Wishing Well tab by Bert Jansch

Tabs

Tabbed by Jamie Phillips ([email protected])

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 MajorE||------------------------0---||-------------------------0---||
BB||-------0----3-----1h-3------||--------0----3-----1h-3------||
G+G||---------------------------*||*---------------------------*||
D MajorD||-------2-------0-----------*||*-------2-------0-----------*||
A augmentedA||------------------3---------||-------------------3---------||
E MajorE||--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