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Band: Jethro Tull
Album: Aqualung
Song : Aqualung
This is the complete version
Guitar 1 : Standard Tuning (Distortion guitar)
Guitar 2 : Capo on 3rd fret (Acoustic guitar steel)
Guitar 1:
Intro Chorus
e:|-------------|-------------------------|-4-4--4-|-----6---6-------6---
b:|-------------|-------------------------|-6-6--6-|-----8---8-------8---
g:|-------------|-------------------------|-6-6--6-|-----8---8-------8---
D:|-------------|-------------------------|-6-6--6-|-----8---8-------8---
A:|-5-----3-4-3-|-5-----------3-4----3----|-4-4--6-|-----6---6-------6---
E:|---3-6-------|-----3----6--------------|--------|---------------------
Sit-ting on a park bench eye-ing lit-tle girls
snot is runnig down his nose greassy fingers smearing
Drying in the cold sun watching as the frilly
Feeling like a dead duck spitting out pieces of
e:|------|-8----8--8--------|------------|--------------|----------|---------
b:|------|-10---10-10-------|------------|--------------|----------|---------
g:|------|-10---10-10-------|------------|--------------|----------|---------
D:|------|-10---10-10-------|------------|------------4-|-4-2------|---------
A:|------|-8----8--8---6--8-|--6-8--9--4-|-6-6-6-6-4----|-----2--5-|---------
E:|------|------------------|------------|--------------|----------|---------
with bad in-tent
shabby clothes Hey Aqualung
panties run Hey Aqualung
his broken luck Oh Aqualung
Interlude:
e:|-------------------------------------------------------------
b:|---6-8--10~~-/-----------------------------------------------
g:|-7----------------3232-------------------------------5--3----
D:|----------------------3----------3-5-/7~~----------5---------
A:|-----------------------3~~---3h5----------3--3--/7-----------
E:|-------------------------------------------------------------
--3----------3--------------------------------------------------
----4----------3------------------------------------------------
------5~~~~------3~~~~~------------5-5-5--5------5----5-5--7--5-
-----------------------------3-5/7------------7-----7-----------
-------------------------3h5------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------|
----------------6-8b--8-8p6-------------------------------------|
-----5----5--7----------------5--7/-----------------------------|
--7----7--------------------------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------------------|
Solo:
e:|-------------------------------------------------------------
b:|-------------------------------------------------------------
g:|------3-3--5---5-----------------3-3-5-3---3-------3--5/-----
D:|--5~--------------3------3---5-----------5---5~~~------------
A:|----------------------5--------------------------------------
E:|-------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------
----/7-/5---3----------------------------------3--3-3-3-3---3---
---------------5---3---------------------3-3-5--5---------5---5-
------------------------5/3-1------1-3/5------------------------
------------------------------1-3-------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------6-----
--5/7---5--3--5p3----3----------5---5--3------------3-5/7----5--
------------------5-----5---3-5---3------3-----3-5--------------
--------------------------------------------5-------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------
--8-------------------------------------------------------------
-----7-------------------------------10----10-12p10-10----------
----------------------10-10-10-10h12----12------------10-12-----
--------------8-10/12-------------------------------------------
---------8/10---------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------10--12p10-----------------------------3----
--10--10-12p10----10----------12p10---10----10-12/------5-------
---------------12------------------12----12---------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------
--5b---5~~~~-----3-5b-3---3--------------------3---------3------
------------------------3---5-3-------------5-----5~~~----------
---------------------------------5~~~----5----------------------
---------------------------------------3------------------------
-------------------------------/10-----------8---------8-6---8--
----------6--8-------6--8---6------8-----/6----6-8---6-----6----
-5/7---7--------7-7---------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------
-6---6----------------------------------------------------------
