Jethro Tull: Aqualung
From the album <Aqualung>
Copyright 1971
Music by Ian Anderson
Lyrics by Jennie Anderson
Comments to PT <guascarancas at hotmail dot com>
Note: You'll need a CAPO on 3rd fret to play the accoustic parts
of the
song. The CAPO is not used by Martin Barre, BUT if you want to
play this
song alone (I guess some of you will!), you can easyly figure out
that
this is possible, even in the solo (remember to play the first
few notes
on the B string, then).
I tryed to contact the previous persons who made efforts and contributions
to this song, but got an error from their mail servers... Let me
know what
you thing you guys!!!
Intro:
Some of these notes are power chords, but I'll leave this up to you :)
e||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
B||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
G|4-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
D|4-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
A||-5-----3-4~--3---|-4-----4-4-----/-|-6-6-6---6-------|-8-----8-8---6-8--|
E||---3-6-----------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
e||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|4-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|4-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A||-6-8-9-----------|---6-6-6-6---9---|-9-7-----5-------|
E||---------9-------|-----------9-----|-----7-----------|
Verse on Accoustic:
(Remember, CAPO on 3rd fret!)
Em
D
A
Sun streaking cold an old man wandering lonely
Am
Em D
taking time the only way he knows
Em
D
A
Legs hurting bad as he bends to pick a dog-end
Am
Em
D
He goes down to the bog and warms his feet
Em D
A
Feeling alone the army's up the road
Am
Em
D
salvation à la mode and a cup of tea
Em D
A
Aqualung my friend, don't you start away uneasy
Am
Em
D
You poor old sod you see it's only me
(Faster and heavier, with some palm muting)
Em
D D
Em
Do you still remember, december's foggy freeze
Em D
when the ice that clings on to your beard
D
Em
was screaming agony
Em
D
A
And you snatch your rattling last breaths with deep-sea-diver sounds,
Am
Em
D
and the flowers bloom like madness in the spring
Solo:
e||---------1---h---3---/---5---------|------------------------------------|
B||-3---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
G|4-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
D|4-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
A||-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E||-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
e||----------h-p----------------------|------------------------------------|
B||-6-------5-6-5---------------------|------------------------------------|
G|4---------------5-------------------|------------------------------------|
D|4-----------------5-----------------|------------------------------------|
A||-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E||-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
e||-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B||-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
G|4-----------h-----------------------|------------------------------------|
D|4---h-----3---5-/-7-----------------|------------------------------------|
A||-3---5-----------------------------|------------------------------------|
E||-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
e||-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B||-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
G|4-------------------------5.--------|-3----------------------------------|
D|4---------------------5-------------|------------------------------------|
A||-3-------3---5-/-7-----------------|------------------------------------|
E||-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
e||-3---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B||---------4-------------------------|------------------------------------|
G|4-----------------5-----------------|------------------------------------|
D|4-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
A||-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E||-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
e||-3---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B||---------3-------------------------|------------------------------------|
G|4-----------------3-----------------|------------------------------------|
D|4-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
A||-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E||-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
e||-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B||-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
G|4---------------------5---5---5-----|-5---------------5-------5---5------|
D|4---h-----3---5-/-7-----------------|---------7-----------7--------------|
A||-3---5-----------------------------|------------------------------------|
E||-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
e||---------------------------------b-|------r-----------------------------|
B||--p----------------------6---(8)---|-(10)----8--------------------------|
G|4-7-5-----5-------5---7-------------|-----------------5-------7----------|
D|4-----7-------7---------------------|------------------------------------|
A||-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E||-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
e||-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B||-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
G|4-----------------3-------5---------|------------------------------------|
D|4-5---------------------------------|---------3---------------3----------|
A||-----------------------------------|-----------------5------------------|
E||-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
e||-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B||------------------p----------------|---------------------------b--------|
G|4-----------------5-3-----3---------|---------------------3---5----------|
D|4---------3---5-------5-------------|-5----------------------------------|
A||-----5-----------------------------|------------------------------------|
E||-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
e||-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B||-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
G|4(7)---------------slowly release---|-(5)-----3--------------------------|
D|4-----------------------------------|-----------------5------------------|
