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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