em G Em G Em A Em A G

Play the G-Chord till the end

whether you pumpin the hip hip-hop
or you tuning to rock
refugees in your box we gonna take over your blocks
from n j to bk to the uk