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g'day guys my name's Dave and welcome to
another guitar zero to hero song
tutorial and in this lesson I'll be
teaching you how to play wish you were
here by Pink Floyd which is one of the
greatest acoustic songs of all time in
this lesson I'll run through all the
guitar parts of this song so this is a
complete lesson with the intro riff all
the chords and rhythm and all three
solos in the song as well if you want to
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basics of this song you will just need
your guitar and standard tuning in you
won't need a capo guitar I'm playing
here today is a cold Clark angel - in
Californian redwood with the licks of
strings you want to find out more
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let's get to the lesson let's jump into
the intro which is a lot of fun to play
now the typical structure of how this
intro works is that we'll play a chord
strum it for a little bit and then there
will be a short phrase after it with
individual notes and that just kind of
repeats throughout the whole intro now
to start this off we have a short phrase
and we'll just learn it by itself so we
need to get into a G position like this
but you don't need your your next finger
pushed down yet hit the third fret of
the 6th string and then we're going to
hit the open fifth string but hammer on
with your index finger onto the second
fret
then the open 4th string and then the
second fret of the fourth string
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and all together
and that's our lead in phrase for this
whole intro riff let's get to our first
chord and without index finger already
here on the second fret of the fourth
string were in position this is going to
be our in E minor seven except we're
only going to strum from the fourth
string onwards
now to avoid hitting the 6th and 5th
strings what you can do is take your
middle finger and just touch those
strings don't push them down even if you
accidentally hit those strings they were
just mean muted but you should focus on
the top four strings anyway like that
with this a minor 7 we're gonna strum it
with a
and then we have a three note phrase
after it which goes open third string
with an up plug then our fourth string
without your next finger still down and
then lift our index finger and hit the
open fourth string
so the chord in the phrase together
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and together with the lead in phrase
our next chord is a G chord so we go to
a G chord now and we're going to strum
this with the down right after that up
strum we're going to go right into
another phrase which is identical to our
lead-in phrase so our G chord with the
phrase after it
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and then the rest of this first line of
tab is just that a minor 7 and that G
repeated again so in total our first
line of tab will sound like this
now that final note of that phrase takes
us into the second line of tab now we're
going to start with that a minor seven
chord again but our styling pattern is a
bit shorter it's and then Ryan after
that we play our next phrase which is
the second fret of the fourth string
open fourth string your next finger
comes on the second fret of the fifth
string and then open the fifth string
so four notes there
and the a mana seven with the phrase
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our next chord shape now is an a 7sus4
so your next finger comes on to the
second fret of the fourth string we can
now strum from the fifth string of notes
so we're not meant to hit the sixth
string and to mute that you can just
slightly put your thumb over the top to
touch that sixth string and then even if
you accidentally hit that sixth string
it will still sound okay we're gonna
strum this a 7sus4 third down and then
the phrase after it is the open fifth
string and you've got a hammer on with
your next finger to the 2nd fret open
4th string and then 2nd fret of the 4th
string and together with a chord
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our next session is just this a minor
seven chord and four note run that we
had at the start of the second line of
tab so
you
and then after that we're getting into
our a 7sus4 position again and we're
going to strum this with it so the
second line of tab in total
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for our final line of Tabb we just go
back to a G chord and we're gonna strum
this with
for the first bar and then the second
bar there then right after that up-strum
we're going to play that lead in riff
again
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whole riff in one full circle
and then we just repeat that whole intro
again at the start of the Sun now note
that the strumming patterns I'm teaching
you here might differ slightly from the
actual recording and that's because I'm
just trying to show you something
structured that's easy to learn the
actual recording is played in a quite a
freestyle manner David Gilmour isn't
thinking about what strumming pattern
he's playing he's kind of just feeling
it as it goes so what I'm teaching you
isn't not the note of what the recording
is but this is the best way for you to
understand the structure and then you
can add your own flavor and flair to it
once you get it now the second time that
you play this intro riff that final bar
we do not play so that's completely cut
out so altogether this is what the intro
sounds like and this intro riff is
actually used in the bridge and also the
outro as well
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you
next we move on to the verse which is
really really simple there's just two
lines of chords here and a really simple
strumming pattern I'll start with the
strumming pattern we're just going to
use down down down and you're gonna play
that twice for each chord that you see
