Wishing Well (ver 5) by Free
WISHING WELL
As recorded by Free
(From the 1973 Album HEARTBREAKER)
Words and Music by Paul Rodgers, Simon Kirke, Tetsu Yamauchi, Paul Kossoff & John Bundrick
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Paul Kossoff - Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Paul Kossoff - Eelctric Guitar'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Paul Kossoff - Electric Guitar'
Intro
Q=118
N.C.
4/4
Gtr I
~~~~~~~~~~~~
W Q E E +H
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------15b17==(15)r-----|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| E E E E +H E E E E +Q Q
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|--7--5-------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------7--5--(5)-----|--7--5--3--0------(0)------|
|
| Gtr III
| E E a E E +Q Q E E E E +Q Q
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-12----------------------|---------------------------|
|-14-12----12-12-(12)-----|-12------------------------|
|-------12h14-12-(12)-----|-14-12-10------------------|
|-------------------------|----------12-----(12)------|
G
~~~~~~~
Q E E +Q. E Q +Q H
|--------------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------|-14b15===(14)r-------|
|-------------12-(12)------|----------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------|
|
| Gtrs II, III
| E E E E +Q Q W
|--------------------------|--3-------------------|
|--------------------------|--3-------------------|
|--------------------------|--0-------------------|
|--------------------------|--0-------------------|
|--7--5--------------------|--x-------------------|
|-----------7--5--(5)------|--3-------------------|
|
| E E a E E +Q Q W
|--------------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------|
|-12-----------------------|----------------------|
|-14-12----12-12-(12)------|----------------------|
|-------12h14-12-(12)------|----------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------|
E
Gtr I
E e E +E E Q E W
|-------------------------------------|----------|
|-----18b20-18b20r(18)-18b20==18r----|----------|
|-------------------------------------|----------|
|-------------------------------------|----------|
|-------------------------------------|----------|
|-------------------------------------|----------|
|
| Gtrs II, III
| +W W
|-(3)---------------------------------|----------|
|-(3)---------------------------------|-9--------|
|-(0)---------------------------------|-9--------|
|-(0)---------------------------------|-9--------|
|-(x)---------------------------------|-7--------|
|-(3)---------------------------------|-0--------|
1st & 2nd Verses
E
W W W
|------------||--------------|-------------|
|------------||o-------------|-------------|
|------------||--------------|-------------|
|------------||--------------|-------------|
|------------||o-------------|-------------|
|------------||--------------|-------------|
|
| +W q q q q q q q q
|------------||--------------|-------------|
|-(9)--------||o-------------|-------------|
|-(9)--------||--------------|-------------|
|-(9)--------||--------------|-------------|
|-(7)--------||o-7--7--7--7--|-7--7--7--7--|
|-(0)--------||--0--0--0--0--|-0--0--0--0--|
C5 D5 N.C. E
Gtrs II, III
H H q q q q q q q q q q q q
|-----------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-----------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-5----7----|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-5----7----|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-3----5----|-------------|-7--7--7--7--|-7--7--7--7--|
|-----------|-0--0--0--0--|-0--0--0--0--|-0--0--0--0--|
C5 D5 N.C. C5 D5 E5
H H q q q q E E E E E E E E E E E E +H
|-----------|-------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------|-------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-5----7----|-------------|-----5-------7-7-|-----9----------|
|-5----7----|-------------|---5---5---7---x-|---9------------|
|-3----5----|-------------|-3-------5-----5-|-7--------------|
|-----------|-0--0--0--0--|-----------------|-------0-(0)----|
C5 D5 E5 C5 D5 E5
E E E E E E E E E E E E +H E E E E E E E E E E E E +H
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-----5-------7-7-|-----9----------|-----5-------7-7-|-----9----------|
|---5---5---7-----|---9------------|---5---5---7-----|---9------------|
|-3-------5-----5-|-7--------------|-3-------5-----5-|-7--------------|
|-----------------|-------0-(0)----|-----------------|-------0-(0)----|
1.
C5 D N.C.
