Jethro Tull is progressive rock band which formed in Blackpool, Lancashire, England in 1967. Their music is marked by the initially soulful and bluesy, and later expressively idiosyncratic, vocal style and unique lead flute work of frontman Ian Anderson; and by unusual and often complex song construction. Their music, though starting with blues rock with an experimental flavour, has incorporated elements of classical and celtic folk music, as well as art rock and alternative rock.

Jethro Tull est un groupe de rock britannique progressif formé dans la seconde partie des années '60. Leur musique est marquée par un style vocal très particulier ( une voix nasillarde mais remarquablement juste ) et le travail unique de flûtiste du leader Ian Anderson, et par des constructions de chansons inhabituelles et souvent complexes (pour du rock). Leur musique incorpore des éléments de musique classique et celtique, ainsi que des phases art rock alternatif du rock.

Jethro Tull (kurz: Tull) ist eine Rockband aus dem Vereinigten Königreich. Ständiges Mitglied und Bandleader ist der Komponist, Multi-Instrumentalist und Sänger Ian Anderson (Gesang, Querflöte, Saxophon, Tin Whistle, Mundharmonika, akustische Gitarre, Mandoline und andere).  Jethro Tull ist die einzige international erfolgreiche Rockband, in deren Musik die Querflöte eine tragende, der E-Gitarre vergleichbare Rolle einnimmt.

Jethro Tull es el nombre de una original banda de rock progresivo escocesa, que comenzó sus andaduras en 1968 y que, desde entonces, ha trabajado de forma ininterrumpida hasta el día de hoy, siendo, tras Rolling Stones (1962) y Le Orme (1966), entre otros, uno de los grupos de rock más antiguos todavía activo.  El nombre de la banda, extraño como suena, tiene un origen no menos particular. Su agente revisó libros de historia y llegó con el nombre de Jethro Tull, un agricultor inglés que había inventado un sistema revolucionario para la siembra. 

G            Dm          C6           G   Gmaj7 C6  G Gmaj7 C6 
Really don't mind if you sit this one out. 
  
   G            Dm             C6         G   Gmaj7 C6  G Gmaj7 C6 
My words but a whisper -- your deafness a SHOUT. 

  G            Dm         C6             G   Gmaj7 C6  G Gmaj7 C6 
I may make you feel but I can't make you think. 

     G              Dm             C6            G   Gmaj7 C6     G Gmaj7 C6 
Your sperm's in the gutter -- your love's in the sink. 

       C6              Dsus2    G Gsus2 G Gsus2 G Gsus4 G 
So you ride yourselves over the fields 

        C6            Dsus2  G Gsus2 G Gsus2 G Gsus4 G 
and you make all your animal deals 

         C6             Dsus2       G Gsus2 G Gsus2 G Gsus4 G 
and your wise men don't know how it feels 

D Dsus2 D Dsus2 D Dsus4 D  Dsus2 D 

      D          G Gmaj7 C6      G Gmaj7 C6      G Gmaj7 C6      G Gmaj7 C6 
to be thick as a brick. 

        G           Dm          C6        G Gmaj7 C6    G Gmaj7 C6 
And the sand-castle virtues are all swept away 

       G        Dm 
in the tidal destruction 

    C6      G Gmaj7 C6    G Gmaj7 C6 
the moral melee. 

     G        Dm              C6       G Gmaj7 C6    G Gmaj7 C6 
The elastic retreat rings the close of play 

       G           Dm 
as the last wave uncovers 

    C6         G Gmaj7 C6    G Gmaj7 C6 
the newfangled way. 

         C6            Dsus2       G Gsus2 G Gsus2 G Gsus4 G 
But your new shoes are worn at the heels 

     C6          Dsus2   G Gsus2 G Gsus2 G Gsus4 G 
and your suntan does rapidly peel 

         C6             Dsus2       G Gsus2 G Gsus2 G Gsus4 G 
and your wise men don't know how it feels 

D Dsus2 D Dsus2 D Dsus4 D  Dsus2 D 

      D          G Gmaj7 C6    G Gmaj7 C6 
to be thick as a brick. 
  
Gm7 Gm9 Dm11  Gm7 Gm9 Fsus2   G 

        G           Dm      F              Am     C 
And the love that I feel        is so far away: 

                       Em         G   B   C 
I'm a bad dream that I just had today -- 

                   D Dsus2 D 
and you shake your head 

    D          G  Gmaj7 C6     G Gmaj7 C6 
and say it's a shame. 

Gm7 Gm9 Dm11 
Gm7 Gm9 Dm11 

Gm7 Gm9 Dm11                 Gm7 Gm9 Dm11 
       Spin me back down the years 

        Gm7 Gm9 Dm11       Gm7 Gm9 Dm11 
and the days         of my youth. 

Gm7 Gm9          Dm11     Gm7   Gm9     Dm11 
        Draw the lace and black curtains 

         Gm7 Gm9 Dm11      Gm7   Gm9    Dm11 
and shut out           the whole truth. 

Gm7 Gm9      Dm11               Gm7 Gm9 Dm11 
    Spin me down the long ages: let them sing the song. 
  
