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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
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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 ...
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---|
<repeat last four bars 4 times, once for each line of verse>
CHORUS:
ride yourselves over ...
make all your ....
wisemen don't know ...
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.
<repeat last two bars 3 times, once for each line of chorus, th
en>
to be thick ....
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---| <both times>
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---| <1st time only)
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---|
<now go back and do the second verse/chorus the same way>
<except replace these last two measures of the bridge>
<with the two measures below on the second pass>
g:|---------------------------|---------------------------|
D:|---------------------------|---------------------------|
Bb:|-----5-----5-------0-----0-|-----5-----5-----0-----0---| <2nd time only>
F:|---7-----7-------------0---|---7-----7-----0-----0-----|
C:|-0-----7-----0-(3)---5-----|-0-----7-----5-----3-------|
G:|---------------------------|---------------------------|
<and now onto what I'll call the 2nd bridge>
BRIDGE 2:
And the love that ..
g:|-2-------------------------|-0-----------0-0-0---------|
D:|-3-------------------------|-1-----------0-1-0---------|
Bb:|-2-------------------------|-2-----------2-2-2---------|
F:|-0-------------------------|-2-----------2-2-2---------|
C:|---------------------------|-0-----------0-0-0---------|
G:|---------------------------|---------------------------|
^ ^ ^ ^ ^
| | | | |
------------------ Just Dmaj and Amin chords with a little spice
thrown in - listen to the song for the strumming
pattern.
is so far ...
g:|-0------------0------------|-0-------------------------|
D:|-1------------1------------|-0-------------------------|
Bb:|-0------------0------------|-0-------------------------|
F:|-2------------0-(2)--------|-2-------0-(2)-------------|
C:|-3------------3------------|-2-------------0-(2)-------|
G:|---------------------------|-0-------------------0-(3)-|
^ ^ ^
| | |
------------------ Just Cmaj and Emin chords with a little spice
thrown in - listen to the song for the strumming
pattern.
I'm a bad dream ....-
g:|-3-------------------------|-2-0-2-0-2-0-2-0-----------|
D:|-3-------------------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------|
Bb:|-0-------------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------|
F:|-0-------------------------|-4-------------------------|
C:|-2-------------------------|-4-------------------------|
G:|-3-------------------------|---------------------------|
^ ^
| |
------------------ Just Gmaj and F#maj chords with a little spice
thrown in - listen to the song for the strumming
pattern.
da-a-a-a-a-a-y
g:|-2-0-2-0-2-0-2-0-----------|-2-0-2-0-2-----------------|
D:|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------|-2-2-2-2-2-----------------|
Bb:|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------|-3-3-3-3-3-----------------|
F:|-0-------------------------|-4-------------------------|
C:|---------------------------|-4-------------------------|
G:|---------------------------|-2-------------------------|
^ ^
| |
------------------ Just Dmaj and F#maj chords with a little spice
thrown in - listen to the song for the strumming
pattern.
and you shake your ....
g:|-3-------------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------|
D:|-3-------------------------|-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-(2)---------|
Bb:|-0-------------------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-------------|
F:|-0-------------------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-------------|
C:|-2-------------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------|
G:|-3-------------------------|---------------------------|
^ ^
| |
------------------ Just Gmaj and Amaj chords with a little spice
thrown in - listen to the song for the strumming
pattern.
<back to the intro part>
shame
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---|
<now we'll segue into another verse>
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 ....
days of ...
Draw the lace and black ....
out the ....
Spin me down the long ...
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).
<repeat the above throughout the whole last verse then>
<one more time without the verse (12 measures total)>
<then ...>
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.
<at which point my CD goes right into Bungle in the Jungle>
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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
==========
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 ...
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---|
<repeat last four bars 4 times, once for each line of verse>
CHORUS:
ride yourselves over ...
make all your ....
wisemen don't know ...
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.
<repeat last two bars 3 times, once for each line of chorus, th
en>
to be thick ....
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---| <both times>
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---| <1st time only)
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---|
<now go back and do the second verse/chorus the same way>
<except replace these last two measures of the bridge>
<with the two measures below on the second pass>
g:|---------------------------|---------------------------|
D:|---------------------------|---------------------------|
Bb:|-----5-----5-------0-----0-|-----5-----5-----0-----0---| <2nd time only>
F:|---7-----7-------------0---|---7-----7-----0-----0-----|
C:|-0-----7-----0-(3)---5-----|-0-----7-----5-----3-------|
G:|---------------------------|---------------------------|
<and now onto what I'll call the 2nd bridge>
BRIDGE 2:
And the love that ..
g:|-2-------------------------|-0-----------0-0-0---------|
D:|-3-------------------------|-1-----------0-1-0---------|
Bb:|-2-------------------------|-2-----------2-2-2---------|
F:|-0-------------------------|-2-----------2-2-2---------|
C:|---------------------------|-0-----------0-0-0---------|
G:|---------------------------|---------------------------|
^ ^ ^ ^ ^
| | | | |
------------------ Just Dmaj and Amin chords with a little spice
thrown in - listen to the song for the strumming
pattern.
is so far ...
g:|-0------------0------------|-0-------------------------|
D:|-1------------1------------|-0-------------------------|
Bb:|-0------------0------------|-0-------------------------|
F:|-2------------0-(2)--------|-2-------0-(2)-------------|
C:|-3------------3------------|-2-------------0-(2)-------|
G:|---------------------------|-0-------------------0-(3)-|
^ ^ ^
| | |
------------------ Just Cmaj and Emin chords with a little spice
thrown in - listen to the song for the strumming
pattern.
I'm a bad dream ....-
g:|-3-------------------------|-2-0-2-0-2-0-2-0-----------|
D:|-3-------------------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------|
Bb:|-0-------------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------|
F:|-0-------------------------|-4-------------------------|
C:|-2-------------------------|-4-------------------------|
G:|-3-------------------------|---------------------------|
^ ^
| |
------------------ Just Gmaj and F#maj chords with a little spice
thrown in - listen to the song for the strumming
pattern.
da-a-a-a-a-a-y
g:|-2-0-2-0-2-0-2-0-----------|-2-0-2-0-2-----------------|
D:|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------|-2-2-2-2-2-----------------|
Bb:|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------|-3-3-3-3-3-----------------|
F:|-0-------------------------|-4-------------------------|
C:|---------------------------|-4-------------------------|
G:|---------------------------|-2-------------------------|
^ ^
| |
------------------ Just Dmaj and F#maj chords with a little spice
thrown in - listen to the song for the strumming
pattern.
and you shake your ....
g:|-3-------------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------|
D:|-3-------------------------|-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-(2)---------|
Bb:|-0-------------------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-------------|
F:|-0-------------------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-------------|
C:|-2-------------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------|
G:|-3-------------------------|---------------------------|
^ ^
| |
------------------ Just Gmaj and Amaj chords with a little spice
thrown in - listen to the song for the strumming
pattern.
<back to the intro part>
shame
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---|
<now we'll segue into another verse>
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 ....
days of ...
Draw the lace and black ....
out the ....
Spin me down the long ...
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).
<repeat the above throughout the whole last verse then>
<one more time without the verse (12 measures total)>
<then ...>
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.
<at which point my CD goes right into Bungle in the Jungle>
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