**Capo 3**

[Intro]
      

[Verse 1]
             
They kissed go

              
odbye at the t

    
erminal gate 
             
She said you'r

              
e gonna be lat

              
e if you dont 

     
go
             
He held her ti

             
ght, said I'll

               .,
 be alright ,s
             
And I'll call 

              
tonight to let

      
 you know
           
He bought a po

              
stcard, on the

        
 front it just

 said Heaven
            
With a picture

             
 of the ocean 

         
and the beach
            
And the simple

             
 words he wrot

              
e her said he 

       
loved her and 

they
            
They told her,

            
 how he'd hold

              
 her if his ar

   
ms would reach

[Chorus]
              
Wish you were 

             
here, wish you

          
 could see thi

s place
              
Wish you were 

            
near, wish I c

      
ould touch you

r face 
              
The weather's 

            
nice, it's par

             
adise, it's su

              
mmertime all y


ear
              
There's some f

            
olks we know, 

              
they say hello

             
, I miss you s

 
o
              
Wish you were 

 
here

[Instrumental]
      

[Verse 2]
             
She got a call

              
 that night, b

             
ut it wasnt fr

    
om him 
             
It didn't sink

                
 in right away
             
Ma'am the plan

              
e went down, o

        
ur crews have 

searched the g

round
             
No survivors f

      
ound she heard

 him say
            
But somehow sh

             
e got a postca

             
rd in the mail

 
 that just sai

d Heaven
            
With a picture

             
 of the ocean 

         
and the beach
            
And the simple

             
 words he wrot

              
e her said he 

       
loved her and 

they
            
They told her,

            
 how he'd hold

              
 her if his ar

   
ms would reach

[Chorus]
              
Wish you were 

             
here, wish you

          
 could see thi

s place
              
Wish you were 

            
near, wish I c

      
ould touch you

r face 
              
The weather's 

            
nice, it's par

             
adise, it's su

              
mmertime all y


ear
              
There's some f

            
olks we know, 

              
they say hello

             
, I miss you s

 
o
              
Wish you were 

 
here

[Outro]
              
The weather's 

            
nice, in parad

             
ise, it's summ

            
ertime all yea

r
             
And all the fo

             
lks we know, t

              
hey say hello,

             
 I miss you so
              
Wish you were 

    
here
             
Wish you were 

         
here