Gm7 Gm9 Dm11 
Gm7 Gm9 Dm11 

Gm7 Gm7 G Gsus2 G 

Dm      G C 
Dm      G C 

Dm      G C 
Dm      G C

Thick As A Brick

C          G           F    A
Mean while back in the year one 
C          G      F     A 
When you belonged to no one 
C          G       F      A 
You didn´t stand a chance son 
C       G          F D  Dsus4 D 
If your pants were undone 
 
                D          G
´Cause you were bred for humanity  
    D  Dsus4   G
And sold to  society  
               D               G
One day you´ll wake up: in the present days  
  Csus4                  Bb
A million generations, removed from expectation of,
D             G              A  Asus4 A
being who you really want to be  

G        D 
Skating away
G        D
Skating away 
G        D 
Skating away  
            G            C   G            C        D  Dsus4 D
On the thin ice of a new day ay ay ay ay  ay ay ay ay
          G                    D                       
So as you push off from the shore,  
                              A   Asus4 A
won t you turn your head once more; 
                              D  Dsus4 D G
and make your peace with everyone? 
                        D                             A  Asus4 A
For those who choose to stay, will live just one more day  
                                  D  Dsus4 D G
To do the things they should have done  

                     G
And as you cross the wilderness, 
  Em               G             D                    Dsus4 D G
a spinning in your emptiness you feel you have to pray 
              G              Em        G
Looking for a sign, that the universal mind,  
    D             G              A   Asus4 A
has written you into the passion play 
 
G        D 
Skating away
G        D
Skating away 
G        D 
Skating away  
            G            C   G            C        D  Dsus4 D
On the thin ice of a new day ay ay ay ay  ay ay ay ay
           G                  D
And as you cross the circle line,
                           A   Asus4 A
well the ice wall creaks behind;
                       D  Dsus4 D G
you re a rabbit on the run 
                     D                         A  Asus4 A
And silver splinters fly in the corner of your eye  
                       D
Shining in the setting sun  

            G           Em
Well do you ever get to feeling,  
         G                Em               D            Dsus4 D 
that the story s too damn real, and in the present tense  
        G           Em
Or that everybody s on the stage, 
       G                     Em    D              G         A    Asus4 A
and it seems like you re the only, person sitting in the audience?  
 
G        D 
Skating away
G        D
Skating away 
G        D 
Skating away  
            G            C   G            C        D  Dsus4 D
On the thin ice of a new day ay ay ay ay  ay ay ay ay

G        D 
Skating away
G        D
Skating away 
G        D 
Skating away

Skating Away

[A]When you're falling aw[G]ake and you ta[A]ke stock of the ne[G]w day[E]
[A]And you hear your voice cro[G]ok as you cho[A]ke on what you need to sa[G]y[E]
[C]Well, don't you fret, don't you fe[G]ar, I will give you good che[E]er. 

Li[A]fe's a long song-[G]. Li[A]fe's a long song-[G]. Li[A]fe's a long song-[G],
If you wa[D]it then your plate I will fi[E]ll.

[A]As the verses unfo[G]ld and your so[A]ul suffers the long d[G]ay,[E]
[A]And the twelve o'clock gl[G]oom spins the ro[A]om, you struggle on your wa[G]y[E] 
[C]Well, don't you sigh, don't you cr[G]y, lick the du[D]st from your e[E]ye. 
Li[A]fe's a long song-[G].  L[A]ife's a long song-[G].     Li[A]fe's a long song-[G] 
We will me[D]et in the sweet light of da[E]wn.
[A]As the Baker Street tra[G]in spills your pa[A]in all over your new dr[G]ess[E].
[A]And the symphony sou[G]nds undergro[A]und put you under dur[G]ess[E].
[C]Well don't you squeal as the hee[G]l grinds you und[D]er the whe[E]els. 
Li[A]fe's a long song-[G].  Li[A]fe's a long song-[G].      Li[A]fe's a long song-[G],
But the tu[D]ne ends too soon for us a[E]ll. 
Instrumental = Verse lines 1 - 4 + 
But the tu[D]ne ends too soon for us a[E]ll         [A]

Life Is A Long Song

The Best Of Acoustic Jethro Tull

Intro   A       A 

Verse 1 

Am          Em    Am                E7             A          E   A     E 
Bright city woman walking down Leicester Square every day 
A             D      E   E    A D    E   E 
Gonna get a piece of my mind 
       A                         D      D   E    A      D   E  E 
You think your not a piece of my kind 
E                         E    A   E  E E 
Everywhere the people looking 
E                     A      E 
Why don't you get up and sing 

E       E       A       A 

Verse 2 (same as Verse 1) 

Bright city woman where did you learn all the things you say 
You listen to the news man on T.V. 
You may fool yourself but you don't fool me 
I'll see you in another place, another time 
You may be someone's but you won't be mine 


Jeffrey Goes To Leicester Square

Nothing is easy 
  
Dm7           C 
Nothing is easy 
        F              C 
Though time gets you worrying 
   Bb             Gm 
my friend, its ok 
        Dm7           C 
Just take your life easy 
     F               C 
and stop all that hurrying 
   Dm7      C 
be happy my way

REPEAT CHORDS BEGINNING VERSE
 
When tension starts mounting 
and youve lost count 
of the pennies youve missed
just try hard and see why theyre not worrying me
theyre last on my list 

  Dm7 
Nothings easy 
Nothing is easy youll find 
that the squeeze wont turn out so bad 
Your fingers may freeze, worse things happen at sea
theres good times to be had 
So if you're alone and youre down to the bone
just give us a play
Youll smile in a while and discover 
that Ill get you happy my way 
nothings easy

