Ancient Remedy
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Ancient Remedy by Wishbone Ash
From the album Bona Fide
transcribed by Rob Watson robert.watson14@btinternet.com
Intro
right guitar plays the same riff an octave lower
Am
left guitar
E|--|--------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------|
B|--|--------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------|
G|--|17----14-17----14-17|16b17r16-14----14-----14-16|17s22-14-16-17----14-17--|
D|14|---14-------14------|------------17-----14------|---------------14--------|
A|--|--------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------|
E|--|--------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------|
E|---------------------------|--------------------|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|--------------------|---------------------------|
G|16b17r16-14----14-----14-16|17----14-17----14-17|16b17r16-14----14-----14-16|
D|------------17-----14------|---14-------14------|------------17-----14------|
A|---------------------------|--------------------|---------------------------|
E|---------------------------|--------------------|---------------------------|
C
If I seem a bit crazy Its because these
E|------------------------|-----------------|---------------|------|------------------|
B|------------------------|-----------------|---------------|------|------------------|
G|17s22-14-16-17----14-17-|16b17r16-14----14|---------------|------|------------------|
D|---------------14-------|------------17---|---------------|------|------------------|
A|------------------------|-----------------|---------------|------|------------------|
E|------------------------|-----------------|---------------|------|------------------|
B5 |Am | | | |
thoughts they crowd my mind (riff x 1)
|C | | |B5 |Am | | | |
Gets a little bit hazy these events distort my sense of time (riff x 1)
|E | F#|G |F |Am | | | | | | | |
Now my heart's a cave where the sun,the sun refuse to shine (riff x 2)
(Verse2)
(Half time)
|Fmaj7 |G |Am G |Am |
It used to be that our planets were so perfectly aligned in our time
|Fmaj7 |G |
If you could see that,now its harder to bring back
|D5 C5 |B5 Am |Am | | | | | | | |
All your dreams and all you've left way behind (riff x 2)
Solo
G Am
E|----------|-------------|--------------------|---------------------------|------------------|
B|----------|-------------|--------------------|---------------------------|0h1---------------|
G|-----0-2-4|4h5p4p2-4----|--0-2-4-5--4h5p4p2-4|b5r4b5r4p2p0---4p2p0--4-2-0|----0h2----2p0----|
D|----------|-------------|--------------------|---------------------------|---------------2p0|
A|----------|-------------|--------------------|---------------------------|------------------|
E|----------|-------------|--------------------|---------------------------|------------------|
G
E|---------5-7|5---5|5--------------------------|---7-7b8r7----7b8|r7p5-8-7--5-8-7b8r7|
B|-------5----|--8--|5--------------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
G|------------|-----|--7b9r7p5---7b9r7p5---7b9r7|p5---------------|-------------------|
D|------------|-----|----------7---------7------|-----------------|-------------------|
A|3-2-0-------|-----|---------------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
E|------------|-----|---------------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
Am
E|5-8-7-5---5-------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------|
B|--------8---8-5h8p5-----------------|--------------------------10p8-10s13|-12-10----10s12-12|
G|--------------------7p5p4p5p4---4---|--5---7-5---5-7-9s10s12-9-----------|------------------|
D|------------------------------7---5s|7---7-----7-------------------------|------------------|
A|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------|
E|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|12-12-12-12-13-13-13-13-15-15-15-15-17-17-17-17-17-17-20b|22--(22)tr-(22)tr--(22)tr-(22)tr--|
G|---------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E G
E|------------------------------|---------------------|---------0--|---7s10-------------------|
B|(22)tr-(22)tr--(22)tr-(22)sd--|--5-6-5h6p5---5------|---------0--|--------12-10-------------|
G|------------------------------|------------7---7-5-4|-----0h1----|-7------------12-10-------|
D|------------------------------|---------------------|7sd---------|--------------------------|
A|------------------------------|---------------------|------------|--------------------------|
E|------------------------------|---------------------|------------|--------------------------|
F
E|---------13p12p10----12-10-10-----|
B|13p10-------------13----------12--|
G|------12--------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|
How to play Ancient Remedy
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The first identified chord is Am. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.