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The Best Of Acoustic Jethro Tull

Aqualung

Heavy Horses

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

Minstrel In The Gallery

Songs From The Wood

Broadsword And The Beast

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.

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

 
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          Gm
Nothings easy      2x

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 

  Dm7          Gm
Nothings easy      2x

Nothing Is Easy

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

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

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

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

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

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# This is the acoustic middle part of the song Aqualung from the album of the same name. Music by Ian Scott Anderson, Lyrics by Jennie Anderson

Gm            F                          C
Sun streaking cold, an old man wondering lonely
Cm              Gm          F  Fsus2 F
Taking time the only way he knows

Gm          F                          C
Leg hurting bad, as he bends to pick a dog end
Cm                  Gm                F  Fsus2 F
He goes down to the bog and warms his feet

Gm       F                       C
Feeling alone, the armies up the road
Cm              Gm               F  Fsus2 F
Salvation al-a-mode and a cup of tea

Gm          F                              C
Aqualung my friend, don't you start away uneasy
Cm                   Gm            F  Fsus2 F
You poor old sod you see it's only me

Gm             F                       Gm   
Do you still remember, Decembers foggy freeze?
Gm                          F                               Gm 
When the ice that clings on to your beard, was screaming agony
        Gm                   F                                 C
And you snatch your rattling last breathes with deep-sea-diver-sounds
        Cm                   Gm             F   Fsus2 F
And the flowers bloomed like madness in the spring

Gm            F                          C
Sun streaking cold, an old man wondering lonely
Cm              Gm          F  Fsus2 F
Taking time the only way he knows

Gm          F                          C
Leg hurting bad, as he bends to pick a dog end
Cm                  Gm                F  Fsus2 F
He goes down to the bog and warms his feet

Gm       F                       C
Feeling alone, the armies up the road
Cm              Gm               F  Fsus2 F
Salvation al-a-mode and a cup of tea

Gm          F                              C
Aqualung my friend, don't you start away uneasy
Cm                   Gm            F  Fsus2 F
You poor old sod you see it's only me

Verse 1

D
Don't want to be a fat man
People would think that I was just good fun
Would rather be a thin man
I am so glad to go on being one


Chorus

F                    G          D
Too much to carry around with you
F                      G       D
No chance of finding a woman who
      F                      G                         D
Will love you in the morning and all the night time too


Verse 2  (same as Verse 1)

Don't want to be a fat man
Have not the patience to ignore all that
Hate to admit to myself
Half of my problems came from being fat

Chorus

Won't waste my time feeling sorry for him
I see the other side through being thin
Roll us both down a mountain and sure the fat man would win

Fatman

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

CAPO 3rd FRET Optional  
Bm  
Em        C             D            G  
Iron-clad feather-feet pounding the dust  
      C       D           Dsus4  G  
An October's day, towards evening  
Em              C             D            G  
Sweat embossed veins standing proud to the plough  
  C       D           Dsus4  G  
Salt on a deep chest seasoning  
Em        C             D            G  
Last of the line at an honest day's toil  
C       D           Dsus4  G  
Turning the deep sod  under  
Em        C             D            G  
Flint at the fetlock, chasing the bone  
C       D            Dsus4  G  
Flies at the nostrils plunder.  
      C           D              G           C  
The Suffolk, the Clydesdale, the Percheron vie  
           Am             D      Dsus4  Em  
  with the Shire on his feathers floating  
 C           D     G           C  
Hauling soft timber into the dusk  
    C       D            Dsus4  G  
  to bed on a warm straw coating.  
F#7  Bm    G Bm        G            A  
Heavy Horses, move the land under me  
F#7  Bm                   G Bm              G           A  
  Behind the plough gliding --- slipping and sliding free  
F#7         G           D  
Now you're down to the few  
            Bb          F  
And there's no work to do  
          C  Em        D  Bm  
The tractor's on its way.  
   
