Transcribed by:
[email protected]
(Bob Brockman)
Corrections
welcome (please email) - Thanks.
Notes:
1. On the Aqualung album,
a lot of the guitar is covered over
by
the strong piano parts. I gleaned most of the guitar
background
from a bootleg recording on which this cut
consists
pretty much of Ian Anderson and acoustic guitar.
Might
be a little different from what's played on the
album.
2. My naming of a couple
of the more bizarre chords might be
off;
if my ignorance is showing, someone let me know
(gently)
where I'm all wet.
3. The lyrics below are
different in 2-3 places from the ones
printed
in the album liner notes; this happens in spots
where
I'm pretty sure the liner notes are off.
Intro:
e|----------------|--------------------||
B|----------------|--------------------||
G|----------------|--------------------||
D|---7-----------7|----7---7---7--5-h7-||
A|-0--------------|--0---0---0---------||
E|----------------|--------------------||
let ring | repeat
several times,
at increasing tempo
Am
B7/A
e|----------------|----------------|
B|-5--------------|-4--------------|
G|-5--------------|-4--------------|
D|-7--------------|-7--------------|
A|-0--------------|-0--------------|
E|----------------|----------------|
Repeat to this point 2x
finger pick in let ring
this position
for a while...
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------2--------2-s4--------|
D|------------------------0-2-3--------3---s5----5---|
A|-0---0------------0-2-3----------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|
let ring
Verse 1:
Part 1: This part can either be strummed (muting both E and e)
or finger-picked.
The Aqualung album version seems to
be mostly strumming,
but it's almost overpowered by the
piano part once that
starts. On the bootleg, Anderson
finger-picks it, and
it sounds really nice. If you do
finger-pick it, throwing
in a little of the high 'e'
string sounds good --
play with it and see.
Am B7addE/A DmaddE/A
E7/A Am
e|--0-------------------------4-----0-----| Repeated
twice as intro,
B|-10--0------------6---------5----10-----| before
piano line begins.
G|--9--8------------7---------4-----9-----| Then repeated
throughout
D|-10--7------------7---------0----10-----| first part
of each verse.
A|--0--0--------0---0---------0-----0-----| See below
for timing.
E|----------------------------------------|
Here's how it lines up
with the lyrics:
Am B7
Dm E7 Am Am B7
People, what have you
done
Dm E7 Am
Am B7 Dm E7 Am
Locked Him in His golden
cage
Am B7 Dm E7 Am
Am B7
Made Him bend to your
religion
Dm E7 Am
Am B7 Dm E7 Am B7 Dm E7
Him resurrected from
the grave
Part 2: Chords, all strummed:
D G
He is the God of nothing,
C G
Am B7 Dm E7 Am Am B7 Dm E7
If that's all that you
can see
D G
You are the God of everything,
C G D
CaddD D ( CaddD =
XX0030 )
He's inside you and
me.
Verse 2:
Am
B7 Dm E7 Am
Am B7
So lean upon Him gently
Dm E7 Am
And don't call on him
to save
Riff #1
e|--------------------------| This
riff replaces the Am - B7addE/A etc.
B|--------------------------| chord
progression for the remainder of
G|--------------------------| the
verse. There are a couple of minor
D|--------------------------| variations
here and there, very simple.
A|--7--6------5-3-----------|
E|---------------5-0-3-5----|
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
<-- rough idea of timing: 6/8, ^ = 1/8
(keep playing Riff #1
here ...)
D C
you from your social
graces, and the sins you used to waive.
D
G
The bloody Church of
England,
C
G
(Riff #1 again)
in chains of history,
D
G
requests your earthly
presence
C G D C D
at the vicarage for
tea.
Solo section: (sorry for the lack of detail here, but I'm pretty
lame at
picking out solos note
for note)
Lead-in to flute solo:
Chord progression is: Am E D C G (2x)
Solo riff here is blues
scale rooted at fret 5 through Am-E-D,
then up to fret 8 at
the change to C, etc.
Flute solo:
Background chord progression is: A E D/F# G
Gregorian chant section:
(No instrumental part here.)
Next, repeat same chord pattern used during flute solo: A
E D/F# G
Then return to: Am B7 Dm E to lead in to verse 3
Verse 3
(Same as Verse 2; start quietly, then switch to Riff #1 on "crucifix"):
And the graven image you-know-who,
with His plastic crucifix,
Confuses me as to who and where and why,
and to how He gets His kicks.
Confessing to the endless sin,
the endless whining sounds.
You'll be praying 'til next Thursday,
to all the Gods that you can count.
Repeat lead-in section to flute solo (same chord pattern, different solo)
End with:
Am B7 Dm E7 Am B7 Dm E7
Am B7 Dm E7 Am B7
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Univ. of Dayton
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