Gtr I
W W
|-----------|-------------------------|
|-----------|-------------------------|
|-----------|-------------------------|
|-----------|-------------------------|
|-----------|-------------------------|
|-----------|-------------------------|
|
| Gtrs II, IGtr II
| H H E E E E +H
|-----------|-------------------------|
|------7----|-------------------------|
|-5----7----|-------------------------|
|-5----7----|-------------------------|
|-3----5----|--7--5-------------------|
|-----------|-----------7--5--(5)-----|
|
| Gtr III
| W E E a E E +Q Q
|-----------|-------------------------|
|-----------|-------------------------|
|-----------|-12----------------------|
|-----------|-14-12----12-12-(12)-----|
|-----------|-------12h14-12-(12)-----|
|-----------|-------------------------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~
W Q E E +Q +E. S
|----------------------|------------------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------15b17==(15)r=(15)-15---|
|----------------------|------------------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------------------|
|
| E E E E +H E E E E +H
|----------------------|------------------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------------------|
|----------------------|--7--5------------------------------|
|--7--5--3--0--(0)-----|-----------7--5------(5)------------|
|
| E E E E +Q Q E E a E E +Q Q
|----------------------|------------------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------------------|
|----------------------|-12---------------------------------|
|-12-------------------|-14-12----12-12-----(12)------------|
|-14-12-10-------------|-------12h14-12-----(12)------------|
|----------12-(12)-----|------------------------------------|
G E
Gtr I
~~
S S E E E H W W W
|---------------------|------------|----------|---------||
|-12-15---------------|------------|----------|--------o||
|---------12-14-12----|------------|----------|---------||
|---------------------|------------|----------|---------||
|---------------------|------------|----------|--------o||
|---------------------|------------|----------|---------||
|
| Gtrs II, III
| W +W W +W
|--3------------------|-(3)--------|----------|---------||
|--3------------------|-(3)--------|-9--------|-(9)----o||
|--0------------------|-(0)--------|-9--------|-(9)-----||
|--0------------------|-(0)--------|-9--------|-(9)-----||
|--x------------------|-(x)--------|-7--------|-(7)----o||
|--3------------------|-(3)--------|-0--------|-(0)-----||
2.
N.C.
Gtr II
E E E E +H E E E E +Q Q
|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------|
|--7--5-------------------|----------------------|
|-----------7--5--(5)-----|--7--5--3--0--(0)-----|
|
| Gtr III
| E E a E E +Q Q E E E E +Q Q
|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-12----------------------|----------------------|
|-14-12----12-12-(12)-----|-12-------------------|
|-------12h14-12-(12)-----|-14-12-10-------------|
|-------------------------|----------12-(12)-----|
A5
Gtrs II, III
E E E E +Q Q W +W
|-------------------------|----------|--------||
|-------------------------|----------|--------||
|-------------------------|----------|--------||
|-------------------------|-7--------|-(7)----||
|--7--5-------------------|-7--------|-(7)----||
|-----------7--5--(5)-----|-5--------|-(5)----||
|
| E E a E E +Q Q W W
|-------------------------|----------|--------||
|-------------------------|----------|--------||
|-12----------------------|----------|--------||
|-14-12----12-12-(12)-----|----------|--------||
|-------12h14-12-(12)-----|----------|--------||
|-------------------------|----------|--------||
Bridge
F5 G5 A5 F5 G5 A5
Gtr II
H H W H H W
||--------------|-----------|-------------|--------||
||o-------------|-----------|-------------|-------o||
||--10----12----|-14--------|-10----12----|-14-----||
||--10----12----|-14--------|-10----12----|-14-----||
||o--8----10----|-12--------|--8----10----|-12----o||
||--------------|-----------|-------------|--------||
Guitar Solo
F5 G5 A5 F5 G5 A5
Gtr I
~~~~~~~~~
E E E E E S S E E E E E E E E E E H H Q E E Q Q
|---------------------|------------------|---------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|---------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|---------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|---------------|--------------------|
|--3-3-3-3-/5-3-----3-|------------------|--3------5-----|--7--7----7-----7---|
|---------------5-3---|--5---5-0-5-0-5-0-|--1------3-----|--5--5----5-----5---|
|
| Gtr III
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| W W H H H +E Q.