Nothing Is Easy

Stand Up

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Aqualung

Intro:
Em      G D Em

Em      G D Em

Em                Em  G D Em
In the shuffling madness
Em                  Em  G D Em
of Locomotive Breath
Em                Em  G D B
Runs the all-time loser
B                B  B D Em
Headlong to his death
Em                Em  G D Em
Oh He feels the pistons scraping
Em                Em  G D 
Steam Breaking on his brow
G                   A
Old Charlie stole the handle
        B                         B      D       Em
And the train it won't stop going no way to slow down

He sees his children jumping off
At stations one by one
His woman and his best friend
In bed and having fun
Oh he's crawling down the corridor
On his hands and knees
Old Charlie stole the handle
And the train it won't stop going no way to slow down

He hears the silence howling
Catches angels as they fall
And the all-time winner
Has got him by the balls
Oh he picks up gideon's Bible
Open at page one
I thank god He stole the handle
And the train it won't stop going no way to slow down...

Locomotive Breath

Intro: Asus2 G Asus2 Gx2

Verse:
Asus2
  As I did walk by hampstead fair 
   C        D  C   D          D      C    D                   Asus2 G Asus2 G
I came upon mother goose so I turned her loose, she was screaming.
Asus2
And a foreign student said to me
C      D   C   D                         D   C  D                    Asus2 G
Was it really true there are elephants and lions too in piccadilly circus? 

Asus2 G Asus2 G Asus2 

Chorus:
D                  Bm              G                 D A
Walked down by the bathing pond to try and catch some sun.
                D              Bm                 G              D  A
Saw at least a hundred schoolgirls sobbing into hankerchiefs as one.
C                                 Asus2 G Asus2 G
I dont believe they knew I was a schoolboy.

Asus2 G Asus2

And a bearded lady said to me
If you start your raving and your misbehaving you'll be sorry.
Then the chicken-fancier came to play 
With his long red beard (and his sisters weird: She drives a lorry)

Laughed down by the putting green I popped `em in their holes.
Four and twenty labourers were labouring digging up their gold.
I dont believe they knew that I was long john silver.

Saw johnny scarecrow make his rounds
In his jet-black mac (which he wont give back) stole it from a snow man.

Mother Goose

G          Em          D       A 
Wond'ring Aloud, how we feel today?
G                  Em         D           A
Last night set the sunset, my hand in her hair.

G              A               D  Bm          A               Bm     D
We are our own saviors, as we start, both our hearts, beating life
          A
Into each other

G          Em             D              A
Wond'ring aloud, will the years treat us well?
G                    Em           D           A
As she floats in the kitchen, I'm tasting the smell

G               A                      D  Bm          A              Bm  D
Of toast as the butter runs, then she comes, spilling crumbs, on the bed
               A
and I shake my head

         Am       G           D          Bm           A
And it's only the giving that makes you,    what you are.

Wond'ring Aloud

D  C              A      G
Oh father high in heaven

D     C              G
smile down upon your son.  Yeah!

D     C            G      Bb    A                    G
Whose busy with his money games Oh! his women and his gun.


Oh Jesus save me
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D       C             A    G
And the unsung Western hero

D         C         G
killed an Indian or three.  Yeah!

D           C               G     Bb   A                      G
And then he made his name in Hollywood    to set the white man free.

Oh Jesus save me
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     D        C                   G          F   C
If Jesus saves -- well, He'd better save Himself

            D             C         G           F       C
from the gory glory seekers who use His name in death.

A    G                                D
     Oooh! Oooh! Oooh! Oooh! Oh Jesus save me!

Solo:   D C A G
        D C G
        D C G Bb A G

D        C                   G           F       C
If Jesus saves -- well, He'd better save Himself

            D             C         G           F       C
from the gory glory seekers who use His name in death.

A    G
     Oooh! Oooh! Oooh! Oooh!

Oh Jesus save me
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D C              A    G
I saw him in the city

D          C                G
and on the mountains of the moon --

D    C              G         Bb   A                           G
His cross was rather bloody --     Oh! He could hardly roll His stone.

Oh Jesus save me
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Hymn 43

Intro F# B A C#m  C#m B A  C#m  C#m B A

    D                                Bm
The leaded window opened to move the dancing candle flame
        Em                    G  D     A         G  A     Bm
And the first Moths of summer suicidal came, oh, suicidal came.
      D                           Bm
And a new breeze chattered in its May-bud tenderness
        Em       Em7  A              G         A      Bm
Sending water-lillies sailing as she turned to get undressed.
        D                          Bm
And the long night awakened and we soared on powdered wings
Em                            G    D        A
Circling our tomorrows in the wary month of Spring.
                D             Bm
Chasing shadows slipping in a magic lantern slide
Em               A           G     A     Bm
Creatures of the candle on a night-light-ride.
D                                         Bm
Dipping and weaving - flutter through the golden needle's eye
       Em                                         G      D    A
in our haystack madness.  Butterfly-stroking on a Spring-tide high,
         G      A    Bm
oh, on a Spring-tide high.


C#m C#m B A   C#m C#m B A

E          C#m          A       B
Life's too long (as the Lemming said)
       C#m    A#             F#    C#   D#m
as the candle burned and the Moths were wed.
          A           B            E    B     C#m
And we'll all burn together as the wick grows higher
           B  F#    C#
before the candle's dead.

