Chords for Jamie Foxx- I Wish You Were Here AMA

_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ [Bb]
[Eb] For my grandmother, [F] _ _ [Bb] for her giving me the [E] opportunity to sing.
_ [Fm] For Gerald Levert who we lost not too long ago, [Eb] _ [Dm] _ [Cm] I dedicate this song to y'all, to my
mother in the audience, my whole family.
[Em] _ [E] _ [Ab] I hope you allow me to be [Fm] myself.
[Eb] _ [Dm] _ [G] _ [Cm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [Fm] By the time you get this letter, I might be doing [Eb] better.
Kinda hard trying to survive in all this crazy [Ab] weather.
Everybody wants my [B] number, everybody's calling my [Cm] name.
But in the midst of all of [C] this, I can [E] still hear you [Ab] say, whoa, whoa.
So walk a right and a [Eb] straight, don't die.
You don't want one of them good [Bbm] jobs to pass [Fm] you by, no.
Don't act no fool, [Eb] [Dm] I'm [Cm] watching you.
And now that [C] you're gone, it still [Ab] feels like [E] you do.
[Fm] _ _ _ _
[Bb] I [F] wish you [Cm] were here to see [Dbm] the things [Fm] I've done. _
I [F] wish you [Cm] were here, _ you'd be so [Bb] proud of [Fm] your son.
[Eb] _ [Ab] I [Eb] [Dm] wish [G] you were [Eb] here to _ [Bb] celebrate [Ab] with me. _
[Eb] I [F] wish [Gm] you [Cm] were [G] here.
[Bb] _
_ [Eb] _ [Fm] Now all these people ask me, is it lonely [Dm] at the top?
[Cm] Won't you offer comfort in all [Em] the things I've got?
[Fm] These cars keep me moving, these [Bb] planes [F] keep me [G] high.
[Cm] A million dollar home, but I'm [Em] barely getting by a [Ab] car.
[Abm] I'm inside talk, _
[Bb] what can you use to [Cm] say when things got hard?
Get [Em] _ [Fm] down on your knees and pray, through the walls.
[Bb] It's just [F] a simple [Cm] thing, we still do all of this, but [F] only [C] in my dreams.
[Ab] I _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ [F] [G] wish [Cm] you were here _ _ [Bb] to see the [Ab] things I've done.
[Eb] I [F] [G] wish you [Cm] were here, [Gm] you'd [Eb] be so [Em] proud [Eb] of your son. _ _
[Fm] [F] I wish [G] you [Cm] were here _ to [E] _ [Ab] celebrate with me. _
[Eb] [F] I wish you were [Cm] here.
But sometimes I wonder why, why [F] can't you [Eb] still [Dm] be here [Cm] with me?
I went away, I'm [Eb] waiting for you to [Fm] see.
I'm [C] trying to [Ab] face [Eb] the [F] valley [Gm] of the Lord, [Bb] when I see you [G] again.
_ [C] _ _ [Eb] And when [C] I get to [Ab] heaven, [Eb] first [F] let them [G] say to [Cm] me,
[Ab] Tell [Bb] me have you [G] seen Estelle [E] Moet-Tally?
[Fm] I'll [Eb] fall _ _
[Db] [Cm] into your arms _ [D] around me, and [Abm] whisper in my [Db] ear.
[Fm] _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ For [Ab] _
[Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Gm] _ [Fm] _ _ [Abm] _ _ _ all the [Eb] music that [Bb] hurts, _ _ [Ab] to my [Bb]
deprended [Eb] jealous.
I wish, [Ab] I wish, [Eb] I wish, I _
_ [Bb] wish.
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _
[F] For [Fm] all the, [Gm] wish so [Eb] badly