Night In The Wilderness
By Ian Anderson
Recorded by Jethro Tull during the Catfish Rising - sessions though only released on the single Rocks On The Road.

Transcription by Peter Dawson, corrections gratefully received.

Chords

I could he [B]sitting on the left of you.  
[D]You'd be [B]looking straight ahead.  
If I was adrift right across from you,
[D]you [B]still would cut me dead.  
I've had [D]better deep dis[E]cussions
with this plate of [A]soft-shelled [B]crab.

I'd put [B]some spice in your rice.
[D]You'd give me [B]blues in the stew.
I'd give you catfish jumping.
[D]You'd give me [B]all this work to do.
Who's got the [D]cheque on this hot [E]dinner?
Who's [D]got the [A]tabs on the [B]crab?

Another [B]night in the [D]wilderness:
should have been a [E]night on the [E7]town.[A]
[B]Lesson in [D]learning how to hold a [G]conversation [D]down.[A]
I'm in [B]splendid isol[G#]a[A] [B]tion, feel that [G#7]heavy silence [A]fall.
[A]Got all this cut [E]out for me to [D]do.
Another [G]night in the [A]wilderness of [B]you.

Here I am drinking you with my eyes.
You're looking at the gravy on my bib.
I go weak-kneed at the suggestion of you.
What's wrong with the cut of my jib?
Is there a lobster in the offing, or just a fifty dollar cheque?


Another night..

Another…

 
Tablature by Peter Dawson – corrections welcome.



 Introduction
  Electric guitar                  B
 |       |       |       |        |       |       |       |        
e|7-------7---10--7---------------|----7---------------------------|
B|----10--------------10--7-------|7-------------------------------|
G|----------------------------9---|----4---------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|4---------------9-----------7---|
A|--------------------------------|----------------9-------7h9-----|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |
 |Bass
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|


 |       |       |       |        |       |       |       |        
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------9-----------|------------------------7-------|
|----9----\7-----7h9-----7h9-----|----9-------9---------------9---|
|----9----\7-----------------7---|----9-------9-------------------|
|7-----------7-------------------|7-------------------------------|
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|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|2---2---2---2---2-----------0---|2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|
|--------------------0---2-------|--------------------------------|


 Verse                            *
 |       |       |   I   could be sitting on the left of you
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----9-------X---9---------------|----9-----------9-----------7---|
|----9-------X---9---------------|----9-----------9-------7h9-----|
|7-----------------------7-------|--------------------------------|
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|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|2---2---2---2---2-----------0---|2---2---2---2---2---2-------0---|
|--------------------0-2-5-2-----|------------------------5-2-----|


 D        B
 |       |       Oooh!   You'd be look- ing straight ahead
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------------------------7-------|--------------------------------|
|----9-----------9-------7-------|----9---------------------------|
|----9-----------9---------------|----9-------9---5-7-7---5-----5-|
|7-------------------------------|7---------------------------7---|
|
|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|2---2---2---2---2-------5-----2-|2---2---2---2---5h7-----5-----2-|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|


 |       |       |   If  I  was a-drift right a-cross from you
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|7---9---X---9---X---9-------7---|----9-----------9-----------7---|
|7---9---X---9---X---9---7h9-----|----9-----------9-------7h9-----|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
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|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|2---2---2---2---2-----------5---|2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|
|--------------------2---5-------|--------------------------------|

                         D        B
 |       |       |       you      still would cut me dead
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------------------------7-------|--------------------9---7-------|
|----9-----------9-------7-------|----9-------9-------------------|
|----9-----------9---------------|----9-------9---7/9-------------|
|7-------------------------------|7-------------------------------|
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|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|2---2---2---2---2-------5-----2-|2---2---2---2---5h7---------5---|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

D                   E
 |       |       |       I've had better deep discussions with this
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|7---7-------7-------9-------9---|
|7h--9-------9-----------9-------|7---7-------7-------9-------9---|
|------------9-----------9-------|5---5-------5-------7-------7---|
|----------------------------7h9-|--------------------------------|
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|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2h4-|5---5---2---5---5---7-------7---|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
          A        B
 plate of soft shell crab.
 Second time go to Chorus
 |       |        |       |       |       |        
|----------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------|--------------------------------|
|7---------------|--------------------------------|
|7-------7-------|----9-------X---9---X-------7---|
|--------7-------|----9-------X---9---X---7H9-----|
|----------------|7-------------------------------|
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|
|----------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------|--------------------------------|
|7-----1212----7-|2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|
|----------------|--------------------------------|


 |       |       |   I'd put some spice   in your rice
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------------------7-------|
|--------------------------------|------------------------10b11---|
|----9-------X---9---X-------7---|----9-------X---9---------------|
|----9-------X---9---X---7/9-----|----9-------X---9---------------|
|7-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
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|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------------------0---|--------------------------------|
|2---2---2---2---2---2---0-------|2---2---2---2---2---2-----------|
|--------------------------------|------------------------5-----7-|