 
Em        C             D            G  
Let me find you a filly for your proud stallion seed  
      C       D           Dsus4  G  
  to keep the old line going.  
Em              C             D            G  
And we'll stand you abreast at the back of the wood  
  C       D           Dsus4  G  
  behind the young trees growing  
Em        C             D            G  
To hide you from eyes that mock at your girth,  
         C       D        Dsus4  G  
  and your eighteen hands at the shoulder  
Em        C             D            G  
And one day when the oil barrels have all dripped dry  
      C       D            Dsus4  G  
  and the nights are seen to draw colder  
      C           D              G           C  
They'll beg for your strength, your gentle power  
      Am             D      Dsus4  Em  
  your noble grace and your bearing  
 C           D     G           C  
And you'll strain once again to the sound of the gulls  
    C       D            Dsus4  G  
  in the wake of the deep plough, sharing.

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: 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

[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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Am                E
Whenever I get to feel this way,
 G               D
Try to find new words to say,
  F                C              B
I think about the bad old days
           E
We used to know.


Nights of winter turn me cold --
Fears of dying, getting old.
We ran the race and the race was won
By running slowly.

Could be soon well cease to sound,
Slowly upstairs, faster down.
Then to revisit stony grounds,
We used to know.

Remembering mornings, shillings spent,
Made no sense to leave the bed.
The bad old days they came and went
Giving way to fruitful years.

Saving up the birds in hand
While in the bush the others land.
Take what we can before the man
Says its time to go.

Each to his own way Ill go mine.
Best of luck in what you find.
But for your own sake remember times
We used to know.

We Use To Know

Jethro Tull lead singer Ian Anderson wrote this, lamenting the loss of work for England's heavy horses in favor of machinery: "Now you're down to the few and there's no work to do, the tractor's on its way."Darryl Way played the solo violin on this track as well as on "Acres Wild."Read more on Last.fm.

Verse 1:
           B
I'm going back to the time when we owned this town
      E
Down Powder Mill Lane, in the battlegrounds
C#m        B                   G#m  B     F#
We were friends and lovers and clueless clowns


Verse 2:
                      B       
I didn't know I'd be finding out now I was torn from you
         E
When we thought about things we were gonna do
C#m      B                    G#m B  F# 
We were wide eyed dreamers and wiser too


Chorus:
               E              B 
Go down to the rides on East Parade,
        G#m                   F#
by the lights of the Palace Arcade
                    E                     G#m   F#   
Watch night coming down on the Sovereign Light Café


Verse 3:
                          B
I'm begging you for some sign, but you've still got nothing to say
        E
Don't turn your back on me, don't walk away
C#m     B                   G#m  B   F#
I'm a better man now than I was that day


Chorus:
                      E              B 
Let's go down to the rides on East Parade,
        G#m                   F#
by the lights of the Palace Arcade
                    E                     G#m   F#   
Watch night coming down on the Sovereign Light Café

                 E               B
Go down to the bandstand on the pier
           G#m                    F#
Watch the drunks and the lovers appear
                      E                     G#m   F#     
Take time, just the stars at the Sovereign Light Café


Bridge:
   E        B           F#
I wheel my bike off the train,
        F#
Up the North Trade Road,
 E        B             F# 
Look for you on Marley Lane
                          G#m
In every building, every streetlight
                   E               F#  G#m  B  F#
Oh why did we ever go so far from home?


Verse 4:
                        B
You keep on leaving me mile long traces of who you are
         E
You can get a big house and a faster car
C#m      B                    G#m   B  F#
You can run away boy, but you won't go far


Chorus:
                      E              B
Let's go down to the rides on East Parade,
        G#m                   F#
by the lights of the Palace Arcade
                    E                     G#m   F#   
Watch night coming down on the Sovereign Light Café

                    E                B
Stroll down to the bandstand on the pier
           G#m                    F#
Watch the drunks and the lovers appear
                     E                      G#m   F#
Take time, just the stars at the Sovereign Light Café 