---6---8~~~---6-------------------------------------------------
----------------7/5--3-5-3--5-3---3------------3-5-3------------
--------------------------------5-----3----3-5------------------
------------------------------------5----5-----------5-/10------
----------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------13-------13-
-----------------------------------------------13h15---13h15----
------------------------------10-12-12/14--/15------------------
--------------10-10-10-10/12--12--------------------------------
------8-10/12---------------------------------------------------
-8h10-----------------------------------------------------------
-------13----------|
-13h15----15~~~~~--|
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3rd verse (just repeat the intro 5 times and play that part:)
e:|-----------------------|
b:|--6--8--10-------------|
g:|--6--8--10--------10/--|
D:|--6--8--10--------10/--|
A:|--4--6--8----------8/--|
E:|-----------------------|
Guitar 2:
Intro Chorus
e:|-------------|-------------------------|-1-1--1-|-----3---3-------3---
b:|-------------|-------------------------|-3-3--3-|-----5---5-------5---
g:|-------------|-------------------------|-3-3--3-|-----5---5-------5---
D:|-------------|-------------------------|-3-3--3-|-----5---5-------5---
A:|-2-----0-1-0-|-2-----------0-1----0----|-1-1--3-|-----3---3-------3---
E:|---0-3-------|-----0----3--------------|--------|---------------------
Sit-ting on a park bench eye-ing lit-tle girls
snot is runnig down his nose greassy fingers smearing
Drying in the cold sun watching as the frilly
Feeling like a dead duck spitting out pieces of
e:|------|-5----5--5---3--5-|--3-5--6--6-|-3-3-3-3-6--6-|-6--4-4-2-|---------
b:|------|-7----7--7---5--7-|--5-7--8--6-|-5-5-5-5-6--8-|-8--6-4-4-|---------
g:|------|-7----7--7---5--7-|--5-7--8--7-|-5-5-5-5-7--8-|-8--6-5-4-|---------
D:|------|-7----7--7---5--7-|--5-7--8--8-|-5-5-5-5-8--8-|-8--6-6-4-|---------
A:|------|-5----5--5---3--5-|--3-5--6--8-|-3-3-3-3-8--6-|-6--4-6-2-|---------
E:|------|------------------|----------6-|---------6----|------4---|---------
with bad in-tent
shabby clothes Hey Aqualung
panties run Hey Aqualung
his broken luck Oh Aqualung
(just the Chords ... lift some of your fingers now and then and do some
finger-picking to get the right I.A. sound)
1 (& 2 verse)
Em D Am
Sun streaking cold an old man wandring lonely,
Am Em D
taking time the only way he knows.
Em D Am
Legs hurting bad as he bends to pick a dog end .
Am Em D
He goes down to the bog and warms his feet.
Em D Am
Feeling alone the army's up the road,
Am Em D
salvation a la mode and a cup of tea.
Em D Am
Aqualung my friend, don't you start away uneasy.
Am Em F
You poor old sod see it's only me.
(faster and heavier)
Em D Em
Do you still remember Decembers foggy freeze
D
when the ice that clings onto your beard
Em
was screaming agony?
D Em
And your ratling last breaths with deepseadiver sounds
Am D
and the flowers bloom like madness in the spring.
Repeat...
Interlude:
e:|--0---2----2----0--0--0---------------------------------------
b:|--0---3----3----2--1--0---7--7-7-7--7--7---7--7---7-7-7---7-x-
g:|--0---2----2----2--2--0---7--7-7-7--7--7---7--7---7-7-7---7-x-
D:|--2---0----0----2--2--2---7--7-7-7--7--7---7--7---7-7-7---7-x-
A:|--2-------------0--0--2---5--5-5-5--5--5---5--5---5-5-5---5-x-
E:|--0-------------------0---------------------------------------
Guitar solo:
Em C D Em C D Em C D Em C D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D
Em C D Em C D Em C D Em C D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D
3rd verse
Em D A Am Em D
(Guitar 1 is doing the intro 5 times and the guitar 2 finish with:)
e:|----------------|
b:|-3--5--7--------|
g:|-3--5--7--------|
D:|-3--5--7--------|
A:|-1--3--5--------|
E:|----------------|
Chords:
Em |-0-| C |-x-| D |-x-| or |-2-| Dsus4 |-3-|
|-0-| |-5-| |-7-| |-3-| |-3-|
|-0-| |-5-| |-7-| |-2-| |-2-|
|-2-| |-5-| |-7-| |-0-| |-0-|
|-2-| |-3-| |-5-| |---| |---|
|-0-| |-x-| |-x-| |---| |---|
Tabber : Maxime Legault
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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luke Wanna Be |
#1 by luke hastings at Mar 30, 1971 at 9:42 PM EST |
| Please allow clarification, Aqualung lyrics-the focus of this site were written by Jeannie Anderson. | |
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Mark Wanna Be |
#2 by Mark masta at Feb 12, 1972 at 12:50 PM EST |
