Jethro Tull

Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick guitar tab

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From David.D.Nason@att.com Jun 17 '94 at 1:59 pm edt

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Date: Fri, 17 Jun 94 13:59:18 EDT

Original-From: ddn@cbncp51.cb.att.com

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Subject: /j/Jethro.Tull/ThickAsABrick.tab

Here's how I learned Tull's Thick as a Brick Edit #1. I notice

the archive contains something I posted on netnews many moons ago

with only about half of it - here's the whole thing.

There's a couple of parts where the guitar is pretty low in the

mix and I'm not real sure I got it right, but it sounds pretty

dang close to me.

Couple of notes - there's a capo at the 3rd fret, which is why the

strings at the left of the tab are noted the way they are.

So, what I designated as an open string is actually fretted at

the 3rd fret by the capo. Secondly, one should use liberal

interpretation of the tab - I wasn't too careful in some of the

chordal sections about specifying exactly which notes of the chord

are hit and which aren't. Nor did I attempt to tab the exact

strumming patterns. As always, use tab as a guide, listen to

it yourself, and make it sound right!

The lyrics are here for reference only. I placed them close to

where they occur but I certainly didn't try to get all the nuances

and rhythm for the vocals in there, nor did I make a great attempt

to make sure I got all the words right.

I should also note this is only the Ian Anderson acoustic part.

There's a few small Martin Barre parts which I will leave as as

exercise for the reader.

Now that I got all the disclaimers out of the way, go for it.

david nason

ddn@cb.att.com

==========

INTRO:

g:|---------------------------|---------------------------|

D:|---------------------------|---------------------------|

Bb:|-----2-----2-------0-0-0---|-----5-----5-------------0-|

F:|---0-----0---------0-0-0---|---7-----7---------0---0---|

C:|-0-----4-----0-(2)-2-2-2---|-0-----7-----0-(5)---3-----|

G:|-------------------3-3-3---|---------------------------|

g:|---------------------------|---------------------------|

D:|---------------------------|---------------------------|

Bb:|-----2-----2-------0-0-0---|-----5-----5-----0-----0---|

F:|---0-----0---------0-0-0---|---7-----7-----0-----0-----|

C:|-0-----4-----0-(2)-2-2-2---|-0-----7-----5-----3-------|

G:|-------------------3-3-3---|---------------------------|

VERSE:

Really don't mind if you sit this one

My word's but a whisper, your deafness a

I may make you feel, but I can't make you

Your sperm's in the gutter, your love's in the

g:|-2-----------0-------------|---------------------------|

D:|-3-----------1-------------|---------------------------|

Bb:|-2-----------2-------------|-------0-0-0---------------|

F:|-0-----------2-------------|-------0-0-0---------------|

C:|-------------0-------------|-0-(2)-2-2-2---------------|

G:|---------------------------|-------3-3-3---------------|

^ ^

| |

------------------ Just Dmaj and Amin chords - listen to the song

for the strumming pattern.

out ...

shout ...

think ...

sink ... So you

g:|---------------------------|---------------------------|

D:|---------------------------|---------------------------|

Bb:|-----2-----2-------0-0-0---|-----2-----2-------0-0-0---|

F:|---0-----0---------0-0-0---|---0-----0---------0-0-0---|

C:|-0-----4-----0-(2)-2-2-2---|-0-----4-----0-(2)-2-2-2---|

G:|-------------------3-3-3---|-------------------3-3-3---|

CHORUS:

ride yourselves over the field as you

make all your animal deals and your

wisemen don't know how it feels ...

g:|-3-----------0------0------|-2-0-2-0-2-3-2------2-0----|

D:|-3-----------2------0------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3------3-3----|

Bb:|-0-----------2------2------|-2-0-2-0-2-0-2------2-0----|

F:|-0-----------2------2------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------0-0----|

C:|-2-----------0------0------|---------------------------|

G:|-3-------------------------|---------------------------|

^ ^ ^ ^ ^

| | | | |

---------------------------------- Just Gmaj, Amaj, and Dmaj chords

with a little variation thrown

in - listen to the song for the

strumming pattern.

to be thick as a

g:|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0--0--|-0-0-0--0------------------|

D:|-2-0-2-0-2-3-2---2-2-0-(2)-|-2-2-0-(2)-----------------|

Bb:|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2--2--|-2-2-2--2------------------|

F:|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2--2--|-2-2-2--2------------------|

C:|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0--0--|-0-0-0--0------------------|

G:|---------------------------|---------------------------|

BRIDGE:

brick

g:|---------------------------|---------------------------|

D:|---------------------------|---------------------------|

Bb:|-----2-----2-------0-0-0---|-----2-----2-------0-0-0---|

F:|---0-----0---------0-0-0---|---0-----0---------0-0-0---|

C:|-0-----4-----0-(2)-2-2-2---|-0-----4-----0-(2)-2-2-2---|

G:|-------------------3-3-3---|-------------------3-3-3---|

g:|---------------------------|---------------------------|

D:|---------------------------|---------------------------|

Bb:|-----2-----2-------0-0-0---|-----2-----2-------0-0-0---|

g:|---------------------------|---------------------------|

D:|-------------------6-6-6---|-------------------6-6-6---|

Bb:|-----5-----5-------7-7-7---|-----5-----5-------7-7-7---|

F:|---7-----7---------7-7-7---|---7-----7---------7-7-7---|

C:|-0-----7-----0-(5)-5-5-5---|-0-----7-----0-(5)-5-5-5---|

G:|---------------------------|---------------------------|

VERSE:

Spin me back down the years and the

days of my youth

Draw the lace and black curtain and shut

out the whole truth

Spin me down the long ages let them sing the song

g:|---------------------------|---------------------------|

D:|-------------------6-6-6---|-------------------6-6-6---|

Bb:|-----5-----5-------7-7-7---|-----5-----5-------7-7-7---|

F:|---7-----7---------7-7-7---|---7-----7---------7-7-7---|

C:|-0-----7-----0-(5)-5-5-5---|-0-----7-----0-(5)-5-5-5---|

G:|---------------------------|---------------------------|

^

|

Note that there's a subtle, but important change

in the rhythm used for the Dmin at this point

(as opposed to the previous two measures).

g:|-5-------------------------|-2-------0-(2)-------------|

D:|-6-------------------------|-3-------3--3--------------|

Bb:|-5-------------------------|-2-------0-(2)-------------|

F:|-0-------------------------|-0-------0--0--------------|

C:|---------------------------|---------------------------|

G:|---------------------------|---------------------------|

^ ^

| |

------------------ Just Fmaj and Dmaj chords with a little spice

thrown in - listen to the song for the strumming

pattern.

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