Wish You Were Here Pink Floyd Acoustic Cover w/ 12 String & Bluesharp

one more try..
(c)1975 Words & Music Roger Waters & David Gilmour
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So, so you think you can tell
Heaven from Hell,
Blue skys from pain.
Can you tell a green field
From a cold steel rail?
A smile from a veil?
Do you think you can tell?

And did they get you to trade
Your heroes for ghosts?
Hot ashes for trees?
Hot air for a cool breeze?
Cold comfort for change?
And did you exchange
A walk on part in the war
For a lead role in a cage?

How I wish, how I wish you were here.
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 same old fears.
Wish you were here.
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This was a rare case of the Pink Floyd primary songwriters Roger Waters and David Gilmour mutually collaborating on a song - they rarely wrote together. Gilmour had the opening riff written and was playing it in the studio at a fast pace when Roger Waters heard it and asked him to play it slower. The song built from there, with the pair writing the music for the chorus and verses together, and Waters adding the lyrics.
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In 2004, the song was ranked #316 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
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Roger Waters (1975):
Either the music comes first and the lyrics are added, or music and lyrics come together. Only once have the lyrics been written down first — 'Wish You Were Here'. But this is unusual; it hasn't happened before.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wish_You_Were_Here_%28Pink_Floyd_song%29

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[Danos62]

I luv harmonics....nice addition to the song. good job!!!

[danielhoude]

Again ! so nice...from Gloria & Daniel !

[mywebcamsessions]

Man... That's one fantastic cover.... loved it!

[kajwilhelm]

This is fantastic with a 12-stringer too!!! Must buy me one of those someday...maybe Santa will bring me one, if my wife is reading this... ...

[frozenwhitebear]

it's fatal that you reduced 1 flaw, cause it will add it to my version (now showing 8 flaws instead of 7 in comparison) but anyway, terrific version and sound! thanks 4 infos! have a great weekend W~! ;)

[Sunambra]

@Gingerjake2 I made up a cd of my fave Yt players singers.

[Gingerjake2]

@Sunambra Fill me in, Martin?

[Sunambra]

Many times i've listened to you sing this on my compilation cd