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
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Verse
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| | I could
be sitting on the left of you
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D
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| Oooh! You'd be look-
ing straight ahead
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| | If I
was a-drift right a-cross from you
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D B
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| you
still would cut me dead
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D
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| I've had better deep discussions
with this
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A B
plate
of soft shell crab.
Second
time go to Chorus
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| | I'd put some
spice in your rice
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D
B
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| | You'd give me
blues in the stew
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| I'd give
you cat- fish jumping
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D B
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this work to do
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D
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| | Who's got the
cheque on this hot
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E
D
A B
dinner,
who's got the tabs on the crab?
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Chorus
B
D
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| |Another night in the wilderness
should have been a
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E
E7
A
B
D
night on the town
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learning how to hold a
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G
D
A
B
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conversation
down I'm in splendid i-sol- at-ion
feel that
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G#7
A
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A
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heavy
silence fall
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this|cut out|for me to
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D
do
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Anoth- er ni--ght in the wilderness of
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B
you
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| | Here I am
(to second bar of the verse)
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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
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