A||-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E||-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
e||-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B||-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
G|4-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
D|4---------3-------------------------|-------------3---3-------3----------|
A||-------------5-\-3---1---1---------|-1---3-/-5-----------5-------5------|
E||-----------------------------3-----|------------------------------------|
e||-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B||-----------------------------------|--------------------------p---------|
G|4-3---3-3-3-------3-------5---/-----|-7-------------------5---5-3--------|
D|4-------------5-------5-------------|-----------------------------5------|
A||-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E||-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
e||-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B||-----------------------------------|---p--------------------------------|
G|4-3-----------------h-----3---------|-5---3---------------------h--------|
D|4-----------------3---5-------------|---------3---------------3---5------|
A||---------5-------------------------|-----------------5------------------|
E||-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
e||-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B||-------------------------6---------|-----------------8------------------|
G|4-3---5-/-7-------------------------|-5-----------------------7----------|
D|4-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
A||-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E||-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
e||-----------------------------------|----------------------h--p----------|
B||-----------------------------------|---h-----6-------6---6-8-6----------|
G|4---------------------5---5---5-----|-5---7-------7---------------5------|
D|4---h-----3---5-/-7-----------------|------------------------------------|
A||-3---5-----------------------------|------------------------------------|
E||-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
e||-----------------------------------|--p---------------------------------|
B||------------------p----------------|-8-6-----------------------h--------|
G|4-7-------5-------7-5-----5---------|-----5---7-------5-------5---7------|
D|4---------------------7-------7-----|---------------------7--------------|
A||-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E||-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
e||-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B||---------------------------b---r---|--------------------------------r---|
G|4-----------------3-------5--(7)----|-5-----------------------3----7-(5)-|
D|4-5---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
A||-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E||-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
e||-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B||-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
G|4-5---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
D|4---------3---3---5-------3---------|-----------------------------5------|
A||-----------------------------------|-5-----------------------5----------|
E||-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
e||-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B||-----------------------------------|-----------------------------6------|
G|4-3---------------------------------|-5---5-/-7--------------------------|
D|4---------5-------------------------|------------------------------------|
A||-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E||-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
e||-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B||-8---------------------------------|-6-------8-------------------6------|
G|4-----------------7-----------------|------------------------------------|
D|4-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
A||-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E||-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
e||-10--------------------------------|---------8-----h--------------------|
B||-----------------8-----------------|-------------6---8------------------|
G|4-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
D|4-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
A||-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E||-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
p p
e||---------8-6-----8-6-----6---------|------------------------------------|
B||-----8-------8-------8-------------|-8-------6--------------------------|
G|4-----------------------------------|-------------7-\-5---3---3----------|
D|4-----------------------------------|-----------------------------5------|
A||-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E||-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
e||-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B||--p-------p------------------------|---h--------------------------------|
G|4-5-3-----5-3-----3---------h-------|-3---5------------------------------|
D|4-----5-------5-----------3---5-----|------------------------------------|
A||---------------------5-------------|---------5--------------------------|
E||-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
e||-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B||-----------------------------------|---h-------------6-------8---/------|
G|4---------------------5---5---5-----|-5---7------------------------------|
D|4---h-----3---5-/-7-----------------|------------------------------------|
A||-3---5-----------------------------|------------------------------------|
E||-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
e||-----------h----13-----h-13-----h--|-13---------------------------------|
B||-10----1313-15-----1313-15--1313-15|-----15-----------------------------|
G|4-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
D|4-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
A||-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E||-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
Lyrics:
Sitting on a park bench --
eyeing ittle girls with bad intent.
Snot running down his nose --
greasy fingers smearing shabby clothes.
Drying in the cold sun --
Watching as the frilly panties run.