      E            B    G#m
La la la la la la la la Yeah, 
     F#                      E       B   F#
I'm going where the people know my name


Outro:
E B G#m F#
E B G#m F# B

Sovereign Light Cafe

strumming pattern
D-DUD-D

F,G,C,Em7

mmmmm mmmm mmmm 

F                    G
Work, work, work, work, work, work. He said me haffi
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work! He see me do mi
F                     G
Dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt! So me put in
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work. When you ah guh
F                        G
Learn, learn, learn, learn, learn Meh nuh cyar if him
C                   Em7
Hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt, hurting


[Verse 1: Rihanna]

F              G
Dry! ...Me a desert
C                 Em7
Nuh time to have ya lerkin'
F                        G
Him ago act like him nuh like it
C                           Em7
You know I dealt with you the nicest
F                        G
Nuh body touch me in the righteous
C                     Em7
Nuh botha, text me in a crisis 
           F                    G
I believed all of your dreams, adoration
            C                    Em7
You took my heart and my keys and my patience
            F                        G
You took my heart on my sleeve for decoration
                C                          Em7
You mistaken my love I brought for you for foundation
           F             G
All that I wanted from you was to give me
C            Em7
Something that I never had
F                   G
Something that you've never seen
C                     Em7
Something that you've never been!
F     G
Mmmmm!
      C                          
But I wake up and act like nothing's wrong
D
Just get ready fi...


[Hook: Rihanna]
F                    G
Work, work, work, work, work, work. He said me haffi
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work! He see me do mi
F                     G
Dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt! So me put in
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work. When you ah guh
F                        G
Learn, learn, learn, learn, learn Meh nuh cyar if him
C                   Em7
Hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt, hurting
F             G
Ner ner ner ner ner ner!
               C           Em7
When you a guh ner ner ner ner ner ner!
                  F                 G
Before the tables turn turn turn turn turn turn!
C             Em7
Beg you something please


[Verse 2: Rihanna]

F            G
Baby don't you leave
               C                 Em7
Do''t leave me stuck here in the streets, 
   F                  G
uh huh If I get another chance to
       C                Em7
I will never, no never neglect you
      F                         G
I mean who am I to hold your past against you?
       C                    Em7
I just hope that it gets to you
  F           G
I hope that you see this through
  C                      Em7
I hope that you see this true
F          G
What can I say?
       C          
Please recognize I'm tryin', baby!!!
 Em7
I have to


[Hook: Rihanna]

F                    G
Work, work, work, work, work, work. He said me haffi
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work! He see me do mi
F                     G
Dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt! So me put in
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work. When you ah guh
F                        G
Learn, learn, learn, learn, learn Meh nuh cyar if him
C                   Em7
Hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt, hurting


[Verse 3: Drake]

N.C.
Yeah, okay
F        G        C                   Em7
You need to get done, done, done, done at work, come over
F               G
We just need to slow the motion
C                   Em7
Don't give that away to no one
F            G
Long distance, I need you
C                          Em7
When I see potential I just gotta see it through
F                        G
If you had a twin, I would still choose you
C                           Em7
I don't wanna rush into it, if it's too soon
      F      G               C              
But I know you need to get done, done, done, done
   Em7
If you come over
F            G
Sorry if I'm way less friendly
C                    Em7
I got n____s tryna end me,
F G           C                 Em7
oh,     I spilled all my emotions tonight, I'm sorry
F               G
Rollin', rollin', rollin', rollin', rollin'
C                                Em7
How many more shots until you're rollin'?
F              G
We just need a face to face
C                    Em7            F
You could pick the time and the place
               G
You spent some time away
C                Em7
Now you need to forward and give me all the...


[Hook: Rihanna]

F                    G
Work, work, work, work, work, work. He said me haffi
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work! He see me do mi
F                     G
Dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt! So me put in
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work. When you ah guh
F                        G
Learn, learn, learn, learn, learn Meh nuh cyar if him
C                   Em7
Hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt, hurting

mmm mmm mmm..


