My God Jethro Tull
from: Aqualung, 1971
Transcribed by:
brockman@udavxb.oca.udayton.edu (Bob Brockman)
Corrections welcome (please email) - Thanks.
Notes:
1. On the Aqualung album, a lot of the guitar is covered over
by the strong piano parts. I gleaned most of the guitar
background from a bootleg recording on which this cut
consists pretty much of Ian Anderson and acoustic guitar.
Might be a little different from what's played on the
album.
2. My naming of a couple of the more bizarre chords might be
off; if my ignorance is showing, someone let me know
(gently) where I'm all wet.
3. The lyrics below are different in 2-3 places from the ones
printed in the album liner notes; this happens in spots
where I'm pretty sure the liner notes are off.
Intro:
e ---------------- -------------------- B ---------------- -------------------- G ---------------- -------------------- D ---7-----------7 ----7---7---7--5-h7- A -0-------------- --0---0---0--------- E ---------------- --------------------
let ring repeat several times,
at increasing tempo
[Am] [B7/A]
e ---------------- ---------------- B -5-------------- -4-------------- G -5-------------- -4-------------- D -7-------------- -7-------------- A -0-------------- -0-------------- E ---------------- ---------------- Repeat to this point 2x
finger pick in let ring
this position
for a while...
e --------------------------------------------------- B --------------------------------------------------- G ------------------------------2--------2-s4-------- D ------------------------0-2-3--------3---s5----5--- A -0---0------------0-2-3---------------------------- E ---------------------------------------------------
let ring
Verse 1:
Part 1: This part can either be strummed (muting both E and e)
or finger-picked. The Aqualung album version seems to
be mostly strumming, but it's almost overpowered by the
piano part once that starts. On the bootleg, Anderson
finger-picks it, and it sounds really nice. If you do
finger-pick it, throwing in a little of the high 'e'
string sounds good -- play with it and see.
[Am] [B7addE/A] [DmaddE/A] [E7/A] [Am]
e --0-------------------------4-----0----- Repeated twice as intro, B -10--0------------6---------5----10----- before piano line begins. G --9--8------------7---------4-----9----- Then repeated throughout D -10--7------------7---------0----10----- first part of each verse. A --0--0--------0---0---------0-----0----- See below for timing. E ----------------------------------------
Here's how it lines up with the lyrics:
[Am]Peop[B7]le, what have you [Dm]don[E7]e[Am] [Am] [B7]
Locked Him [Dm]in His [E7]golden [Am]cage[Am] [B7] [Dm] [E7] [Am]
Made Him [Am]bend to [B7]your re[Dm]lig[E7]ion[Am] [Am] [B7]
Him resur[Dm]rected f[E7]rom the [Am]grave[Am] [B7] [Dm] [E7] [Am] [B7] [Dm] [E7]
Part 2: Chords, all strummed:
He is[D] the God of [G]nothing,
If that's [C]all that [G]you can [Am]see[B7] [Dm] [E7] [Am] [Am] [B7] [Dm] [E7]
You are[D] the God of [G]everything,
C G D CaddD D ( CaddD = XX0030 )
He's inside you and me.
Verse 2:
So [Am]lean up[B7]on Him gent[Dm]ly[E7] [Am] [Am] [B7]
And don't c[Dm]all on [E7]him to [Am]save
Riff #1
e -------------------------- This riff replaces the Am - B7addE/A etc. B -------------------------- chord progression for the remainder of G -------------------------- the verse. There are a couple of minor D -------------------------- variations here and there, very simple. A --7--6------5-3----------- E ---------------5-0-3-5----
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ til next Thursday,
to all the Gods that you can count.
Repeat lead-in section to flute solo (same chord pattern, different solo)
End with:
[Am] [B7] [Dm] [E7] [Am] [B7] [Dm] [E7] [Am] [B7] [Dm] [E7] [Am] [B7]
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