Far Alaska
Words & music by Ian Anderson from the Jethro Tull CD Dot Com
Transcription
by Peter Dawson who thanks Håkan for corrections.
Capo 0
Introduction
x 2
,
flute
band
e||:------------2------0-2-5-|------------0--------------|
B||:0-0-000-0-0---0--4-------|---------------------------|
G||:-------------------------|2-2-222-2-2---2------------|
D||:-------------------------|-------------------2-0-----|
A||:-------------------------|-----------------------0-2-|
E||:-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------0-2-5-|--------------------:||
|-----------------4-------|--------------------:||
|------------4------------|--------------------:||
|4-4-444-4-4---4----------|4-0---2-----0-------:||
|-------------------------|----0---4-0---0---2-:||
|-------------------------|----------------2---:||
. Riff
.|C
Bb Gm
Gm
Bb C Gm Gm
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|5-----3---------|----3---3---5---|3-----5---------|--2-320---------|
D|5-----3---5---5-|--5---5---------|3-----5---5---5-|-------32-------|
A|----------5---5-|----------------|----------5---5-|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
.|
.|bass goes
something like this
G|0-----0-------0-|------0-0-0-2-3-|5-----0-------0-|------0-0-2-3-5-|
D|--0-3-----0-3---|--0-3-----------|--3-2-----0-3---|--0-3-----------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
. Riff
continued
.|C
Bb Gm
Gm
Bb C Gm Gm
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|------------6-5-|----------------|------3---------|
G|5-----3---------|----3---3-------|3-----5---------|----3-----------|
D|5-----3---5---5-|--5---5---------|3-----5---5---5-|--5-----5-------|
A|----------5---5-|----------------|----------5---5-|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
[Am]Placing
[G]people [Em]in their [D]dreamscape
With
[Am]fanta[G]sies of [Em]foreign [B]fields.
[Am]Lofty
[G]spires all [Em]well a[D]ppointed
[Am]in
off-[G]season [Em]special [B]deals.
[C]To
far A[G]laska down to [D]Rio in the [A]Carnival
[C]Norwegian
[G]fjords on the [D]ever-light of [A]solstice call.
Riff
[Am]A part of
[G]me might [Em]travel [D]with you
In a
[Am]freebie [G]bucket [Em]seat for [B]one.
[Am]Business
[G]First - at [Em]last, for[D]ever
[Am]Hopeless
[G]thoughts of [Em]flying [B]fun
[C]Now get me
[G]out of here I [D]cry in air rage [A]psycho doom.
[C]I'm only
[G]dream-arranging [D]from the safety [A]of my room.
Riff
4 times
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B||:----------------|----------------|--------X---X---|----------------|
G||:----------------|----------------|--------X---X---|----------------|
D||:----------------|------2-0-------|--0-----X---X---|------4-0---0---|
A||:------0-2-3-2-0-|2-0---------4-0-|--------X---X---|4-0-----------0-|
E||:0-2-3-----------|----0-----0-----|0-------X---X---|----0-----0-----|
e|--------X---X---:||
B|--------X---X---:||
G|--------X---X---:||
D|--2-----X---X---:||
A|--------X---X---:||
E|0-------X---X---:||
twice
(in repeat hold first note longer)
e||:----------------|----------------|----------------:||
B||:----------------|----------------|----------------:||
G||:------0-2-320---|--------0-2-320-|----------------:||
D||:0-2-3---------3-|2-0-2-3---------|3-2-0-2-----202-:||
A||:----------------|----------------|----------------:||
E||:----------------|----------------|----------------:||
twice
(in repeat hold first note longer)
e||:----------------|----------------|----------------:||
B||:----------------|----------------|----------------:||
G||:------2-4-542---|--------2-4-542-|----------------:||
D||:2-4-5---------5-|4-2-4-5---------|5-4-2-4-----424-:||
A||:----------------|----------------|----------------:||
E||:----------------|----------------|----------------:||
"orchestral"
break, italics indicate
triplets
C#m
E F#m
A
C#m F#m E
e|-------------45-|4---------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------5-----|----------7-5---|----------------|----------------|
G|--------6-------|--------8-------|----------8-6---|----------------|
D|----6-----------|----------------|7-------6-------|6--464--2-------|
A|4-7-------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
C#m
E F#m
A
C#m F#m E
e|------------4-0-|----------------|--------------2-|4---6---6-7-----|
B|----------5-----|-42-1-4-2-------|----2--------2--|----------------|
G|--------5-------|--------------4-|--1---1-4---4---|----------------|
D|----6-----------|----------2-4---|4---------4-----|----------------|
A|--7-------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|8---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Approx guitar
solo
. C#m
E F#m
A
C#m F#m E
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|9-129-----------|----------------|----------------|
G|9-----------9-11|------119-------|----------------|9---9-----------|
D|----------11----|----------------|--------------9-|--------11------|
A|----------------|----------------|------9-119-11--|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|129-12----------|----------------|
. C#m
E F#m
A
C#m F#m E
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|9-----9-9-------|
B|----11--11--9---|9---------------|--------------12|--9-12----------|
G|--------------9-|--9-------------|----------9-11--|----------------|
D|11--------------|----119-11------|11--9-1111------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|--11------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
.
flute
band
e||:------------0------0-2-5|------------0--------1----|
B||:-----------------4------|-------------------3---1-3|
G||:2-2-222-2-2---2---------|2-2-222-2-2---2-----------|
D||:------------------------|--------------------------|
A||:------------------------|--------------------------|
E||:------------------------|--------------------------|
Riff
[Am]Pick a
[G]place or [Em]stick a [D]pin in
[Am]Any
[G]cormer [Em]of the [B]sphere
[Am]Post me
[G]cards and [Em]tell me [D]nicely
[Am]Say you
[G]wish that [Em]I was [B]here.
[C]To far
A[G]laska down to [D]Rio in the [A]Carnival
[C]Norwegian
[G]fjords on the [D]ever-light of [A]solstice call.
Riff
C# Gm /
/ C# Bb / /
C# Gm /
/ C# Bb / /
Gm/
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