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Jethro Tull: Guitar Anthology

Lyrics Jethro Tull

Thick As A Brick Lyrics

INTRO:

g:|---------------------------|---------------------------|
D:|---------------------------|---------------------------|
Bb:|-----2-----2-------0-0-0---|-----5-----5-------------0-|
F:|---0-----0---------0-0-0---|---7-----7---------0---0---|
C:|-0-----4-----0-(2)-2-2-2---|-0-----7-----0-(5)---3-----|
G:|-------------------3-3-3---|---------------------------|

g:|---------------------------|---------------------------|
D:|---------------------------|---------------------------|
Bb:|-----2-----2-------0-0-0---|-----5-----5-----0-----0---|
F:|---0-----0---------0-0-0---|---7-----7-----0-----0-----|
C:|-0-----4-----0-(2)-2-2-2---|-0-----7-----5-----3-------|
G:|-------------------3-3-3---|---------------------------|

VERSE:

Really don't mind if you sit this one
My word's but a whisper, your deafness a
I may make you feel, but I can't make you
Your sperm's in the gutter, your love's in the

g:|-2-----------0-------------|---------------------------|
D:|-3-----------1-------------|---------------------------|
Bb:|-2-----------2-------------|-------0-0-0---------------|
F:|-0-----------2-------------|-------0-0-0---------------|
C:|-------------0-------------|-0-(2)-2-2-2---------------|
G:|---------------------------|-------3-3-3---------------|
^ ^
| |
------------------ Just Dmaj and Amin chords - listen to the song
for the strumming pattern.

out ...
shout ...
think ...
sink ... So you

g:|---------------------------|---------------------------|
D:|---------------------------|---------------------------|
Bb:|-----2-----2-------0-0-0---|-----2-----2-------0-0-0---|
F:|---0-----0---------0-0-0---|---0-----0---------0-0-0---|
C:|-0-----4-----0-(2)-2-2-2---|-0-----4-----0-(2)-2-2-2---|
G:|-------------------3-3-3---|-------------------3-3-3---|

<repeat last four bars 4 times, once for each line of verse>

CHORUS:

ride yourselves over the field as you
make all your animal deals and your
wisemen don't know how it feels ...

g:|-3-----------0------0------|-2-0-2-0-2-3-2------2-0----|
D:|-3-----------2------0------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3------3-3----|
Bb:|-0-----------2------2------|-2-0-2-0-2-0-2------2-0----|
F:|-0-----------2------2------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------0-0----|
C:|-2-----------0------0------|---------------------------|
G:|-3-------------------------|---------------------------|
^ ^ ^ ^ ^
| | | | |
---------------------------------- Just Gmaj, Amaj, and Dmaj chords
with a little variation thrown 
in - listen to the song for the
strumming pattern.

<repeat last two bars 3 times, once for each line of chorus, th
en>

to be thick as a

g:|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0--0--|-0-0-0--0------------------|
D:|-2-0-2-0-2-3-2---2-2-0-(2)-|-2-2-0-(2)-----------------|
Bb:|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2--2--|-2-2-2--2------------------|
F:|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2--2--|-2-2-2--2------------------|
C:|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0--0--|-0-0-0--0------------------|
G:|---------------------------|---------------------------|


BRIDGE:

brick

g:|---------------------------|---------------------------|
D:|---------------------------|---------------------------|
Bb:|-----2-----2-------0-0-0---|-----2-----2-------0-0-0---| <both times>
F:|---0-----0---------0-0-0---|---0-----0---------0-0-0---|
C:|-0-----4-----0-(2)-2-2-2---|-0-----4-----0-(2)-2-2-2---|
G:|-------------------3-3-3---|-------------------3-3-3---|

g:|---------------------------|---------------------------|
D:|---------------------------|---------------------------|
Bb:|-----2-----2-------0-0-0---|-----2-----2-------0-0-0---| <1st time only)
F:|---0-----0---------0-0-0---|---0-----0---------0-0-0---|
C:|-0-----4-----0-(2)-2-2-2---|-0-----4-----0-(2)-2-2-2---|
G:|-------------------3-3-3---|-------------------3-3-3---|

<now go back and do the second verse/chorus the same way>
<except replace these last two measures of the bridge>
<with the two measures below on the second pass>

g:|---------------------------|---------------------------|
D:|---------------------------|---------------------------|
Bb:|-----5-----5-------0-----0-|-----5-----5-----0-----0---| <2nd time only>
F:|---7-----7-------------0---|---7-----7-----0-----0-----|
C:|-0-----7-----0-(3)---5-----|-0-----7-----5-----3-------|
G:|---------------------------|---------------------------|

