Aqualung - Jethro Tull
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Tabs and lyrics
Tunning: Nashville (E A D G B E)
Jethro Tull - Aqualung


[Intro]

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[Verse] (play intro riff)

Sitting on a park bench eyeing little girls with bad intent
Snot running down his nose, greasy fingers smearing shabby clothes……Hey Aqualung
Drying in the cold sun watching as the frilly paintes run……Hey Aqualung
Feeling like a dead duck spitting out pieces of his broken luck……Hey Aqualung


[Chorus]

Gm F C
Sun streaking cold on an old man wandering lonely
Cm Gm F
Taking time, the only way he knows


[Verse] (play intro riff)

Leg hurting bad as he bends to pick a dog-end
He goes down to the bog and warms his feet
Feeling alone, the army’s up the road
Salvation a la mode and a cup of tea
Aqualung, my friend don’t you start away uneasy
You poor old sod, you see, it’s only me


[Chorus]

Gm F Gm
Do you still remember December’s foggy freeze
F Gm
When the ice that clings on to your beard is screaming agony

Gm F C
And you snatch your rattling last breaths with deep-sea-diver sounds
Cm Gm F
And the flowers bloom like madness in the spring


[Verse] (play intro riff)

Sun streaking cold on an old man wandering lonely
Taking time, the only way he knows
Leg hurting bad as he bends to pick a dog-end
He goes down to the bog and warms his feet
Feeling alone, the army’s up the road
Salvation a la mode and a cup of tea
Aqualung, my friend don’t you start away uneasy
You poor old sod, you see, it’s only me


[Bridge]

Gm F C Cm Gm F
Gm F Gm F Gm F……Gm F

C# D# F Gm
Oh……Aqualung


[Solo]

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| / Slide up
| ^ Bend

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Tunning: Standard (E A D G B e)
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JETHRO TULL - AQUALUNG
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[Intro]

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[Solo]

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[Outro]

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| (n) Ghost note
| h Hammer-on
| p Pull-off
| b Bend
| br Bend release
| / Slide up
| \ Slide down
| ~ Vibrato

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Tunning: Standard (E A D G B e)
Intro:


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Sit-ting on a park bench - eye-ing lit-tle girls - with bad in-tent
Snot is runnig down his nose -greassy fingers smearing - shabby clothes- Hey Aqualung
Drying in the cold sun - watching as the frilly - panties run - Hey Aqualung
Feeling like a dead duck - spitting out pieces of - his broken luck - Oh Aqualung


Verse on Acoustic:

Em D A
Sun streaking cold an old man wandring lonely,
Am Em D
taking time the only way he knows.
Em D A
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 A
Feeling alone the army's up the road,
Am Em D
salvation a la mode and a cup of tea.
Em D A
Aqualung my friend, don't you start away uneasy.
Am Em D
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 Em D]
and the flowers bloom like madness in the spring.


Solo:

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Song info
Aqualung
Jethro Tull
2001
  • Rock
  • Classic Rock
  • Prog Rock
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