WISH YOU WERE HERE (Bassline)
As recorded by Pink Floyd
(From the 1975 Album WISH YOU WERE HERE)

Words and Music by David Gilmour & Roger Waters
Transcribed by Slowhand

Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Roger Waters - Bass'

  [Intro]     
  Q=62
  4/4
   Gtr I
   Wx11       
G|------------
D|------------
A|------------
E|------------

   [Intro Guitar Solo]  
    Wx9
-||--------||
-||--------||
-||--------||
-||--------||


  [1st Verse] 
   Wx7        
G|------------
D|------------
A|------------
E|------------

 (1:47)       
  Q  E S S Q  
|-------------
|------5-5-5--
|-------------
|-3--3--------

        [2nd V
E S S    Q  E 
------||------
5-----||------
--0-2-||-3--3-
------||------

erse]
S S Q.   E
-----------|
5----------|
--3-3------|
-----------|


   Q.   S S Q.
G|------------
D|------7-----
A|-5------5-5-
E|------------

   S S   Q..  
-------|------
-------|------
---3-2-|-0----
-------|------

 S E E +Q
------------|
---7-7-(7)--|
-7----------|
------------|


   Q.   S S E 
G|------------
D|------5---5-
A|--------5---
E|-3----------

E +E  S S   Q.
----------|---
5-(5)-----|---
------3-4-|-5-
----------|---

   S S E E +E 
--------------
--------------
---5-5-5-5-(5)
--------------

 E
----|
----|
-5--|
----|


              
   Q.   S S E 
G|--------5---
D|------5---5-
A|-3----------
E|------------

              
E E S S   Q.. 
--------|-----
--------|-----
3-3-3-2-|-0---
--------|-----

              
  S E Q.     Q
----2-2----|--
--2--------|--
-----------|--
-----------|-3

              
  E E e E S S 
--------------
--5-----------
----5-----0h2-
------3-3-----

    [Guitar So
E    H    S S 
--||----------
0-||-2------0-
--||----------
--||----------

lo]
E E E
--0---|
2---2-|
------|
------|


   Q  E E +E  
G|----0-4-(4)-
D|-0----------
A|------------
E|------------

E S S E   Q.. 
--------|-----
------0-|-2---
--0-2---|-----
3-------|-----

  S E S S E E 
----------0---
--2---0-2---2-
--------------
--------------

  Q  Q  E E S 
|-------------
|-0-----------
|-----------0-
|----3--3-3---

S E   Q.   E E
----|---------
--0-|-2-------
2---|---------
----|---------

 E E E
--------|
-2-0----|
-----2--|
--------|


   Q.   S S +S
G|--------2-(2
D|------2-----
A|-0----------
E|------------

  S E S S E   
)---2-------|-
--2-------0-|-
------0-2---|-
------------|-

H    +E  E E E
--------------
2----(2)-2-0--
-------------2
--------------

   Q.   S S S 
-|--------2---
-|------2-----
-|-0----------
-|------------

S E +Q
2-2-(2)--|
---------|
---------|
---------|


              
   Q.   S S S 
G|------------
D|------5-5-5-
A|------------
E|-3----------

              
S E +E  S S   
------------||
------------||
5-------0-2-||
--3-(3)-----||

[3rd Verse]
 Q.   S S S S 
--------------
------5-------
-3------3-3-2-
--------------