[Outro: Rihanna]

work work work work work work

F G C D
F G C D

Work

Intro: C D C D (x2)


C D
Si es que no puedes hablar
C D
no te atrevas a volver
C D
si te quieres ocultar
C D
tal vez te podria ver
Em D C G C
y el amor que no sabe a quien y que
G C
hablará si tu verdad
Em F
te abrazara otra vez

Em C
Habla si puedes
G C
grita que sientes
Em C
dime a quien quieres
G C
y te hace feliz

C D


C D
Si no puedes escuchar
C D
aunque insistas hablaré
C D
si lo quieres mírame
C D
y tus ojos hablaran tal vez
Em D C G C
sentiras el amor e iras tras el
G C
hablaras si tu verdad
Em F
te abrazará otra vez

Em C
Habla si puedes
G C
grita que sientes
Em C
dime a quien quieres
G D
y te hace feliz
Em C
habla si puedes
G C
grita si temes
Em C
dime a quien quieres
G D
y te hace feliz


Em G C G
.(CUERDAS)... abrazaméeeeeeeee..
C Em F
quiero despertarme y entender

Em C
habla si puedes
G C
grita si temes
Em C
dime a quien quieres
G D
y que haces aquì
Em C
habla si puedes
G C
grita que sientes
Em C
dime a quien quieres
G C
y te hace feliz
G C
y te hace feliz

C D
(fin)

Habla si puedes

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

(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

Can't Smile Without You

Intro: Em  A  Em  A

       Em               A                Em                   
 A
Verse: Be on my side or be on your side, there is no reason for you to hide,
       Em                 A
       Its so hard for me stayin' here all alone, when you could be takin'
       A                Em                                             A
       Me for a ride... She could drag me, over the rainbow, send me away


        G     D         A    G  D          A
Chorus:  Down by the ri-ver,  I shot my ba-by

 Em        A
 Ooh, Ooh, shot her dead


Verse 2:You take my hand I'll take your hand, together we may get away,

        This must madness is too much sorrow, its impossible to make it

        today... She could drag me, over the rainbow, send me away


(Chorus)

(Verse 1)

Down By The River

Intro: D-A-Bm-Em-A  x4

         D                 A                          
I'll confess tonight your all thats on my mind
        Bm            A                   D
I know these roof top nights could last forever.
              A                            Bm
we watched the seasons change, we saw the distance pull us away,
           A
from all we shared together.

D                       A
Right now is all we have you better make this count
Bm                       A
these are the moments i wish i could forget you.

D                            A                                          Bm
I think back to the nights I looked into your bright green eyes and you said,
    Em    A
lets run away.
D                             A                             Bm
its 9am the sun wont rise for 3 more hours pacific time you said
    Em    A
lets run away.

play intro  x2

D                    A
I picked apart every word that you said
  Bm                              A
I dissected each sentence but kept coming up empty
D                         A
the way you are leaves me counting the days
        Bm                            A
till the next time this distance will be a memory


D                        A        
Right now is all we have you better make this count
Bm                     D
these are the moments i wish i could forget you.


D                            A                                          Bm
I think back to the nights I looked into your bright green eyes and you said,
     Em   A
lets run away.
D                            A                              Bm
its 9am the sun wont rise for 3 more hours pacific time you said
     Em   A
lets run away.

D-A-Bm-A

where have you been


                                                                        Bm
I think back to the nights I looked into your bright green eyes and you said,
     Em   A
lets run away.
D                            A                                          Bm
I think back to the nights I looked into your bright green eyes and you said,
     Em   A
lets run away.
D                            A                              Bm
its 9am the sun wont rise for 3 more hours pacific time you said
     Em   A
lets run away


American Dream 

G Bm Em A
Well everybody's lookin' for something they can't find,
Walking straight ahead blind-folded production line,
Only taking time for one type of shoe-shine.
Don't look left/right now you got a street fine.
Everybody lookin' for just a little more.
Working late-nights trying to fight off the day glow.
Waiting for the come-around but it is a no show.
Driving in the fast lane lookin' for the slow-mo...