up here in the annotations for the verse
we'll start off the C chord for two
standing patterns then we go to a d
slash f-sharp you can play this in two
ways you can play the D and then reach
your thumb over the top to hit the
second fret of the sixth string or you
can play it like this I prefer to play
it like this
then we have an a-minor
energy that's it for the first line of
chords the second line of causes d slash
F sharp C a minor and back to G again
we're playing each chord for two
strumming patterns so the verse is as
simple as this
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and that's everything you need to learn
for the rhythm that verse is super
simple the only tricky part really is
that intro but that's used in the bridge
and the outro so once you've learned
that then that's it for the song alright
let's jump into the guitar solos let's
start the intro guitar solo which is
iconic and a lot of fun to play we're
gonna start with our middle finger 2nd
fret of the 3rd string we're gonna slide
that up to the 4th and then with that
index finger 3rd fret of the 2nd string
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and then with your ring finger fifth
fret of the second string back to the
fourth of the third and back to the
third fret of the second like that we're
gonna reposition our fingers now ring
finger on the fourth fret of the third
string you're gonna hit that pull off to
the second fret of the third string and
then pull that off again it's a double
pull off so pull off to the second and
pull off to the open string now the
trick with pull offs is to pull down in
that direction so apply pressure into
the fretboard but then also push it down
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so notice how I'm just flicking my
finger this way
whilst applying pressure into the
fretboard and then to end that little
lick you got to hit the open fourth
string
and in total for the first bar
you
for our next slick you'll just take your
middle finger hit the first fret of the
fifth string slide it up to the second
and then hit the open 4th string twice
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for our next phrase you will start
without index finger will bar it across
the third fret of the 1st and 2nd
strings you're going to do double stops
here so we're going to pluck two strings
at the same time so 1st and 2nd strings
but as we hit it will slide up to the
5th fret like that so hit it and then
slide up
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we'll go back down to the 3rd fret hit
that double stop
then we'll rearrange our position so
we'll get into basically a D chord shape
but we only need to put our index and
ring finger down we're going to hit the
3rd and 2nd strings and we're going to
immediately slide it up two frets to
fourth and fifth
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we're going to pluck these two strings
again but then you'll slide in the
opposite direction back down
so it sounds like this then lift your
fingers hit the open 3rd and 2nd strings
together
put your fingers back down and we're
gonna slide back up two frets and then
we reposition our fingers back to third
and second pluck them and pull off both
those strings like that so far and then
we'll end by getting an index and middle
finger and putting them sort on the 2nd
and 3rd frets like this and we'll slide
up to the 5th and 4th like that and
we'll hold that out for the next bar and
in total for this phrase
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for our second line a tab we'll start
with the same notes that we did at the
start of the Solway so slide up and then
third fret of the second string but then
we'll quickly go back to the fourth fret
of the third and then fifth fret of the
second string
and then for our next fries we're going
to prebend the fifth fret of the second
string release it third fret
of the second fourth fret of the third
and back to the third fret of the second
and end this phrase on the second fret
under like that and then for our next
phrase we're going to bend the fourth
fret of the third string up slightly now
this is a little tricky to do on
acoustic guitars because the strings are
quite tough but even a slight Bend
sounds close enough like that therefore
the second fifth for the second do
another Bend on the fourth fret of the
third string and it's best to do the
bend with your ring finger because then
you can put your middle finger down on
the string behind it and use that to
help push the string up and then we end
that with the second fret of the third
string so that run and so far for the
second line of time
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for our next bar we'll start with the
same lick that we had at the start of
this liner tab
then we're going to bend this fifth fret
up hit it again and release it third
fret of the second back to the fifth
fret and then end on the second fret of
the third string and in total for that
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our last section is just the fourth fret
of the third string we'll Bend that up
and release
and then hit the second fret to end this
solo and entitled this is what the
interests always sounds like
you
[Music] all right let's move to solo number two
which is in the bridge of this song
we'll start that ring finger tenth fret
of the second string we're going to
slide this up to the 12th hit it again
and then we're going to do that slide
again and hit the twelfth fret again so
in total then we're going to do that
slide another time tenth fret of the
first string hit the twelfth fret of the
second and then slide down like that and
then turn off the first bar for our next
bar will slide tenth fret of the first
string up to the twelfth and then hit
the tenth fret and then to end this will
slide up to the twelfth fret of the
second string and pluck it another two
times and slide out of it for the third
