JETHRO TULL - "back to the family" Tablature

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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 ...
F C G F C G
So I think I'll go back to the family...


Verse 2:

G
Living this life has its problems...
F C G F C G
Oh, I'm going back to the family,....


Repeat intro lick, then:

Am C D C
Master's in the counting house...
D C
Sister's sitting by the ....
G Bb C D
And here am I thinking to myself....


Solo 1 (bass/flute)

Alternate D & C, then end on Asus2


Verse 3:

G
I think I enjoyed all my problems, ...
F C G F C G
Oh, I'm going back to the family, ...


Verse 4:

G
I'll get a train back to the city. ...
F C G F C G
There's more fun away from the family, get ....


Repeat intro lick, then:

Am C D C
Everything I do is wrong. ...
D C
Phone keeps ringing all day long....
G Bb C D
And every day has the same old ....


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

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