<and now onto what I'll call the 2nd bridge>

BRIDGE 2:

And the love that I feel

g:|-2-------------------------|-0-----------0-0-0---------|
D:|-3-------------------------|-1-----------0-1-0---------|
Bb:|-2-------------------------|-2-----------2-2-2---------|
F:|-0-------------------------|-2-----------2-2-2---------|
C:|---------------------------|-0-----------0-0-0---------|
G:|---------------------------|---------------------------|
^ ^ ^ ^ ^
| | | | |
------------------ Just Dmaj and Amin chords with a little spice
thrown in - listen to the song for the strumming
pattern.

is so far away

g:|-0------------0------------|-0-------------------------|
D:|-1------------1------------|-0-------------------------|
Bb:|-0------------0------------|-0-------------------------|
F:|-2------------0-(2)--------|-2-------0-(2)-------------|
C:|-3------------3------------|-2-------------0-(2)-------|
G:|---------------------------|-0-------------------0-(3)-|
^ ^ ^
| | |
------------------ Just Cmaj and Emin chords with a little spice
thrown in - listen to the song for the strumming
pattern.

I'm a bad dream that I just ha-a-a-a-a-d to-

g:|-3-------------------------|-2-0-2-0-2-0-2-0-----------|
D:|-3-------------------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------|
Bb:|-0-------------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------|
F:|-0-------------------------|-4-------------------------|
C:|-2-------------------------|-4-------------------------|
G:|-3-------------------------|---------------------------|
^ ^
| |
------------------ Just Gmaj and F#maj chords with a little spice
thrown in - listen to the song for the strumming
pattern.

da-a-a-a-a-a-y

g:|-2-0-2-0-2-0-2-0-----------|-2-0-2-0-2-----------------|
D:|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------|-2-2-2-2-2-----------------|
Bb:|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------|-3-3-3-3-3-----------------|
F:|-0-------------------------|-4-------------------------|
C:|---------------------------|-4-------------------------|
G:|---------------------------|-2-------------------------|
^ ^
| |
------------------ Just Dmaj and F#maj chords with a little spice
thrown in - listen to the song for the strumming
pattern.

and you shake your head you say it's a

g:|-3-------------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------|
D:|-3-------------------------|-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-(2)---------|
Bb:|-0-------------------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-------------|
F:|-0-------------------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-------------|
C:|-2-------------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------|
G:|-3-------------------------|---------------------------|
^ ^
| |
------------------ Just Gmaj and Amaj chords with a little spice
thrown in - listen to the song for the strumming
pattern.

<back to the intro part>

shame

g:|---------------------------|---------------------------|
D:|---------------------------|---------------------------|
Bb:|-----2-----2-------0-0-0---|-----2-----2-------0-0-0---|
F:|---0-----0---------0-0-0---|---0-----0---------0-0-0---|
C:|-0-----4-----0-(2)-2-2-2---|-0-----4-----0-(2)-2-2-2---|
G:|-------------------3-3-3---|-------------------3-3-3---|

<now we'll segue into another verse>

g:|---------------------------|---------------------------|
D:|-------------------6-6-6---|-------------------6-6-6---|
Bb:|-----5-----5-------7-7-7---|-----5-----5-------7-7-7---|
F:|---7-----7---------7-7-7---|---7-----7---------7-7-7---|
C:|-0-----7-----0-(5)-5-5-5---|-0-----7-----0-(5)-5-5-5---|
G:|---------------------------|---------------------------|

VERSE:
Spin me back down the years and the
days of my youth
Draw the lace and black curtain and shut
out the whole truth
Spin me down the long ages let them sing the song

g:|---------------------------|---------------------------|
D:|-------------------6-6-6---|-------------------6-6-6---|
Bb:|-----5-----5-------7-7-7---|-----5-----5-------7-7-7---|
F:|---7-----7---------7-7-7---|---7-----7---------7-7-7---|
C:|-0-----7-----0-(5)-5-5-5---|-0-----7-----0-(5)-5-5-5---|
G:|---------------------------|---------------------------|
^
|
Note that there's a subtle, but important change
in the rhythm used for the Dmin at this point
(as opposed to the previous two measures).

<repeat the above throughout the whole last verse then>
<one more time without the verse (12 measures total)>
<then ...>

g:|-5-------------------------|-2-------0-(2)-------------|
D:|-6-------------------------|-3-------3--3--------------|
Bb:|-5-------------------------|-2-------0-(2)-------------|
F:|-0-------------------------|-0-------0--0--------------|
C:|---------------------------|---------------------------|
G:|---------------------------|---------------------------|

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