Wish You Were Here (fingerstyle guitar)

TAB AVAILABLE READ ON...I've revisited an old favourite pink floyd tune here. I've arranged it fingerstyle - so it attempts to capture melody, rythym, bass, solos...well not the middle scat solo, just the intro one.

I play two notes octave separated for the main riff; since it is supposed to be played on a 12 string, this is what it "should" sound like on a 6 string. I picked the intro hard up against the bridge to simulate the radio sound from the studio recording, and then played the intro solo louder overtop of the riff as much as I could. Once the verse starts, it's all picked over the soundhole.

Since the song has a strong rythym guitar sound I throw in a fair bit of strumming to beef up the middle. I borrowed from the "pulse" live version for the sus4s & 9ths. The bassline is mostly just the root note of the chord, plucked on the last beat of a bar to the next chord root note.

You can get the tab, mp3 and other resources at:
http://jawmunji.com

Enjoy,
JAW

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• wish
• you
• were
• here
• pink
• floyd
• fingerstyle
• guitar
• acoustic

[brgrgrgr1]

You should really sing the first line, but change it: "So, so you think you can play", No we can't but you can!!

[jawmunji]

@brgrgrgr1 Ha ha, but then everyone would know that I can't sing! :)

[SuperPunchout3]

A constipated Joe Buck kicking out tunes?? GET OUTTA HERE XD

[jawmunji]

@SuperPunchout3 Ha ha, I've been compared with at least 10 other people, but never that guy. Just looked him up...nah, ya reckon? My favourite comparison so far has been John McEnroe; Brett Favre was kind, Chris Ballew maybe(!?)...or how about my fellow Aussie Pete Hellier?

Nice work :)

JAW

[zergravity]

May I ask what strings/guitar? Excellent version of an excellent song!

[jawmunji]

@zergravity Maton EM225C, I run d'addario EJ16 strings on it, I haven't played it for quite a while now, I've gone back to a nylon string guitar!

Thanks,

JAW

[Chacruna]

ur my favourite fingerstyle guitar player here on youtube, love that

[Giova180386]

awesome, man! thanks for these 4 minutes

[MrLonewolfe19]

this is so beautiful! i love this so much! <3 

[dippyguitarist]

Thank you for sharing this, what a fantastic job! I've been endlessly searching youtube for a decent cover and tab and i've finally found it/you. I'll learn from this. Keep on enjoying the music ;-)

[devotedatheist]

I just bought a classical guitar (nylon string) for a first guitar before moving up hopefully to acoustic and electric etc... can i play all the same songs and chords i could on an acoustic guitar on a classical?

[preetam450]

wish i could play like that