Wish You Were Here bass tab by Pink Floyd

Bass tabs (Ver. 2)

Tuning: Standard (E A D G)

Key: Em

Difficulty: Novice

Wish you were here
Pink Floyd
Album: Wish you were here

Intro:: old radio playing

Instrumental: 00:16 “Gtr1” playing chords
Em7 G Em7 G Em7 A7sus4 Em7 A7sus4 G

Instrumental “Gtr2” joins in at 00:58     (acoustic Bass is optional here)
Em7 G Em7 G Em7 A7sus4 Em7 A7sus4 G

Verse 1:: 01:33
G|-----------------|-----------------|-
D|-----5-------5---|-----7-------7---|-
A|-3~-----3~-----3-|-5~-----5~-----5-|-
E|-----------------|-----------------|-
C             D/F#
So, so you think you can tell,

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-
D|-----------------|-------------5---|-----7-------7---|-
A|-----7-------7---|-----5---------3-|-5~-----5~-----5-|-
E|-5~-----5~-----5-|-3~-----3~-------|-----------------|-
       Am/E          G
Heaven from Hell, blue skies from pain.

           D/F#           C          Am
Can you tell a green field from a cold steel rail, a smile from a veil,

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-
D|-----5-----------|-----------------|-----------------|-
A|-3~-----3~---3---|-----7-------7---|-----5-------x---|-
E|---------------3-|-5~-----5~-----5-|-3~-----3~~~---x-|-
           G
Do you think you can tell?


Verse 2:: 02:06
G|-----------------|-----------------|-
D|-----5-------5---|-----7-------7---|-
A|-3~-----3~-----3-|-5~-----5~-----5-|-
E|-----------------|-----------------|-
           C          D/F#
Did they get you to trade your heroes for ghosts,

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-
D|-----------------|-------------5---|-----7-------7---|-
A|-----7-------7---|-----5---------3-|-5~-----5~-----5-|-
E|-5~-----5~-----5-|-3~-----3~-------|-----------------|-
        Am/E         G              D/F#
Hot ashes for trees, hot air for a cool breeze, cold comfort for change,

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-
D|-----5-----------|-----------------|-----------------|-
A|-3~-----3~---3---|-----7-------7---|-----5-------x---|-
E|---------------3-|-5~-----5~-----5-|-3~-----3~~~---x-|-
         C            Am            G
And did you exchange a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage?

Instrumental:: 02:38

Em7 G Em7 G Em7 A7sus4 Em7 A7sus4 G

G|-----------4~~--|--------------7~|-
D|-----0-2~-------|-2-0--------5---|-
A|-0-2------------|-----2----5-----|- x2
E|----------------|-------3~-------|-


G|-----------4~~--|--------------9~|  |-----------|-
D|-----0-2~-------|-2-0--------7---|  |-----------|-
A|-0-2------------|-----2----7-----| x2 |-----------|-
E|----------------|-------5~-------|  |-3~~~~~----|-


Verse 3:: 03:15
G|-----------------|-----------------|-
D|-----5-------5---|-----7-------7---|-
A|-3~-----3~-----3-|-5~-----5~-----5-|-
E|-----------------|-----------------|-
C                D/F#
How I wish, how I wish you were here.

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-
D|-----------------|-------------5---|-----7-------7---|-
A|-----7-------7---|-----5---------3-|-5~-----5~-----5-|-
E|-5~-----5~-----5-|-3~-----3~-------|-----------------|-
      Am/E                  G        D/F#
We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl, year after year,

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-
D|-----5-----------|-----------------|-----------------|-
A|-3~-----3~---3---|-----7-------7---|-----5-------x---|-
E|---------------3-|-5~-----5~-----5-|-3~-----3~~~---x-|-
                 C
Running over the same old ground. What have we found?

       Am             G
The same old fears. Wish you were here!


Instrumental:: 03:45
Em7 G Em7 G Em7 A7sus4 Em7 A7sus4 G x2

G|-----------4~~--|--------------7~|-
D|-----0-2~-------|-2-0--------5---|-
A|-0-2------------|-----2----5-----|- x2
E|----------------|-------3~-------|-

G|-----------4~~--|--------------9~|  |-----------|-
D|-----0-2~-------|-2-0--------7---|  |-----------|-
A|-0-2------------|-----2----7-----| x2 |-----------|-
E|----------------|-------5~-------|  |-3~~~~~----|-

Ta dada ta dada...
Ta dada ta dada...
Ta dada ta dada...


Outro:: Instrumental 04:25 repeat till the end...

Em7 G Em7 G Em7 A7sus4 Em7 A7sus4 G x2

G|-----------4~~--|--------------7~|-
D|-----0-2~-------|-2-0--------5---|-
A|-0-2------------|-----2----5-----|- x2
E|----------------|-------3~-------|-

G|-----------4~~--|--------------9~|  |-----------|-
D|-----0-2~-------|-2-0--------7---|  |-----------|-
A|-0-2------------|-----2----7-----| x2 |-----------|-
E|----------------|-------5~-------|  |-3~~~~~----|-

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