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Wishing Well

Bert Jansch
Tab
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This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Song

Tabbed by Jamie Phillips (jamiephillips22@hotmail.com)

Artist: Bert Jansch

Track title: Wishing Well

Album: Birthday Blues

Tuning: EADGBE

Capo: 3rd Fret

This is pretty straightforward to play though watch for the timing; there

are bars of 2/4, 3/4 and 4/4. The asterisks are a guide to the beats. Notice

the repeats on the intro and the first bar of the verse. As always, listen

to the recording if you want to understand the song structure more clearly;

there is an instrumental break which is basically the same as the verse.

Have fun :o)

Rhythm: 2/4, 3/4 and 4/4

Intro: Verse:

Beat:* * * x3 * * * x6

E||------------------------0---||-------------------------0---||
B||-------0----3-----1h-3------||--------0----3-----1h-3------||
G||---------------------------*||*---------------------------*||
D||-------2-------0-----------*||*-------2-------0-----------*||
A||------------------3---------||-------------------3---------||
E||--0-------------------------||---0-------------------------||

* * * * * * *

E---------------------------|---------------------------------|
B-------0----3-----1p-0-----|-------0-------------------3-----|
G------------------------2--|-------0--------------2----------|
D-------2-------0-----------|----------------------4-------0--|
A------------------3--------|--2--------------0---------------|
E--0------------------------|--------------3------------------|

* * * * * * *

E-------0------5--3----0----------|------------------0-------|
B-------0---------3------------0--|-------2------------------|
G-------------------------3b4-----|------------4-/6-------2--|
D-------2-------------------------|-------4------------------|
A---------------------------------|--0---------------4-------|
E--0------------------------------|--------------------------|

* * * * * *

E------------------|------------------|------------------|
B-------0----------|-------0----------|-------0----------|
G------------------|------------------|------------------|
D------------5p-2--|------------5p-2--|------------5p-2--|
A-------4----------|-------4----------|-------4----------|
E--0---------------|--0---------------|--0---------------|

End of 1st verse: On 2nd verse, carry on here:

* * * * * *

E------------------|----------------------------------|
B-------0----------|-------0--------------------------|
G------------------|-----------------------2----------|
D------------5p-2--|------------5p-2-------4----------|
A-------4----------|-------4----------0---------------|
E--0---------------|--0-----------------------3----0--|

* * * * * *

E------------------------|-------------------------|
B------0--3----2------0--|-------0--3----2------0--|
G------------------------|-------------------------|
D---------0--------------|----------0--------------|
A------2-------4------2--|-------2-------4------2--|
E------------------------|--0----------------------|

Back to verse:

* * * Ending:

E-------------------------|----------------------------|------||
B-------0--3----2------0--|--0-------------------------|------||
G-------------------------|----------------------------|------||
D----------0--------------|--2--------2h3p2----0-2-----|------||
A-------2-------4------2--|-----2h3p2------------------|------||
E--0----------------------|--0-------------------------|------||

TAB guide: h = hammer on, p = pull off

/ = slide into from below

b = bend up to next note

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