WISHING WELL (Bassline)
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) - 'Tetsu Yamauchi - Bass'
Intro
Q=118
4/4
Gtr I
E E E E +H E E E E +H E E E E +Q. E W +W
|----------------|----------------|-----------------|----------|--------|
|----------------|----------------|-----------------|----------|--------|
|-7-5------------|----------------|-7-5-------------|----------|--------|
|-----7-5-(5)----|-7-5-3-0-(0)----|-----7-5-(5)-----|-3--------|-(3)----|
1st & 2nd Verses
q q q q E E E E E E E E q q q q q q q q
|-------------|-----------------||--------------|-------------|
|-2--2--2--2--|-2---2---2---2---||o-------------|-------------|
|-------------|---2-------2---2-||o-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-----------------||--0--0--0--0--|-0--0--0--0--|
E E E E E E E E q q E E E E q q q q q q q q
|-----0-------2---|---------------|-------------|-------------|
|---2-----0-4-----|-2--2--2---2---|-------------|-------------|
|-3---------------|---------2---2-|-------------|-------------|
|-----------------|---------------|-0--0--0--0--|-0--0--0--0--|
E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E e e
|-----0------2---|-----------------|-----5-------7---|-----------------|
|---2----0-4-----|-2---2---2---2---|---5-------7-----|-----------------|
|-3--------------|-----------2---2-|-3-------5-------|-7---7---7-----2-|
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------7---7-0---|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E e E E E E E E Q E E E E E e E E
|-----5-------7---|-----------------|-----5-------7--|-9---------------|
|---5-------7-----|-----------------|---5-------7----|---9-------------|
|-3-------5-------|-7---7---7-----2-|-3-------5------|-----7---7-------|
|-----------------|-------7---7-0---|----------------|-----------7-0---|
1.
H H E E E E +H E E E E +H E E E E +Q. E
|-----------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-----------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-3----5----|-7-5------------|----------------|-7-5-------------|
|-----------|-----7-5-(5)----|-7-5-3-0-(0)----|-----7-5-(5)-----|
W +W q q q q E E E E E E E E
|----------|------------|-------------|------------------||
|----------|------------|-------------|-----------------o||
|----------|------------|-7--7--7--7--|-7---7---7---7---o||
|-3--------|-(3)--------|-------------|---7-------7---7--||
Bridge
2.
E E E E +H E E E E +H E E E E +Q. E Wx2 Wx8
|----------------|----------------|-----------------|------------||--------||
|----------------|----------------|-----------------|------------||--------||
|-7-5------------|----------------|-7-5-------------|------------||--------||
|-----7-5-(5)----|-7-5-3-0-(0)----|-----7-5-(5)-----|------------||--------||
Guitar Solo
E E E E Q E E Q E E E E E E E E Q Q Q E E E E E E E e
|----------------|----------------|--------------|-----------------|
|----------------|----------------|--------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-0--0-------0---|--------------|-0---0---0---0---|
|-1---1---3--3---|------0-3-0---0-|-1---1--3--3--|-------0---0---0-|
E E E e E E E e Q E e E e E e E E E e E E E e
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-----3-------5---|----------------|-----3-------5---|
|---3-------5-----|-0--0---0---0---|---3-------5-----|
|-1-----1-3-----3-|------0---0---0-|-1-----1-3-----3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0---0---0---0-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-----------3-----|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-|-----------------|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-----------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|
3rd Verse
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E Q E E E E E E E E Q Q Q
|-----------------||----------------|----------------|--------------|
|-----------------||----------------|----------------|--------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||----------------|-0--0---0---0---|--------------|
|-----------------||-1---1---3--3---|------0---0---0-|-1---1--3--3--|
E E E E E E E e E E E e E E E e Q E e E e E e
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|-----3-------5---|----------------|
|-0---0---0---0---|---3-------5-----|-0--0---0---0---|
|-------0---0---0-|-1-----1-3-----3-|------0---0---0-|
H H E E E E +H E E E E +H E E E E +H
|-----------|-2-0------------|----------------|-2-0------------|
|-----------|-----2-0-(0)----|-2-0------------|-----2-0-(0)----|
|-----------|----------------|-----3-0-(0)----|----------------|
|-1----3----|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Outro
E E E E +H E E E E +H
|----------------||--2-0------------|
|-2-0------------||o-----2-0-(0)----|
|-----3-0-(0)----||o----------------|
|----------------||-----------------|
E E E E +H E E E E +H E E E E +H 5x
|----------------|-2-0------------|-----------------||
|-2-0------------|-----2-0-(0)----|-2-0------------o||
|-----3-0-(0)----|----------------|-----3-0-(0)----o||
|----------------|----------------|-----------------||
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
