Jethro Tull

Jethro Tull - Backfamily guitar tab

Back to the Family -- Jethro Tull (Stand Up)

Capo 2, or transpose up 1 full step.

Lyrics not guaranteed!

Intro Lick:

C G Em A Asus2

e|---------------|---------------|----------------|---------------|---0-->

B|---------------|---------------|----------------|---------------|---0-->

G|--0h2-p0----0--|---------------|----------------|---------------|---2-->

D|---------------|--0h2-p0-------|--0--------0h2--|------------2--|---2-->

A|--3->----------|------------3--|-----------0h2--|--0---------0--|---0-->

E|---------------|--3->----------|-------3--------|-------3----0--|------

x x x x x x x x x x x x

Lick #2:

This one is played behind most of the verses, during the 'G' chord.

The tab below assumes you're playing an open G (300023); just work

this pattern into your finger-picking, if any. It also sounds nice

when moved down an octave, but you need to go to dropped-D tuning.

e|----------------|----------------| (Played twice behind 1st

B|--0--0h1--0-----|----------------| line of each verse)

G|-------------2--|--0--0----------|

D|----------------|--------0h2--0--|

A|----------------|----------------|

E|----------------|----------------|

Verse 1:

G

My telephone wakes me in the morning. Have to get up to answer the call,

F C G F C G

So I think I'll go back to the family, where no one can ring me at all.

Verse 2:

G

Living this life has its problems, so I think that I'll give it a break.

F C G F C G

Oh, I'm going back to the family, 'cause I've had about all I can take.

Repeat intro lick, then:

Am C D C

Master's in the counting house, counting all his money.

D C

Sister's sitting by the mirror, she thinks her hair looks funny.

G Bb C D

And here am I thinking to myself, just a-wondering what it pays to do.

Solo 1 (bass/flute)

Alternate D & C, then end on Asus2

Verse 3:

G

I think I enjoyed all my problems, where I did not get nothing for free.

F C G F C G

Oh, I'm going back to the family, doing nothing is bothering me.

Verse 4:

G

I'll get a train back to the city. The soft life is getting me down.

F C G F C G

There's more fun away from the family, get some action when I roll into town.

Repeat intro lick, then:

Am C D C

Everything I do is wrong. What the hell was I thinking?

D C

Phone keeps ringing all day long, I got no time for thinking.

G Bb C D

And every day has the same old way, they're giving me too much to do.

Solos (bass/flute, then guitar, then all fade) D C D C ...

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