Feeling like a dead duck --
spitting out pieces of his broken luck.
Sun streaking cold
an old man wandering lonely.
Taking time the only way he knows.
Leg hurting bad,
as he bends to pick a dog-end
he goes down to the bog and warms his feet.
Feeling alone
the army's up the rode
salvation à la mode and a cup of tea.
Aqualung my friend
don't start away uneasy
you poor old sod, you see, it's only me.
Do you still remember
December's foggy freeze
when the ice that clings on to your beard was screaming agony.
And you snatch your rattling last breaths
with deep-sea-diver sounds,
and the flowers bloom likemadness in the spring.
Tablature Explanation:
NT = Nashville Tuning is when the low E, A, D &
G strings are replaced with
lighter gauge strings and
tuned one octave higher than normal.
| = bar separating measures
~ = vibrato
x = percussive note with no pitch; muted note
. = staccato; mute the note immediately after
striking it
h = hammer
p = pull
s = slide (used when \ or / don't fit)
^ = bend string up to indicated pitch/fret shown
in parenthesis ()
r = release bend (string/fret may be indicated)
t = fret board tap (not many of these with Rush)
/ = slide up
\ = slide down
x/ = pick slide up
x\ = pick slide down
<5> = natural harmonic (lightly touch the string at fret
indicated)
[5] = artificial harmonic (use thumb to follow through the
pick attack)
(5) = note sustained from previous measure
o =\ repeat sign
o =/
DC = "Da capo" - means "from the head", when you see
these initials
you go back to the beginning
of the piece of music.
DS = "Dal segno" - means "from the sign", go back in
the tabulature
only as far as the (%)
sign.
Coda = A passage at the end of a movement or composition that brings
it to a formal close.
Al
Coda = means "to the tail", tells you that you must go to the end
section
which starts with the Coda sign (+).
RF = repeat and fade
rit = "ritardando" - Gradually slowing in tempo; retarding.
Other pertinent information:
Tuning: Standard [EADGBe].
Key signature:
Effects:
Chord Chart Below for major chords
Tablature Format:
This Tablature is based on the format indicated below.
1 2 3 4
1 2 3 4 <--Quarter
note beat locations
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
<--Eighth note beat locations
<--Effects/Misc Line
D
C G/B
<--Chord Line
e e e q q e e e e q
e e e <--Note Duration Line (table below)
|-----2-----------|-----------------| <--High E string
|-------3---------|-----------------| <--B string
|---2-------2---0-|-----0-------0---| <--G string
|-0---------------|---2-------0---0-| <--D string
|-----------------|-3-----2---------| <--A string
|-----------------|-----------------| <--E string
Effects/Misc Line: Provides effects information, number of repeats, etc.
Chord Line: Provides the chord name for the chords used in
the
tab below.
Note Duration Line: Provides the "value" of each note, e.g.,
whole,
half, quarter, etc.
Note Duration Designator Table:
w = Whole note
h = Half note
q = Quarter note
H = Dotted half note
Q = Dotted Quarter note
s = Sixteenth note
e = Eighth note
S = Dotted sixteenth note
E = Dotted eighth note
+ = Duration exceeds 2 measures
t = Thirty-second note
T = Dotted thirty-second note
Notes with two designations immediately adjacent to each
other
have durations added (e.g., he = half note + eigth note,
etc.)
String lines: Represent the strings of a guitar. The
tab is laid
out as if you placed a right handed guitar on your
lap, string side up. A vertical line character "|"
represents a bar between measures. A dash "-" represents
each string. The numbers indicate which fret should
be fingered to sound the note. The first space after
every bar is a blank space that is almost never used.
Quarter notes are separated by 3 dashes, eighth notes
are separated by 1 dash. In an effort to make the
ASCII tab look as much like tab in a music book, the
notes are spaced out as accurately as possible. In the
event the notes will not fit into the format shown above,
the tab will be expanded (usually only required for
solos).