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From David.D[email protected] Jun 17 ’94 at 1:59 pm edt
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Date: Fri, 17 Jun 94 13:59:18 EDT
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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
[email protected]
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INTRO:
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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
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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—|