bar will slide back up to the twelfth
fret of the second string and then tenth
fret of the first string hit the twelfth
fret of the second string again but
we'll slide down to the eleventh and
back up to the twelfth and pluck it
again
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and the third bar for our final phrase
will hit that twelfth fret again slide
it down to the seventh fret then pluck
the seventh fret again middle finger
seventh row to the third string your
next finger seventh fret of the fourth
string and slide up to the night and in
total for the first line of time for our
second line and tab we'll start our
slide 10th to 12th on the second string
and hit the 10th of the first then it'll
do a quick slide to the 12 again and hit
the 10th of the first string so
then ring finger 15th fret on the second
string hit that and slide down you can
slide down to any arbitrary point but
then we're going to hit the twelfth fret
of the third string like that we'll hit
the twelfth fret of the second string
slide up to the fourteenth twelfth fret
of the first string
and then back to the 14th fret of the 12
and slide down so far then for our next
short phrase we're gonna slide from the
12th to the 14th and then pluck that
three times and we can slide out of that
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for our third bar we'll start off the
same as we did in the first bar if
that's slide and then the tenth fret and
then you'll hit the twelfth fret slide
it down then on the third string twelfth
fret we'll slide up to the fourteenth
twelfth fret of the second and do that
slide again like that
then we'll slide from the 12th to the
14th on the second string
like that hit the 14th fret and slide
down to the 10th like that then to end
this solo we're going to hit that 10th
fret and 8th fret of the 1st and 2nd
strings like this and slide it up to
10th and 12th like that and in total for
solo 2
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finally we get to the @ro solo and this
is a lot of fun to play too
so we're going to stop that next finger
the third fret of the second string
make sure your middle fingers ready for
the fourth fret of the third click the
second third second string and then with
your ring finger fifth fret of the
second string and then we have a little
pause there then we hit the fourth fret
of the third string and then there's a
five note run here so third second the
second string and then and on the fifth
fret of the second string
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like that for our second bar we slide
our ring finger up to the twelfth fret
of the second string and tenth then
eighth fret with our middle finger hit
that twice seventh fret of the third
string 9th fret of the third with our
ring [ __ ] that and slide up to the
twelfth and in total
[Music] then for the third bar we go back down
to here third fret of the second string
hit that open back to third and fifth
fret
like that for our fourth bar this is a
pretty cool lick so index finger on the
eighth fret of the second string middle
finger on the ninth fret of the third
it'd be second the second string then
tenth fret of the second fret of the
second keep the tenth fret and slide up
to the twelfth tenth fret of the 1st
then with your ring finger hit the
twelfth fret of the first string slide
it down to the tenth and with your
middle finger hit the tenth fret of the
second string and slide it back up to
the twelfth like that then the whole
lick
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then we get to our second line a tab
we're going to start by sliding our
middle finger up to the 12th fret of the
second string pluck it again then hit
the 10th fret slide it down to the 8th
ring finger on the 9th fret of the 3rd
string 7
and then our middle finger comes back up
to the tenth fret of the second string
and we slide it up twice and their riff
in total tronex bar we're going to now
use our ring finger to slide up to the
twelfth fret of the second string and
then hit the tenth fret of the first
string twice we do that another two
times and you're going to hit the
twelfth fret of the second string slide
it down to ten and then slide it up to
the fourteenth fret you only pluck that
once there so there's a slide down and a
slide up then we hit the twelfth fret of
the first string twice and so far
then we go back to the 14th row the
second string hit that and slide down
slide from 10th to 12th hit the 10th
fret of the first string and do the same
two frets up
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and in total for the second line of tab
for our third liner tab we're going to
start with that slide from 10th to the
12th of the second string and 10th fret
of the 1st and then we're going to hit
the 12th fret of the 2nd string slide
out of it and then we have eighth fret
and ninth fret of the second and third
strings we're just going to alternate
between the two like that and then for
the final lick it's alternating between
the two and then we end on the 10th fret
of the second string
so the final line tab and in total solo
number three sounds like this
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so now I'll be playing through the song
in its entirety and I'll have a vocal
track on top of some context a big
thanks to my friend Eric for lending his
vocals for this track if you want to
check out his youtube channel there's a
link in the description below feel free
to play this back as many times as you'd
like to to practice play along too and
see how you go
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this guy's pain
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smile
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come heroes
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thus far
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the shoe
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