| This song is a prelude to the concept album Aqualung. Being the first song, we are shown a man named Aqualung. He has been alienated from society, and people think he is a dirty old man, but the following lyrics cast him in a different kind of light. What the album Aqualung is about is how organized religion, specifically the "bloody Church of England" as Ian put it, reflects on our society and alienates people that society doesn't want, thus making those in religious power their own gods. The album is a very pro-god anti-religous establishment album. Men create this all powerful god in their image and give him what they deem to be his powers, and then twist it around all the time. Since organized religion creates god, the can twist it every which way. The lyrics on the album are preluded by this message 1 In the beginning Man created God; and in the image of Man created he him. 2 And Man gave unto God a multitude of names,that he might be Lord of all the earth when it was suited to Man 3 And on the seven millionth day Man rested and did lean heavily on his God and saw that it was good. 4 And Man formed Aqualung of the dust of the ground, and a host of others likened unto his kind. 5 And these lesser men were cast into the void; And some were burned, and some were put apart from their kind. 6 And Man became the God that he had created and with his miracles did rule over all the earth. 7 But as all these things came to pass, the Spirit that did cause man to create his God lived on within all men: even within Aqualung. 8 And man saw it not. 9 But for Christ's sake he'd better start looking. | |
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Magna Wanna Be |
#3 by Magna at Jun 22, 1974 at 4:15 AM EST |
| This song is about a bum who dies. Feeling alone - the army's up the road salvation ā la mode, and a cup of tea. This part refers to the Salvation Army handing out free food to people, like the bum in this song. And you snatch your rattling last breaths with deep-sea-diver sounds, and the flowers bloom like madness in the spring. This refers to the bum dying. The flowers bloom like madness in the spring refers to life going on as if nothing happened after the bums death. A great song. The best song I've ever heard about a bum:) | |
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Gritch Wanna Be |
#4 by Gritch wefwe at Mar 17, 1980 at 8:27 AM EST |
| Jethro Tull invented the seed drill in ancient England. | |
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Devin Average |
#5 by Devin Moreno at Oct 4, 1983 at 6:58 AM EST |
| No. It's pro-God, but anti-religion in the way religion has becone a rigid cold establishment. | |
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Katia Average |
#6 by Katia Zg at Sep 11, 1986 at 1:47 AM EST |
| i absolutely love the riff of this song | |
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Emoshi Wanna Be |
#7 by Emoshi RTF at Oct 31, 1992 at 4:18 AM EST |
| Oh, And I think that it's about the homless in general having amonia Hence the name aqualung (fluid in the lungs) yeah, just my opinnion | |
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2D Average |
#8 by 2D at Mar 8, 1995 at 10:27 AM EST |
| I just wanted to say that Jethro Tull is quite possably the most brilliant man on the face of the earth..And by far the best flute player alive | |
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Scott Average |
#9 by Scott Muir at Jun 18, 1999 at 8:42 PM EST |
| I Absolutly love this song, it is my favorite of all time (right now) and It's just amazing, I espeacaly lov the part that starts out "Do you still remember....." it always pumps me up when working out | |
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jocke Average |
#10 by jocke ström at Nov 9, 2005 at 1:47 PM EST |
| A little more clarification: * Jennie, not Jeannie * There's some doubt about whether she wrote the lyrics, though she does indeed get the credit on the album. She certainly provided the inspiration (she was doing a photographic project about down-and-outs in London), and possibly the character's name, but it's likely Ian wrote the precise lyrics, giving Jennie the credit because of her inspiration, plus as a gesture to his new wife! Returning to the lyrics, I've never thought that Aqualung dies - I think 'rattling last breaths' refers to his laboured breathing, each such a struggle as to be *likened* to a terminal gasp, but not literally. | |
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