C D A
Oh whats in store I don't know anymore.
Oh what's inside 'cos I can't hide from it no more.
Oh what you see well it's not me anymore.
Oh I don't know well I don't know man anymore because 

G Bm Em A
I tell you once I tell you twice, gonna be a long time
But you don't take no one's advice, gonna be a long time you,
Where were you, you weren't listenin', gonna be a long time
Gonna be a long time.

G Bm Em A
So now you're face down, face lookin like a frying pan.
Hitting up the clubs trying to feel like a real man.
Beating your chest just like you're King Kong but you're just a gui-tar no-string no-song.
Feeling free like ya don't even know it, man you're towing the line hoping you just don't blow it.
Man ya stuck in the mainframe trying to win the big game so much potential it even makes it more of a shame, shame, shame...
Here we go again, same old shit just another name.
Looking at the destiny there in your palm,
But now you got your strings but you got no song.
So sing, sing, sing - shake it like a chicken wing.
It's not what you get it's about what you bring-bring-bring.
So bring it, bring it to the table, not because you have to 'cos you're willing and you're able!

C D A
Oh what's in store I don't know anymore.
Oh what's inside 'cos I can't hide from it no more.
Oh what you see well it's not me anymore.
Oh I don't know, I don't know anymore because 

G Bm Em A
I tell you once I tell you twice, gonna be a long time.
But you don't take no one's advice, gonna be a long time.
You, where were you, you weren't listening, gonna be a long time.
Gonna be a long time.

Gonna Be A Long Time

[intro x2]
A  E  D A

A                                        E
when there's no place you feel at home
              D                               A
and you think you'd be better off alone
A                                          E
when you think there's no reason to try
               D                           A
and you hate yourself and wanna die

A                                      E
when you're filled with anxiety
             D                   A
and everyone's your enemy
A                                        E
when you wish you were someone else
                 D                        A
and you wanna go out and kill yourself

[chorus]

E D                 A
ooh you're overreacting

(you can change your mind)
E D                A
ooh you're overreacting

(take your time)


A                       E
when you get yourself depressed
                      D                   A
because you think you can't do your best
A                                         E
when you write yourself a stupid song
           D                        A
to remind yourself that you forgot

[chorus]

E D                 A
ooh you're overreacting

(you can change your mind)
E D                A
ooh you're overreacting

(take your time)


[BRIDGE]
# chords x2:
A  E  D  A

A|------------------------------------------------------|
E|-0-2--------------------------------------------------|
C|------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----2-4-2---2-4-2-1---1-1-2-2-1-2-4-2-1-22-----------|     x2



[chorus]

E D                 A
ooh you're overreacting

(you can change your mind)
E D                A
ooh you're overreacting

Overreacting

It takes a while to get used to the rhythm. In the verse the
time signature goes 3/4 for 2 bars then 2/4 for 1 bar and then
repeats.


Intro and Verses:

A|-2---3---2-|-5-------5-|------|-10------10|-9-------9-|------
E|-----------|-----------|------|-----------|-----------|----3-
C|-0---------|-2---2-----|------|-----7-----|-----------|-2----
G|-0---------|-0---------|-0----|-9---------|-7---------|------
   |   |   |   |   |   |   |  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |  |

Intro Riff:

A|-10--12--10-|-9---10---9-|-2---3---2-|-5-------5-|-------|
E|------------|------------|-----------|-----------|-------|
C|------------|------------|-0---------|-2---2-----|-------|
G|-9----------|-7----------|-0---------|-0---------|-0-----|



Chorus:

                   C
I...              driving...
     G  
The speed...            

Em
      City...

        D
And...  arm...
    
    C  Em        D
And I      had a feeling...

    C  Em        D
And I      had a feeling...

C           D
be...       be... 

Suggestion: during the verses, it can sound pretty cool if you
get a friend to strum the chords: C, G, Em, D in the background
:)

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