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������������������������� ONE BROWN MOUSE - Jethro
Tull
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Tabbed
by: MrMelody
E-mail:
[email protected]
Tuning:
DADGAD, capo 1st fret
Note:
This it the new version that Ian Anderson recorded for Jethro Tull's
"The
Best Of Acoustic" album in 2007. Compared to the original version from
"Heavy
Horses" (1978), it's half a step lower (probably for vocal reasons).
Although
the song is allegedly played in Open E tuning (song announcement on
"Bursting
Out", 1978) I chose the DADGAD tuning since I think it's easier to
play.
Use
a pick and listen to the song to get the strumming pattern. The single notes
in
the tab merge with the surrounding chords most of the time, just practice to
figure
it out.
I'm
still not sure about the G based chord in the Verse section, if anyone knows
the
correct chord, please leave a comment or email me!
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1. Spoken
introduction
(Excerpt
from "To a mouse" by Robert Burns (1759-1796))
"Wee,
sleekit, cowrin, tim'rous beastie,
O,
what a panic's in thy breastie!
Thou
need na start awa sae hasty
Wi
bickering brattle!"
... but
a mouse is a mouse, for all that.
2. Instrumental
introduction
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3. Verse
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Smile
your little smile take some tea with me awhile.
Brush
away that black cloud from your shoulder.
Twitch
your whiskers. Feel that you're really real.
Another
tea-time another day older.
Puff
warm breath on your tiny hands.
You
wish you were a man
who
every day can turn another page.
Behind
your glass you sit and look
at
my ever-open book:
One
brown mouse sitting in a cage.
4. Interlude
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A5� Asus4 A/C#
B5 Bsus4
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treadmill,
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5. One
step up (this is nasty! tip: leave your index finger barre
over
all strings on the 2nd fret)
B5
Bsus4 B5 E5 B5 A/C# E5 B5 Bsus4 2x
6. Verse
(play
the verse riff 4 times and repeat last line another 2 times)
Smile
your little smile take some tea with me awhile.
Brush
away that black cloud from your shoulder.
Twitch
your whiskers. Feel that you're really real.
Another
tea-time another day older.
Smile
your little smile take some tea with me awhile.
And
every day we'll turn another page.
Behind
our glass we'll sit and look
at
our ever-open book:
One
brown mouse sitting in a cage.
One
brown mouse sitting in a cage.
One
brown mouse sitting in a cage.
7. Outro
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