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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 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---|
<repeat last four bars 4 times, once for each line of verse>
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.
<repeat last two bars 3 times, once for each line of chorus, th
en>
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---| <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 I feel
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 away
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 that I just ha-a-a-a-a-d to-
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 head you say it's a
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 the years and the
days of my youth
Draw the lace and black curtain and shut
out the whole truth
Spin me down the long ages let them sing the song
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 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---|
<repeat last four bars 4 times, once for each line of verse>
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.
<repeat last two bars 3 times, once for each line of chorus, th
en>
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---| <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 I feel
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 away
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 that I just ha-a-a-a-a-d to-
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 head you say it's a
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 the years and the
days of my youth
Draw the lace and black curtain and shut
out the whole truth
Spin me down the long ages let them sing the song
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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