E +Q     Q  Q 
-------|------
-------|----7-
3-(3)--|-5----
-------|------

 S S E E S S
-------------|
-7-----7-----|
---5-5---3-2-|
-------------|


   Q..   S S S
G|-------2-2--
D|-----------2
A|-0----------
E|------------

 E +Q     Q  E
--------|-----
--------|-----
-0-(0)--|-----
--------|-3---

 S S E S S E S
--------------
-----5-5---5--
-3s5-----5---3
--------------

 S   Q..   S E
---|---------7
---|-------7--
-4-|-5--------
---|----------

 Q  S S
--------|
--------|
-5--5-4-|
--------|


   Q.   S S E 
G|--------5-5-
D|------5-----
A|-3----------
E|------------

E +E  S S   H 
----------|---
----------|---
3-(3)-3-2-|-0-
----------|---

   E Q.     Q.
----------|---
---2------|---
-----0----|---
----------|-3-

   E e E S S E
--------------
---5-5-------0
---------0h2--
-------3------

   H    E E E 
-|----------0-
-|-2----2-2---
-|------------
-|------------

E
---|
2--|
---|
---|


   E. S E. S E
G|------------
D|-0----------
A|------------
E|----3-3--3-3

 E S S E   Q..
---------|----
-------0-|-2--
---0-2---|----
-3-------|----

   S S S E E E
-----------0--
---2---2-2---2
--------------
--------------

-|
-|
-|
-|


   Q  Q   E E 
G|------------
D|-0----------
A|----5\------
E|--------3-3-

S S E   Q..   
------|-------
----0-|-2-----
0h2---|-------
------|-------

S E E E E
-----------|
2---2-0----|
--------2--|
-----------|


   Q.   S S +E
G|------------
D|------7-7-(7
A|-0----------
E|------------

  E  S S E   Q
-----------|--
)-7\-----0-|-2
-----0h2---|--
-----------|--

..   S S s e E
--------------
-----2---2-2-0
--------------
--------------

 E   Q.   S S 
---|----------
---|----------
-2-|-0----0-0-
---|----------

E Q  S S
---------|
---------|
0-0--2-0-|
---------|


   Q.   S S e 
G|------------
D|------5-----
A|--------5---
E|-3--------3-

Q  E   H    E 
-----|--------
5----|------5-
---5-|--------
-----|-3------

E S S E
--------||
------0-||
--0h2---||
3-------||


  [Outro Guita
   E. S Q  +S 
G|------------
D|-2--0-2--(2)
A|------------
E|------------

r Solo]
 S E E E   Q  
-----0---|----
-0-2---2-|-0--
---------|----
---------|----

E. S S S E S S
--------------
5-------------
-----------0h2
---3-3-0-3----

 E
----|
-0--|
----|
----|


   Q..   S +S 
G|------------
D|-2-----2-(2)
A|------------
E|------------

 S e E E   Q  
-----0---|----
-0-2---2-|-0--
---------|----
---------|----

 E  S S +S  S 
--------------
--------------
10\-----------
----0-3-(3)-0-

E S S E   Q.. 
--------|-----
------0-|-2---
--0h2---|-----
3-------|-----

  S S S E E E
--------------
--2---0-2-0---
------------2-
--------------

|
|
|
|


   Q  S S E +Q
G|------------
D|------7-7-(7
A|-0--7-------
E|------------

   S S E   Q..
---------|----
)------0-|-2--
---0h2---|----
---------|----

   S S S E E E
--------------
---2---0-2-0--
-------------2
--------------

   H    S S E 
-|------------
-|--------7-7-
-|-0----7-----
-|------------

+S  S E
------9-|
(7)-7---|
--------|
--------|


   Q.   S S E 
G|------------
D|----------5-
A|------3-5---
E|-3----------

E +S  E S   E 
------7-7-|---
5-(5)-----|-5-
----------|---
----------|---

S S E S S E E 
7-7---7-7-----
----5---------
--------------
----------3-3-

S S E   Q..   
------|-------
----0-|-2-----
0h2---|-------
------|-------

S S S e E E
--------0----|
2---0-2---2--|
-------------|
-------------|


   Q  E. S E E
G|------------
D|-0--5-------
A|------------
E|-------2-3-3

 S S E   Q..  
-------|------
-----0-|-2----
-0h2---|------
-------|------

 S E S S E E  
---------0---|
-2---0-2---2-|
-------------|
-------------|

 Q  E S S E E 
--------------
-0--5---------
------2-0-----
----------3-3-

S S E
------|
----0-|
0h2---|
------|


   Q.   S S E 
G|------------
D|-2----0-2---
A|------------
E|------------

E E E   Q..   
------|-------
2-0---|-------
----2-|-0-----
------|-------

S +S  S E S S 
2-(2)---------
------2-------
--------0-0h2-
--------------

E   Q.   S S +
--|-----------
0-|-2----0-2-(
--|-----------
--|-----------

E  E E E   W
---------|----
2)-2-0---|----
-------2-|-0--
---------|----

--*|
--*|
--*|
--*|

[Lyrics]
So, so you think you can tell Heaven from Hell, blue skies from pain.
Can you tell a green field from a cold steel rail?
A smile from a veil?
Do you think you can tell?

Did they get you to trade your heroes for ghosts?
Hot ashes for trees?
Hot air for a cool breeze?
Cold comfort for change?
Did you exchange
A walk-on part in the war for a lead role in a cage?

How I wish, how I wish you were here.
We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl, year after year,
Running over the same old ground.
What have we found?
The same old fears.
Wish you were here. 

************************************
Duration Legend

W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; a - acciaccatura; 
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted;
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.
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration). 

|  (n)  -  note tied to previous
|   h   -  hammer on
|  /\   -  slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
|   s   -  legato slide
************************************