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WISHING WELL

WORDS & MUSIC:   Earl P. Reinhalter

* = chord has no 3rd but does have an added 9th


INTRO:  (accent  E - Fmaj7(add-5)/E  (stop)
       3rd beat) E - Fmaj7(add-5)/E  (stop)
                 E - Fmaj7(add-5)/E
                 E - Fmaj7(add-5)/E - F#7sus4/E - G6/E - Emaj7(add+5)

                 A* - D* - C - A* - G - A*
                 A* - D* - C - A* - G - A*
                 A* - D* - C - A* - G - A*
                 A* - D* - C - A* - G

       (with a   E - Fmaj7(add-5)/E - D - C - A - G
      backbeat)  E - Fmaj7(add-5)/E - D - C - A - G
                 E - Fmaj7(add-5)/E - D - C - A - G
                 E - Fmaj7(add-5)/E - F#7sus4/E - G6/E - Emaj7(add+5)

                 A* - Bb(add-5/-9) - Eb(add+5/-9) - Abm(add+5)
                 Am - Bm/A - Am - Bm/A - etc.  (segue into verse)


                 Am            Bm/A
             I.  tail wags dog to and fro,
                 C           G
                 flying on a UFO,
                 Am            Bm/A
                 to a rooftop, ho-ho-ho,
                 C               G       F    E    F    G
                 of the sleeping world below.
                   Am                Bm/A
                 behind the church upon the hill,
                     C                   G 
                 the dog climbs down the wishing well.
                 E7
                 comes the echo from below:
                                          Am   Bm/A   Am   Bm/A
                 "wishing doesn't make it so!"


  INSTRUMENTAL:  F - E - F - G
                 Am - Bm/A - Am - Bm/A - etc.  (segue into verse)


                 Am           Bm/A
            II.  Auntie Em is here again.
                 C                  G
                 black and white is her domain.
                 Am              Bm/A
                 healers heal on channel four
                     C               G         F    E    F    G
                 and praise the ruby   slipper cure.
                     Am               Bm/A
                 but Toto barked, the curtain fell.
                 C             G
                 Oz was at the wishing well -
                 E7
                 fishing for the coins below.
                                         Am - Bm/A - Am - Bm/A
                 wishing doesn't make it so.


  INSTRUMENTAL:  Am - Bm/A - Am - Bm/A - etc.  (guitar solo)


                 /// REPEAT INTRO ///


                 Am                                 Bm/A
 III.  (spoken)  Dorothy's house returns in bits.
                   Am                               Bm/A
                 upon the well is where it sits.
                 Am                Bm/A
         (sung)  Dorothy's house returns in bits.
                   C              G
                 upon the well is where it sits:
                 E7
                 wall of rocks in disarray.
                                         F    G
                 witches melt and steam away.
                 E7
                 comes the echo from below:
                                          F     G
                 "wishing doesn't make it so."
                 E7
                 make a wish and let it go.
                                         Am - Bm/A - Am - Bm/A
                 wishing doesn't make it so.


  INSTRUMENTAL:  Am - Bm/A - Am - Bm/A - etc.  (guitar solo)

                 E - Fmaj7(add-5)/E  [stop]
                 E - Fmaj7(add-5)/E  [stop]
                 E - Fmaj7(add-5)/E
                 E - Fmaj7(add-5)/E - F#7sus4/E - G6/E - Emaj7(add+5)
                 Am(add9)

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