|---------------------|------------------|---------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|---------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|--5------7-----|-/9------(9)-9-----|
|---------------------|------------------|---------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|---------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|---------------|--------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| Q Q Q Q W Q Q Q Q W
|---------------------|------------------|---------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|---------------|--------------------|
|-10-------12---------|-14---------------|-10-----12-----|-14-----------------|
|-10-------12---------|-14---------------|-10-----12-----|-14-----------------|
|--8-------10---------|-12---------------|--8-----10-----|-12-----------------|
|---------------------|------------------|---------------|--------------------|
F5 G5 A5
Gtr I
Q S T T E +Q E E E. S Q +E E E E
|-----5--------------------|--5-----------------|
|-------8p5----------------|--5-----------------|
|-----------7-(7)--5-7b7.5-|--------------------|
|--------------------------|-----7-7--(7)-5-7-7-|
|--------------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| Q Q Q Q W
|--------------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------|
|-10----------12-----------|-14-----------------|
|-10----------12-----------|-14-----------------|
|--8----------10-----------|-12-----------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------|
F5 G5 A5
~~~~~~~~~~
H +E E E E E S +S E E E E S +S +S S
|------------------5-|------------------------------------|
|----------------5---|--5-------------5-8-----------------|
|--5-----(5)-7b9-----|----7b9r(7)-5-------7b9==(7)r(7)p5--|
|--------------------|--------------7---------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------------------|
|
| Q Q Q Q W
|--------------------|------------------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------------------|
|-10-----12----------|-14---------------------------------|
|-10-----12----------|-14---------------------------------|
|--8-----10----------|-12---------------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------------------|
C
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
H. +E E E E E E E Q E
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-----------------5-|
|-5----------(5)---|-5-5-5---5-7b9-----|
|----------------7-|-------7-----------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|
| Q. E Q. E E E E E E E E E
|------------------|-------------------|
|-5----5-5-------5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5---5-5-|
|-5----5-5-------5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5---5-5-|
|-5----5-5-------5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5---5-5-|
|-3----3-3-------3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-|
|------------------|-------------------|
D
~~~~~~~
E E Q E E E E E Q E E E Q
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-7--5-7---7-7b9r7-(5)-|---(19)---5-7-7-7/---|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|
| Q. E Q E E E E E E Q E E
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-7------7-7-----7--7---|-7---7---7-7-7---7--7-|
|-7------7-7-----7--7---|-7---7---7-7-7---7--7-|
|-7------7-7-----7--7---|-7---7---7-7-7---7--7-|
|-5------5-5-----5--5---|-5---5---5-5-5---5--5-|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
F5 G5
E E Q E E E S +S +E E Q S +S E E E
|------17------------------------|-------------------------------17----17-|
|------------20-17---------------|----------------------------------20----|
|----x-------------19-19b21r(19)-|-(19)p17-19b21----19b21==(19)r----------|
|--------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|
| Q E E E Q E Q E E H
|--------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-10---10-10-10-10----10---------|--12-----12----12-12--------------------|
|-10---10-10-10-10----10---------|--12-----12----12-12--------------------|
|--8----8--8--8--8-----8---------|--10-----10----10-10--------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
A
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~
H +E E E E E E E E +Q +Q
|------------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|-20pb22========(20)r-20-20b22-20b22-|-20pb22==20-20-20r(20)----(20)--||
|------------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|------------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|------------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|------------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|
| Q E E Q E E E E E E E E Q
|------------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|-14---------14--14------14----14----|---------14-14-14--14--14--14----||
|-14---------14--14------14----14----|---------14-14-14--14--14--14----||
|-14---------14--14------14----14----|---------14-14-14--14--14--14----||
|-12---------12--12------12----12----|---------12-12-12--12--12--12----||
|------------------------------------|---------------------------------||
3rd Verse
F5 G5 A5
Q E E Q E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|--7----7----7----7----|
|--3---3--3--5---5--5--|--x----------------7-|
|--1---1--1--3---3--3--|--5-5----5----5----5-|
|
| Q E E Q E E e E e E e E e E
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|-10--10-10-12--12-12/-|-14---14---14---14----|
