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Wishing Well

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1/46

Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Step 1 / 46Position: 5

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Wishing Well by Free
[Intro Riff]
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-7-5-------------|-----------------|-7-5-------------|
E|-----7-5---------|-7-5-3-0---------|-----7-5---------|
|    G|(G)   |   Em|(Em) |
[Verse 1]
EmTake off your hat, kick off your shoes
I Cknow you ain't Dgoin' anyEmwhere
EmRun 'round the town singin' your blues
I Cknow you ain't Dgoin' anyEmwhere
[Chorus]
You've Calways Dbeen a Emgood friend of mine,
But you're Calways saDyin' "FarewEmell"
And the Conly tDime that yoEmu're satisfied
                        C         D(Riff)
Is with your feet in the wishing well
[Main Riff]
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-7-5-------------|-----------------|-7-5-------------|
E|-----7-5---------|-7-5-3-0---------|-----7-5---------|
|    G|(G)  |   Em|(Em) |
[Verse 2]
EmThrow down your gun, you might shoot yourself...
Or is Cthat what you're Dtryin' to Emdo?
EmPut up a fight you believe to be right
And Csomeday the suDn will shinEme through
[Chorus]
You've Calways gDot Emsomething to hide
CSomething you Djust can't tEmell
And the Conly tDime that yoEmu're satisfied
                        C         D(Riff)
Is with your feet in the wishing well
[Main Riff]
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-7-5-------------|-----------------|-7-5-------------|
E|-----7-5---------|-7-5-3-0---------|-----7-5---------|
Am
[Bridge]
But I Fknow what youG're wishing Amfor
FLove in a Gpeaceful Amworld, yeah
FLove in a Gpeaceful Amworld, oh yeah
FLove in a Gpeaceful Amworld
[Instrumental]
|   F    G|     Am| x4
|    C|    C|    D|    D|
|    F|    G|   Am| Am  
[Chorus]
You've Falways Gbeen a Amgood friend of mine,
But you're Falways saGyin' "FarewAmell"
And the Fonly tGime that yoAmu're satisfied
                    F         G(Riff 2)
Is with your feet in the wishing well
[Outro]
  (Riff 2)
e|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-7-5-------------|-----------------| x13½
A|-----7-5---------|-7-5-3-0---------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|
(fade out)

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G major

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Wishing Well by Free

[Intro Riff]

e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

A|-7-5-------------|-----------------|-7-5-------------|

E|-----7-5---------|-7-5-3-0---------|-----7-5---------|

G G Em Em

| |() | |() |

[Verse 1]

Take off your hat, kick off your shoes

C D Em

I know you ain't goin' anywhere

Run 'round the town singin' your blues

C D Em

I know you ain't goin' anywhere

[Chorus]

C D Em

You've always been a good friend of mine,

C D Em

But you're always sayin' "Farewell"

C D Em

And the only time that you're satisfied

C D

(Riff)

Is with your feet in the wishing well

[Main Riff]

e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

A|-7-5-------------|-----------------|-7-5-------------|

E|-----7-5---------|-7-5-3-0---------|-----7-5---------|

G G Em Em

| |() | |() |

[Verse 2]

Throw down your gun, you might shoot yourself...

C D Em

Or is that what you're tryin' to do?

Put up a fight you believe to be right

C D Em

And someday the sun will shine through

[Chorus]

C D Em

You've always got something to hide

C D Em

Something you just can't tell

C D Em

And the only time that you're satisfied

C D

(Riff)

Is with your feet in the wishing well

[Main Riff]

e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

A|-7-5-------------|-----------------|-7-5-------------|

E|-----7-5---------|-7-5-3-0---------|-----7-5---------|

[Bridge]

F G Am

But I know what you're wishing for

F G Am

Love in a peaceful world, yeah

F G Am

Love in a peaceful world, oh yeah

F G Am

Love in a peaceful world

[Instrumental]

F G Am

| | | x4

C C D D

| | | | |

F G Am Am

| | | |

[Chorus]

F G Am

You've always been a good friend of mine,

F G Am

But you're always sayin' "Farewell"

F G Am

And the only time that you're satisfied

F G

(Riff 2)

Is with your feet in the wishing well

[Outro]

(Riff 2)

e|-----------------|-----------------|

B|-----------------|-----------------|

G|-----------------|-----------------|

D|-7-5-------------|-----------------| x13½

A|-----7-5---------|-7-5-3-0---------|

E|-----------------|-----------------|

(fade out)

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