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Pink Floyd-Wish You Were Here - BPM - 123

[LOOPING NOTES - PLAY OPENING CHORDS WITH RIFF AND THEN CAN LOOP WHILST YOU PLAY OVER THE TOP]

[Looping] Instrumental chords - play once with drum after 1st verse - then have them stored for later section - Allude to bass line whilst chords ringing out rather than specifically articulating

[Intro]                                  
                     Em7                G            
e|-------------------3-3----------------3-3---------|
B|-------------------3-3----------------3-3---------|
G|-------------------0-0------0---------0-0---------|   
D|----------0--2-----2-2---2-----2--0---0-0---------| x2
A|-----0h2-----------2-2----------------2-2---------|   
E|--3----------------0-0----------------3-3---------|   
                                                        
                     Em7               A7sus4           
e|-------------------3-3----------------3-3---------|   
B|-------------------3-3----------------3-3---------|   
G|-------------------0-0----------------2-2---------|   
D|----------0--2-----2-2--2--0----------2-2---------| x2
A|-----0h2-----------2-2--------2--0----0-0---------|   
E|--3----------------0-0----------------------------|   
                                                        
               G                                        
e|-------------3-3-------|                              
B|-------------3-3-------|                              
G|-------------0-0-------|                              
D|-------------0-0-------|                              
A|--0-2-0------2-2-------|                              
E|---------3---3-3-------|                              

[Verse 1]                  
 [C] So, so you think you can t [D/F#] ell,
Heaven from H [Am/E] ell, blue skies from pa [G] in.
Can you tell a green  [D/F#] field from a cold steel 
ra [C] il, a smile from a ve [Am] il
Do you think you can t [G] ell?

[Verse 2]                                  
Did they get you to tr [C] ade your heroes for  [D/F#] ghosts,
Hot ashes for tr [Am/E] ees, hot air for a coo [G] l breeze, 
cold comfort for cha [D/F#] nge,
And did you exchan [C] ge a walk on part in the  
[Am] war for a lead role in a ca [G] ge?

[Instrumental]                          
Em7  G  Em7  G  Em7  A7sus4  Em7  A7sus4  G

[Verse 3]                        
 [C] How I wish, how I wish you were  [D/F#] here
We're just  [Am/E] two lost souls swimming in a 
fish bowl,  [G] year after year,
 [D/F#]  Running over the same old ground.  [C] What have we found?
The same old  [Am] fears. Wish you were here!  [G]  

[Instrumental]
Em7  G  Em7  A7sus4  Em7  A7sus4  G  x2

[End]
During instrumental play Bass line the same way you 
play superstition
Initial climb up just hammer on to B from A whilst 
playing G - strum the rest
Back to G - D string - 5 2
Back to A - A string 7 5 E string 7
Back to Em (in A section) E string 5h7 A string 5
Final riff before hand on G - E string 5 7 5


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Ace-How Long - BPM - 123

[Intro Ab/Bb - 6x6544]
[Ab/Bb] [Bb] x4
then [Bm] on the 4th beat of the 4th Bb
 
[Chorus]
[Cm7] How long [Gm7] has this been [Fm7] goin' on [Fm7]  ([Fm7][Gm7]) 
[Cm7] How long [Gm7] has this been [Fm7] goin' on [Fm7]  ([Fm7][Gm7])  
 
[Verse 1]
[Ab/Bb] Friends with their fancy per [Bb] suasion
Don't ad [Ab/Bb] mit that it's part of a [Bb] scheme
But I [Ab/Bb] can't help but have my sus [Bb] picions
'Cause I [Ab/Bb] ain't quite as dumb as I [Bb] seem
And you [Ab/Bb] said you was never in [Bb] tendin' 
To [Ab/Bb] break up our scene in this [Bb] way
But there [Ab/Bb] ain't any use in pre [Bb] tendin' 
It could [Ab/Bb] happen to us any [Bb] day [Bm] 
 
[Chorus]
[Cm7] How long [Gm7] has this been [Fm7] goin' on [Fm7]  ([Fm7][Gm7]) 
[Cm7] How long [Gm7] has this been [Fm7] goin' on [Fm7]  ([Fm7][Gm7])  
 
[Musical Interlude: 16 measures of Cm to Bb]
 
[Verse 2]
[Ab/Bb] Friends with their fancy per [Bb] suasion
Don't ad [Ab/Bb] mit that it's part of a [Bb] scheme
But I [Ab/Bb] can't help but have my sus [Bb] picions
'Cause I [Ab/Bb] ain't quite as dumb as I [Bb] seem
And you [Ab/Bb] said you was never in [Bb] tendin' 
To [Ab/Bb] break up our scene in this [Bb] way
But there [Ab/Bb] ain't any use in pre [Bb] tendin' 
It could [Ab/Bb] happen to us any [Bb] day [Bm] 

[Chorus]
[Chorus]
[Cm7] How long [Gm7] has this been [Fm7] goin' on [Fm7]  ([Fm7][Gm7]) 
[Cm7] How long [Gm7] has this been [Fm7] goin' on [Fm7]  ([Fm7][Gm7])   
[Cm7] How long [Gm7] has this been [Fm7] goin' on [Gm7]  ([Fm7][Gm7])   
[Repeat until enough]

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