D      Bm
Em    G D A   G A Bm

    F                                Dm
The leaded window opened to move the dancing candle flame.
        Gm                    A# F     C         A# C     Dm
And the first moths of summer suicidal came, oh, suicidal game
   F                          Dm
to join in the worship of the light that never dies
     Gm                               A#       F      C
in a moment's reflection of two moths spinning in her eyes.

E C#m  C#m B A  C#m  C#m B A   C#m

Moths

Heavy Horses

C       F       C     G             C Bb 
The old Rocker wore his hair too long, 
Am       Dm                    G 
wore his trouser cuffs too tight. 
C       F C     G   C Bb 
Unfashionable to the end --- 
Am        Dm            G 
drank his ale too light. 

G          C         G       D               G  F 
Death's head belt buckle --- yesterday's dreams --- 
Em             Am                D 
the transport caf' prophet of doom. 
G          C         G       D               G  F 
Ringing no change in his double-sewn seams  in his 
Em          Am       D 
  post-war-babe gloom. 
 Eb  F   Bb   C F           Bb   F  Eb    A               Dm   
Now he's too old to Rock'n'Roll     but he's too young to die. 
  
 Eb  F   Bb   C F           Bb   F  Eb    Bb                F  
yes he was too old to Rock'n'Roll     but he's too young to die. 

REST THE SAME 

He once owned a Harley Davidson and a Triumph Bonneville. 
Counted his friends in burned-out spark plugs 
and prays that he always will. 
But he's the last of the blue blood greaser boys 
all of his mates are doing time: 
married with three kids up by the ring road 
sold their souls straight down the line. 
And some of them own little sports cars 
and meet at the tennis club do's. 
For drinks on a Sunday --- work on Monday. 
They've thrown away their blue suede shoes. 

Now they're too old to Rock'n'Roll and they're too young to die. 

So the old Rocker gets out his bike 
to make a ton before he takes his leave. 
Up on the A1 by Scotch Corner 
just like it used to be. 
And as he flies --- tears in his eyes --- 
his wind-whipped words echo the final take 
and he hits the trunk road doing around 120 
with no room left to brake. 

And he was too old to Rock'n'Roll but he was too young to die. 
No, you're never too old to Rock'n'Roll if you're too young to die.

Too Old To Rock N' Roll Too Young To Die

Too Old To Rock 'N' Roll: Too Young To Die!

A                Am     C      Dsus2
    The minstrel in the gallery
        A     Dsus2           A
looked down upon the smiling faces.
   F       C       F        F   o  G
He met the gazes - observed the spaces 
Dsus2                   A
between the old men's cackle.
      
   A        Am      C         Dsus2       
He brewed a song of love and hatred 

G

 G                  Dsus2     A
oblique suggestions and he waited.

F        C         F   G   C
  He polarized the pumpkin eaters  

F        C       F G   C
  static-humming panel-beaters  

F         C          F  G    C
  freshly day-glow'd factory cheaters 

F       C       F  G   C
  (salaried and collar-scrubbing).

A         Am    C       Dsus2
  He titillated men-of-action  

F     C        F     F        G
belly warming, hands still rubbing 

G      Dsus2               A
on the parts they never mention.

A        Am       C        Dsus2       G
  He pacified the nappy-suffering, 

G      Dsus2        Dsus4    A
infant-bleating one-line   jokers - 

F    C   F  G    C
T.V. documentary makers 

F    C      F  G  C
(overfed and undertakers)

A      Am    C             Dsus2
Sunday paper backgammon players 

F      C           F     C
family-scarred and women-haters.

        F          C         F  G       C
Then he called the band down to the the stage 

       F         C   
and he looked at all

    Dm  A7sus4       Am  C  Cadd9  F
the friends     he'd made.

Minstrel In The Gallery

Intro: A       E

C       G        D            A
Have you seen the Jack-in-the-Green?
 C       G                 A
-With his long tail hanging down.
C         G          D     A
He quietly sits under every tree
C     G                   A
In the folds of his velvet gown.
C        G              D     A
He drinks from the empty acorn cup
C           G              A
The dew that dawn sweetly bestows.
C     G             D        A
And he taps his cane upon the ground-
C         G                        A
Signal the snow drops, it's time to grow.

A      E

C      G         D           A
It's no fun being Jack-in-the-Green:
C          G                  A
No place to dance, no time for song.
C           G              D      A
He wears the colours of the summer soldier;
C          G                     A
Carries the green flag all winter long.


A     E

Bm                      E                        A
Jack, do you ever sleep-does the green still run in your heart?
Bm                            E                      A
or will these changing times, motorways, powerlines, keep us apart?
E             A
Well, I don't think so.
E                         A
I saw some grass growing through the pavement today.



C             G            D     A
The Rowan, the Oak, and the Holly tree
C              G               A
Are the changes left for him to groom.

A      E

C            G                D           A
Each blade of grass whispers, "Jack-in-the-Green."
C               G                          A
"Oh Jack, please help me through my winters night."
C              G                  D     A
And-"We are the berries the on the Holly tree:
C             G                                   A
Oh, the Mistle Thrust is coming, Jack, put out the light."

Jack-in-the-green

INTRO 
Em  D  Em  D 

Em                  D       B7   E     B7 
Walking on velvet green.  Scots pine growing. 
E          A                   D 
Isn't it rare to be taking the air, 

 B7       Em               Asus2 
singing.Walking on velvet green. 

Em  D  Em  D 

Em                  D         B7   E     B7 
Walking on velvet green.  Distant cows lowing. 
E          A                        D 
Never a care: with your legs in the air, 
B7       Em              Asus2 
loving.Walking on velvet green. 