D        B
 |       |       | You'd give me  blues   in  the  stew
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------------------------7-------|7-------------------9---7-------|
|----9-----------9-------7-------|----9---9---7h9-------------9---|
|----9-----------9---------------|9---9---9-------7/9-------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
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|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|2---2---2---2---2-------5-----2-|2---2---2---2---5h7-----5-----2-|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|


          |       I'd     give you cat-    fish    jumping
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------10--10--10--|10b12---------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|7h--9-------9-------------------|------------9---------------7---|
|------------9-------------------|------------9-----------7h9-----|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
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|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|2---2---2---2---2-----------5---|2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|
|--------------------2---5-------|--------------------------------|


                         D        B
         |       |   You'd give me all this work to do
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------------------------7-------|--------------------------------|
|----9-----------9-------7-------|9---9-------9-------------------|
|----9-----------9---------------|9---9-------9-------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
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|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|2---2---2---2---2-------5-----2-|2---2---2---2---5h7-----5-----2-|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|


D
 |       |       |   Who's got the cheque on this hot
|--------------------------------|----------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------|
|--------------------------------|7---------------|
|7h--9-------9-----------9-------|7---------------|
|------------9-----------9-------|----------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------|
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|
|--------------------------------|----------------|
|--------------------------------|0---0-------0---|
|2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-4-|----------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------|


  E               D       A        B
 dinner,   who's got the tabs on the crab?  |       |       |      
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------7---------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------10b11-----------|
|9---------------9/7-------------|----9-----------------------7---|
|7---------------7/5-----7-------|----9-------------------7h9-----|
|------------------------5-------|--------------------------------|
|
|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----2---2---2---2---5-7-7---7/5-|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|


                                  Chorus
                                  B               D
 |       |       |       |Another night in the wilderness
                                                     should have been a
|--------------------------------|------------------------5-------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------7-----|
|--------------------------------|----------------------------7---|
|9---9-------9-------------------|----------------7---7---------7-|
|9---9-------9-------------------|9---9-----------5---5-----------|
|--------------------------------|7---7---7-----------------------|
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|
|--------------------------------|--------4---------------7-------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|2---2---2---2---2---2---2---0---|2---2-----------5---5-----------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

E               E7      A        B               D
     night on the town   |        |   Lesson in learning how to hold a
|--------------------------------|------------------------5-------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------7-----|
|----------------7---------------|----------------------------7---|
|9---9-----------9-------7-------|----------------7---7-----------|
|7---7-----------7-------7-------|9---9-----------5---5-----------|
|------------------------5-------|7---7---------------------------|
|
|
|--------9-------7---------------|--------4---------------7-------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|2h4p2-----------------5-0-------|2---2-------2h4-5---5-----------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|


 G                D       A        B       |       G#7 A   B
 conversation    down    I'm  in  splendid i-sol- at-ion  feel that
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------7-------5-------|--------3-2---------------------|
|4-------4-------7-------6-------|4---4-------4---1---2---4-------|
|5-------5-------7-------7-------|----------------1---2---4-------|
|5-------5-----------------------|--------------------------------|
|3-------3-----------------------|--------------------------------|
|
|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|5---5---5---7-------------------|--------0-----------------------|
|----------------5-------4-------|2---2-------2-------0---2-------|
|--------------------------------|----------------4---------------|


 G#7             A           E    A               E
 heavy silence   fall    |        |   Got all this|cut out|for me to
|4-----------5-------------------|--------------------------------|
|8b9---------9b10------------9---|--------------------------------|
|----------------------------9---|--------------------------------|
|----------------------------9---|7-------7-------9-------9-------|
|----------------------------7---|7-------7-------7-------7-------|
|--------------------------------|5-------5-----------------------|
|
|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------------0-------------------|0-----------------------0---4---|
|4-------4-------------------0-0-|--------------1-0---------------|


D
 do      |       |     Anoth-  er ni--ght in  the wilderness  of
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------3-------------------|
|7-----------------------7-------|4---2---4-------4---2-----------|
|7-----------------------7-------|------------------------4---2---|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|
|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|0-----------0---0-------0-------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------4-0---|----------------0---0-------0---|
|--------------------------------|2-------3---4-----------2-------|


  B
 you     |        |       |       |       |       |       |
|----------------5---5-----------|------------7-------------------|
|--------7-------7---7-----------|6/7-10--------------------------|
|--------7-----------------------|------------9-------------------|
|----9-----------------------7---|8/9-12--------------------------|
|------------------------7h9-----|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|
|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|2---2---2---2---2-----------0---|
|--------------------------------|--------------------0---2-------|

                                  |1.
 |       |       |       |         |       |       |   Here I am  
                                        (to second bar of the verse)
|------------------------7---6/7-|5-------7---5------b7-----------||
|----------------7---7-----------|----7---------------------------||
|--------7---9-------------------|--------------------------------||
|7--/9---------------------------|--------------------------------||
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
|
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|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|2---2---2---2---2---0-------2---|
|--------------------------------|------------------------2-------|


Go to second bar of the verse

Do one verse and skip to Chorus, play ending (below), then repeat chorus before going to ending.


 Ending
 |3.
 |       |       |       |        |       |       |       |      
|------------7-------------------|--------------------------------|
|--6b7---7-------107-------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------9---7-------|----7---------------------------|
|--------------------------------|7-9---97--7---------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------7---9-------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------107---------------|
|
|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|2---2---2---2---2---------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|