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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
To: guitar@nevada.edu
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
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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---| 