Em  D  Em  D 
G                          F                        G 
Won't you have my company, yes, take it in your hands. 
G                      F                  G 
Go down on velvet green, with a country man. 
Gm                           F                Gm 
Who's a young girls fancy and an old maid's dream. 
            Bb            C                          G       F 
Tell your mother that you walked all night on velvet green. 

Continue chord progression 

One dusky half-hour's ride up to the north. 
There lies your reputation and all that you're worth. 
Where the scent of wild roses turns the milk to cream. 
Tell your mother that you walked all night on velvet green. 
And the long grass blows in the evening cool. 
And August's rare delight may be April's fool. 
But think not of that, my love, 
I'm tight against the seam. 
And I'm growing up to meet you down on velvet green. 
  

Now I may tell you that it's love and not just lust. 
And if we live the lie, let's lie in trust. 
On golden daffodils, to catch the silver stream 
that washes out the wild oat seed on velvet green. 
We'll dream as lovers under the stars --- 
of civilizations raging afar. 
And the ragged dawn breaks on your battle scars. 
As you walk home cold and alone upon velvet green. 
  

Walking on velvet green.  Scots pine growing. 
Isn't it rare to be taking the air, singing. 
Walking on velvet green. 
Walking on velvet green.  Distant cows lowing. 
Never a care: with your legs in the air, loving. 
Walking on velvet green.

Velvet Green

G    C        Am       Em      Em 
I believe in fires at midnight 

          G        G         Am 
when the dogs have all been fed. 

   G      C    Am      Em 
A golden toddy on the mantle 

  C        G     G         Am 
a broken gun beneath the bed. 
  

 F      F       C        Am 
Silken mist outside the window. 

  G        G         G       Am 
Frogs and newts slip in the dark 

 F        F     C         Am 
too much hurry ruins the body. 

G        G         G        D 
I'll sit easy ... fan the spark 

 G       C      Am   Em      Em 
kindled by the dying embers 

     G      G       Am 
of another working day. 

 G     C             Am        Em      Em 
Go upstairs ... take off your makeup 

 G          G      Am 
fold your clothes neatly away. 

 F        F        C         Am 
Me, I'll sit and write this love song 

G    G        G      Am 
as I all too seldom do 

 F       F      C         Am 
build a little fire this midnight. 

      G       G      D      A(sus2) 
It's good to be back home with you.

Fire At Midnight

Songs From The Wood

Intro: 
G B7  Em  G C D  G  D
G  B7  Em   
G C  A D  D
A D A D A G
 
VERSE 1

D                      C        D
 Would you join a slow marching band?
         F#m              G
And take pleasure in your leaving
       D     Bm        A         A
as the ferry sails and tears are dried
    G         Em      G
and cows come home at evening.

VERSE 2

D                            C        D
 Could you get behind a slow marching band?
         F#m             G
And join together in the passing
   D      Bm             A     A
of all we shared through yesterdays
   G       Em   G
in sorrows neverlasting.

BRIDGE

G               D
Take a hand and take a bow.
    C                     G       Bm
You played for me; that's all for now,
        Em    G        D
oh, and never mind the words
     G D  Em       Am      C
just hum along and keep on going.

CHORUS

C    D  Em      
Walk on slowly -
      G    C D    D    D Dsus4 D
don't look behind you.
      C   D   G    Em
Don't say goodbye, love.
  G     C D
I won't remind you.

VERSE 3

D                   C           D
 Dream of me as the nights draw cold
      F#m                  G
still marking time through Winter.
    D        Bm        A           A
You paid the piper and called the tune
        Bm          G     Em    A   
and you marched the band aw  -  ay.

BRIDGE

G               D
Take a hand and take a bow.
    C                     G       Bm
You played for me; that's all for now,
        Em    G        D
oh, and never mind the words
     G D  Em       Am      C
just hum along and keep on going.

CHORUS

C    D  Em     
Walk on slowly -
      G    C D    D    D Dsus4 D
don't look behind you.
      C   D   G    Em
Don't say goodbye, love.
  G     C D    D
I won't remind you.  

REPEAT CHORUS

C    D  Em      
Walk on slowly -
      G    C D    D    D Dsus4 D
don't look behind you.
      C   D   G    Em
Don't say goodbye, love.
  G     C D    D
I won't remind you. 
C D    D
remind you.
C D    D
remind you....

Slow Marching Band

Broadsword And The Beast

LA RE
Jo et duré a casa si fa mal temps
MI FA#m
Jo t’empararé si un cas tens por
SIm MI
Jo te cuidaré si estàs malalta
RE LA
De tot cor, de tot cor
RE REm LA
De tot cor

MI RE DO#m-SIm-LA

FA#m DO#m
Estic a punt d’anar-me’n
RE LA RE
Mes abans de partir et diré
REm LA
Que et duc dins es pensament

FA#m DO#m
No deix de recordar-te
RE LA RE
I alen els teus alens tot calents
REm SIm MI
De lluny i de prop me tens


Jo et duré...