|-10--10-10-12--12-12/-|-14---14---14---14----|
|--8---8--8-10--10-10/-|-12---12---12---12----|
|----------------------|----------------------|
F5 G5 A5
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|--7----7----7----7----|
|--3---3--3--5-5--5--5--|--x----------------7-|
|--1---1--1--3-3--3--3--|--5-5----5----5----5-|
|
| Q E E Q E E e E e E e E e E
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-10--10-10-12---12-12/-|-14---14---14---14----|
|-10--10-10-12---12-12/-|-14---14---14---14----|
|--8---8--8-10---10-10/-|-12---12---12---12----|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
F5 G5 A5
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|--7----7----7----7----|
|--3---3--3--5-5--5--5--|--x----------------7-|
|--1---1--1--3-3--3--3--|--5-5----5----5----5-|
|
| Q E E Q E E e E e E e E e E
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-10--10-10-12---12-12/-|-14---14---14---14----|
|-10--10-10-12---12-12/-|-14---14---14---14----|
|--8---8--8-10---10-10/-|-12---12---12---12----|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
F5 G5
H H W
|-------------|------------------|
|-------------|------------------|
|-------------|------------------|
|--------0----|------------------|
|--3-----2----|------------------|
|--1-----3----|------------------|
|
| Gtrs II, III
| H H a E E E E +H
|-------------|------------------|
|-------------|------------------|
|-10----12----|-0h2-0------------|
|-10----12----|-------2-0-(0)----|
|--8----10----|------------------|
|-------------|------------------|
E E E E +Q Q a E E E E +H
|-----------------------|------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------|
|-----------------------|-0h2-0------------|
|-2-0-------------------|-------2-0-(0)----|
|-----3b3.5-0-(0)--12--|------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------|
Outro
E E E E +H a E E E E +H
|--------------------||-------------------|
|--------------------||o------------------|
|--------------------||--0h2-0------------|
|-2-0----------------||--------2-0-(0)----|
|-----3b3.5-0-(0)----||o------------------|
|--------------------||-------------------|
Gtr I
W W
|-----------------------|------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------|
|
| Gtrs II, III
| E E E E +Q Q a E E E E +H
|-----------------------|------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------|
|-----------------------|-0h2-0------------|
|-2-0-------------------|-------2-0-(0)----|
|-----3b3.5-0-(0)--12--|------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------|
~~~~~~~~
W 3x Q E E +H
|---------------------||--------------------------------|
|--------------------o||---20pb22---20pb22==20-(20)r----|
|---------------------||--------------------------------|
|---------------------||--------------------------------|
|--------------------o||--------------------------------|
|---------------------||--------------------------------|
|
| E E E E +H 3x a E E E E +H
|---------------------||--------------------------------|
|--------------------o||--------------------------------|
|---------------------||-0h=2-----0---------------------|
|-2-0-----------------||-------------2-------0--(0)-----|
|-----3b3.5-0-(0)----o||--------------------------------|
|---------------------||--------------------------------|
Q E E +E +E E E E +Q E +Q E E
|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-20b22---20-----20pb22==(20)r(20)-17----|---20b22r(20)---20b22r(20)--20-20-|
|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|
| E E E E +Q Q a E E E E +H
|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|-0h=2------0----------------------|
|--2----0--------------------------------|--------------2--0-----(0)--------|
|----------3b3.5--0-------(0)------12---|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~
E Q. +E E +E +E E Q E +Q. +E
|-------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-20b22==20----------(20)r-20b22==(20)r(20)-|---20b22-20---20b22==(20)r==(20)-|
|-------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|
| E E E E +H a E E E E +H
|-------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|-0h=2-----0----------------------|
|--2------0---------------------------------|------------2--0------(0)--------|
|------------3b3.5-0--(0)-------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E E E E +E E Q H E E S E S
|-----------------------------|---------------12----------|
|---20-20-----20-(20)s10-10/--|---------------13-15p13----|
|-----------------------------|------------------------14-|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
|
| E E E E +Q Q a E E E E +H
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-0h2-0---------------------|
|-2--0------------------------|-------2-0-(0)-------------|
|-------3b3.5--0--(0)----12--|---------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
E e E E +E E Q
|----------------------------------*|
|---13b15-------13-(13)b14-13------*|
|-----------------------------14--*|
|----------------------------------*|
|----------------------------------*|
|----------------------------------*|
|
| E E E E +H
|----------------------------------*|
|----------------------------------*|
|----------------------------------*|
|-2--0-----------------------------*|
|---------3b3.5--0--(0)------------*|
|----------------------------------*|
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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