FA#m DO#m
I a dalt de s’escenari
RE LA RE
Quan estic concentrat cantant
REm MI
Jo sempre te tenc present

FA#m DO#m
Perquè m’ets necessari
RE LA
Com s’aire que respir
RE REm SIm MI
Necessit estar amb tu en tot moment


Jo et duré... ( bis )

De tot cor

[intro]
F Am Dm Am A# Dm Gm C

[Verse 1]
             F 
Baby really hurt me
                Am 
crying in the taxi
                Dm
He dont wanna know me
                         Am                     A#     Dm
says you make the big mistake of dancing in my store 
Gm                  C
   Says it was poison
                 F
So I guess I go home 
          Am                     Dm
into the arms of the girl that I love
                Am 
the only love I havent screwed up
A#                  Dm
   She's so hard to please
             Gm      C  
but shes a forest fire
        F               
I do my best to meet her demands
Am
play it romance
         Dm
we slow dance in the living room
    Am                      A#
but all that a stranger would see
        Dm           Gm               C     
is one girl swaying alone stroking her cheek

[Chorus]

      F         Am            Dm 
They say, "you're a little much for me
         Am     A# 
You're a liability
          Dm         Gm    C
You're a little much for me"
               F              Am 
So they pull back make other plans
       Dm 
I understand
     Am     A# 
I'm a liability
        Dm         Gm    
Get you wild, make you leave
       C            Dm            F    A#       
I'm a little much for eh oh-na-na-na everyone

[Verse 2]
            F 
The truth is, I am toy
                Dm
that people enjoy
                Am               A#
till all of the tricks dont work anymore
Dm              Gm       C
And then they are bored of me
             
                    F
I know that its exciting
                     Am
running through the night but
              Dm                Am
every perfect summer's eating me alive
            A#    Dm
unitl youre gone
Gm          C
Better on my own

[Chorus]

      F         Am            Dm 
They say, "you're a little much for me
         Am     A# 
You're a liability
          Dm         Gm    C
You're a little much for me"
               F              Am 
So they pull back make other plans
       Dm 
I understand
     Am     A# 
I'm a liability
        Dm         Gm    
Get you wild, make you leave
       C            Dm            F    A#       
I'm a little much for eh oh-na-na-na everyone

[Outro]
             Dm           F           A#
They're gonna watch me disappear into the sun
                 Dm        F           A#
You're all gonna watch me disappear into the sun

Liability

A                                     E 
Roll into your town and I'm walking around
                                                Fm                        
Got some extra time think I'll throw some money down
                                                     D
And you follow me around, and you're asking for the time

Your asking what I found 
                         A
think I'm gonna rob you blind

maybe it's the tattoo on my arm
        E
that I drew while I was bored waiting tables in new york
Fm                                            D
 a  heart and two flowers intertwined with a vine

Up Here

INTRO:

A |---------------------|
E |--7--7--7----------- -|
C |---------------------|
G |---------------------|

VERSE 1:   

C#m          E       B      A                     C#m   E    B   A 
I’m going away to be alone I’m coming back with answers
C#m           E            B    A            C#m   E   B   A
Don’t try to call my telephone it’s disconnected
C#m           E          B       A               C#m   E   B   A
And I don’t know where I’m going but can you guide me
C#m              E        B        A              C#m   E   B   A
But if I find love where I’m going will it survive me


PRE-CHORUS 1:

C#m            B   A                         C#m         A   B
‘Cause in your own space you’re disconnected and in your own mind you’re not affected
C#m         B   A                           C#m         A   B
And in your own time you’re still attracted but in your own life


CHORUS:

A                                 C#m            B
This heart attack I’ve gotta get away not coming back
A                                 C#m                     B
I want some downtime so call me when you can and I’ll be fine


VERSE 2: [same chords as VERSE1]
I’ve found the time to be alone I don’t know what you’re asking
I’m waiting by the telephone and you’re still barking
My heart stops it isn’t… going could you revive me
I think I’m lost without knowing so come and find me


PRE-CHORUS 2:  [same chords as PRE-CHORUS1]
‘Cause in the same space we’re disconnected and in your own mind you’re not attracted
But in your own life over reacted and in your own time


{CHORUS x2}


Sometimes if we don’t go sometimes you don’t know
You don’t go I don’t go I don’t go you don’t go

C#5  B5  A5                      C#5  A5  B5
            I’ve got your back              but you don’t got mine
C#5  E5  A5                    C#5  A5  B5
            This heart attack              then I’m feeling fine


CHORUS x2

C#m          E       B    A 
I’m going away to be alone
C#m          E       B    A 
I'm going away to be alone ...............

This Heart Attack

F Am Dm C

    F              Am            Bb          C
The skirts go up, before the wall  among the madding crowds, 
    
     F                      Am                    Dm     C
They ruin, Like the rest of ruin, the rest of us ruin
          F                      Am           Bb           C
You are a living doll riding the circle tracks  behind the walls of clocks, 
        F                      Am                   Dm     C
In your ruin, Like the rest of ruin, the rest of us ruin     

 Bb                        F         C
Traffic will slow for the crash years
 Bb                             F         C      Dm     C
There's no other show like it 'round here, as a ru-u-ule
 Bb                        F            C
Windows will roll for the crash years 
        Bb                       F         C      Dm    C
There's no other show like it 'round here, as a ru-u-ule

F Ab F Ab
# (Whistlng part)

F Am Dm C

        F                     Am               Bb            C     
Now the candle's end, you are a light turned low  and like the rest of us,
                 F            Am               Dm     C
You've got those old, eternity blues, eternity blues
      F                              Am         Bb                C
Your fingers raised, you're looking for the word, what you want is accident
            F                 Am                 Dm    C
And not the drag, spectacular view, what you can lose

 Bb                         F         C
Traffic will slow for the crash years
 Bb                            F         C      Dm     C
There's no other show like it 'round here, as a ruuuule
 Bb                         F         C
Windows will close in the crash years 

Bb                          F        C      Dm     C
    Honey child, you're not safe here, as a ru-u-ule

F Ab F Ab
# (whistling part)

Bb 

F Am Dm C

 Bb                        F         C
Traffic will slow for the crash years
 Bb                             F         C      Dm     C
There's no other show like it 'round here, as a ru-u-ule
 Bb                        F            C
Windows will roll for the crash years 
        Bb                       F         C      Dm    C
There's no other show like it 'round here, as a ru-u-ule

F Ab F Ab
# (Whistling part)

        F                   Am            Dm                  C
And the ruins the wild, the ruins the wild, tonight will be an open mic.

# (Repeat six times and end on an F)

Crash Years

Intro:

Bb - F - A

F                 C
I've been feeling lonesome
F                            C
I'm down, don't know what to do
D
I let you lie to me
F
plant seeds inside
            E
to see them grow
                      F
only to leave them to die

  C
I learned my lesson
       E
I won't be forgetting
       F
I won't give my heart out
    A
with-out suspecting

Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
    A
for you

F                  C
I've been lost and finding
F                           C
out that I've been such a fool
D           
you thought you'd stick around
F
until the day you found
    E                    F
someone to make me obsolete

  C
I learned my lesson
       E
I won't be forgetting
       F
I won't give my heart out
    A
with-out suspecting

Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
Dm F
why cry
    Bb
for you... 


Guitar Solo:

Bb - F - A (2x)

  C     
I learned my lesson
       E
I won't be forgetting
       F
I won't give my heart out
    A
with-out suspecting

Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
    A
for you

Why Cry

[Verse 1]
 G                              D
You like New York City in the daytime
 Bm                   A
I like New York City in the nighttime
 G                          D
You say you like sleeping with the air off
Bm                  A
I don't, I need it on
G                  D
You like the light coming through the windows
 Bm                      A
I sleep late, so I just keep 'em all closed
G                  D
You ignore the music on the radio
Bm                 A
I don't, I sing-a-long


[Pre-Chorus]
G               D        Bm             A
I don't ask for you to change, baby no no no
    G              D          Bm    A
And you don't ask for me to change


[Chorus]
N.C.                     D
Tell me how we're not alike
       Bm               A
But we work so well and we don't even know why
G              D
Funny how the stars crossed right
       Bm                   A
'Cause we work so well and we don't even know why
 G              D
You can call it fire and ice
    Bm                  A
But we work so well and we don't even know why
G              D
We don't even know why, no no
Bm                          A
We don't even know why, no no no


[Post-Chorus]
N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime
Bm                 A
We like it in the end of time
N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime
Bm                 A
We like it in the end of time


[Verse 2]
G                        D
Cold outside and you're just in a T-shirt
Bm                   A
I have cold blood even in a sweater
G                         D
You start your night sippin' by the Kilo
Bm                   A
I don't, I know you know


[Pre-Chorus]
G               D        Bm             A
I don't ask for you to change, baby no no no
    G              D          Bm    A
And you don't ask for me to change



[Chorus]
N.C.                     D
Tell me how we're not alike
       Bm               A
But we work so well and we don't even know why
G              D
Funny how the stars crossed right
       Bm                   A
'Cause we work so well and we don't even know why
 G              D
You can call it fire and ice
    Bm                  A
But we work so well and we don't even know why
G              D
We don't even know why, no no
Bm                          A
We don't even know why, no no no


[Post-Chorus]
N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime (we don't even know)
Bm                 A
We like it in the end of time (we don't even know)
N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime
Bm                   A
(We don't even know, know, know, know, know)




[Bridge]
G                          D
Somehow we end up on the same side
Bm                          A
And you wouldn't think that we'd be alright
G                      D            Bm             A
Even our eyes are different colors, but we see fine
G                         D
Somehow we end up on the same side (up on the same side)
Bm                            A
And you wouldn't think that we'd be alright

(Think that we'd be alright)

G                      D            Bm             A
Even our eyes are different colors, but we see fine


[Chorus]

 N.C.                     D
(Oh)Tell me how we're not alike
       Bm               A
But we work so well and we don't even know why

('Cause we work so well and we don't even know why, why)
G              D
Funny how the stars crossed right
       Bm                  A
'Cause we work so well and we don't even know why

(But we don't even know why)
G                D
You can call it fire and ice
    Bm                  A
But we work so well and we don't even know why

('Cause we work so well and we don't even know why, why)

G              D
We don't even know why, no no
Bm                          A
We don't even know why, no no no


[Post-Chorus]

N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime (we don't even know)
Bm                 A
We like it in the end of time (we don't even know)
N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime
Bm             A
We like it in the nighttime

Intro  D     Bm7   G     A     x2


Verse 1
    D                              Bm7
We never spoke a word, but every thought she had 
                         G     A Asus A
I heard from across the room 
             D                               Bm7
If we were standin' face to face I couldn't find the words 
               G               A Asus A
To say give me one more move 
        G              A             G                   A
I don't even know her name, I guess foolish pride's to blame


Chorus 
          D                        D7
Now, I'm fallin' in love as she's walkin' away
        Bm7                 F#              G                    A
And my heart won't tell my mind to tell my mouth what it should say
 D                                  D7
May have lost this battle, live to fight another day
        Bm7 A   G                              Gm
Now I'm fallin' in love as she's walkin' away


Interlude   D     Bm7   G     A     x2


Verse 2
          D                           Bm7
Wise man next to me did say 'bout the one that got away
        G                    A
Son, I missed my chance 
           D                            Bm7
Don't you let regret take place of the dreams you have to chase
     G               A
Ask her to dance, go on, son
           G                 A              G                  A
You might fall down on your face, roll the dice and have some faith


Chorus
          D                        D7
Don't be fallin' in love as she's walkin' away
           Bm7                   F#                G                    A
When your heart won't tell your mind to tell your mouth what it should say
 D                                  D7
May have lost this battle, live to fight another day
         Bm7 A   G                               Gm
Don't be fallin' in love as she's walkin' away 


Solo   D    Bm7  Bm  F#  G   A  D    D7    Bm  F# |A   D 


           G                 A              G                  A
You might fall down on your face, roll the dice and have some faith
 
          D                        D7
Don't be fallin' in love as she's walkin' away
           Bm7                   F#                G                    A
When your heart won't tell your mind to tell your mouth what it should say
 D                                  D7
May have lost this battle, live to fight another day
         Bm7 A    Bm7 A       Bm7 A       G                      G   
Don't be fallin', fallin' in, fallin' in love as she's walkin' away


Outro  (G)   Gm  Bm7  E G  Gm  D

As She's Walking Away

Intro:  D A E A D
        D A E A D  E

      A
I was goin? where I shouldn?t go
D
Seein? who I shouldn?t see
E
Doin? what I shouldn?t do
    A
And bein? who I shouldn?t be


A little voice told me it?s all wrong
        D
Another voice told me it?s alright
  E
I used to think I was strong
    A
But lately I just lost the fight

Chorus:
D         A       E          A
Funny how fallin? feels like flyin?
D          
 For a little while
D         A       E          A
Funny how fallin? feels like flyin?
D                    E
 For a little while

      A
I got tired of bein? good
        D
Started missing that old feeling free
     E
Stop actin? like I thought I should
    A
And went on back to bein? me

  
I never meant to hurt no one
  D
I just had to have my way
           E
If there's such a thing as too much fun
A
This must be the price you pay

Chorus:
D         A       E          A
Funny how fallin? feels like flyin?
D          
 For a little while
D         A       E          A
Funny how fallin? feels like flyin?
D
 For a little while
E                 A                D
 You never see it comin? till it?s gone
E                     A           D
 It all happens for a reason even when it?s wrong
  E
Especially when it?s wrong


Solo: A D E A x2


Chorus:
D         A       E          A
Funny how fallin? feels like flyin?
D          
 For a little while
D         A       E          A
Funny how fallin? feels like flyin?
D                    E
 For a little while

      A
I was goin? where I shouldn?t go
D
Seein? who I shouldn?t see
E
Doin? what I shouldn?t do
    A
And bein? who I shouldn?t be

Fallin' And Flyin'

(Chorus)
G
You xxxx X xxx'x smile xxxx xxx
Em
X can't xxxxx xxxxxxx xxx
Am7
I xxx'x xxxxx xxx X xxx'x sing
D7
I'm xxxxxxx xx xxxx xx xx xxxxxxxx
(1st Verse)
G
You xxx X xxxx xxx xxxx xxx'xx sad
Em
X feel xxxx xxxx xxx'xx glad
Am7
If xxx xxxx xxxx xxxx X'x xxxxx through
D7                              G Em G Em
X just xxx'x xxxxx without xxx
(2nd verse)
G
You xxxx along xxxx xxxx x song
Em
Xxx brightened xx xxx
Am7
Whod've xxxxxxxx xxxx xxx xxxx xxxx xx x dream
                  D7
Xxx xx xxx xxxxx light xxxxx xxxx
(Chorus)
         G 
Xxx now xxx xxx X xxx'x smile xxxx xxx
Em
X can't xxxxx xxxxxxx xxx
Am7
I xxx'x xxxxx xxx X xxx'x sing
D7                          Eb
I'm xxxxxxx xx xxxx xx xx anything
(3rd Verse)
Ab
You xxx X xxxx xxx xxxx xxx'xx sad
   Fm
X feel xxxx xxxx xxx'xx glad
Bbm
If xxx xxxx xxxx xxxx X'x xxxxx through
Ebm
X just xxx'x xxxxx
Ebm                                 Ab               C#
Now xxxx xxxxxx xxx happiness xxxxx so xxxx xxxx xx find
C#m                                         Eb     E
Well, X'x xxxxxxx xx xxxx xxxxxxx xxxx xxxx behind me
A
And xxx xxx X xxx'x smile xxxxxxx xxx
F#m
X can't xxxxx xxxxxxx xxx
Bm
X xxx'x laugh xxx X xxx'x sing
E
X'x finding xx xxxx xx xx xxxxxxxx
Bb
You xxx X xxxx xxxx xxxx xxx'xx glad
Gm
X feel xxx xxxx xxx'xx sad
Cm
If xxx xxxx knew xxxx X'x xxxxx through
F
X just xxx'x smile xxxxxxx xxx

Life Is A Long Song	No rating	intermediate	Chords	Full
Thick As A Brick	No rating	beginner	Chords	Short
Skating Away	No rating	intermediate	Chords	Full

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