Cross-eyed Mary tab by Jethro Tull

Tabs

Cross-Eyed Mary by Jethro Tull.
Writen By Ian Aderson. Found on the album Aqualung.

Transcribed by Brian Peters.

Cross-Eyed Mary
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Intro:
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Nice Litte Flute Ditty. For Guitar It's something like this.

e|------------------------------
BB|-3/20-17-16-15--3/20-17-16-15- <--Play This Twice
G+G|------------------------------
D MajorD|------------------------------
A augmentedA|------------------------------
E MajorE|------------------------------

e|------------------------------------------
BB|-3/20-17-17-17-16-15--15-15--15--15-15-15- <--Play This Twice
G+G|------------------------------------------
D MajorD|------------------------------------------
A augmentedA|------------------------------------------
E MajorE|------------------------------------------

e|---------------------------------------
BB|-3/20-17-17-17-16-16--16-16--16--16-16-
G+G|---------------------------------------
D MajorD|---------------------------------------
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------
E MajorE|---------------------------------------

e|----------------------------
BB|-18-19--19-19--19--19-19-18-
G+G|----------------------------
D MajorD|----------------------------
A augmentedA|----------------------------
E MajorE|----------------------------

e|-------------------------------------------------
BB|-17--17-17--17--17-17-19-20--20-20--20--20-20-20-
G+G|-------------------------------------------------
D MajorD|-------------------------------------------------
A augmentedA|-------------------------------------------------
E MajorE|-------------------------------------------------

e|----------------------------
BB|-19-18--18-18--18--18-18-18-
G+G|----------------------------
D MajorD|----------------------------
A augmentedA|----------------------------
E MajorE|----------------------------
  A augmentedA               E?
e|--------------------------------10h12p10h12p10h12p10h12p10h12-
BB|-15h17p15h17p15h17p15h17p15h17p-------------------------------
G+G|--------------------------------------------------------------
D MajorD|--------------------------------------------------------------
A augmentedA|--------------------------------------------------------------
E MajorE|--------------------------------------------------------------

Main Licks:
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Lick 1:
  D MajorD
e|-5-55---------------------
BB|-7-77---------------------
G+G|-7-77---------------------
D MajorD|-7-77---------------------
A augmentedA|-5-55-----------7---------
E MajorE|-X-XX-5-8-5-8-5---5-8-5---

Lick 2:
 A augmentedA         G+G
e|---------------------
BB|---------------------
G+G|---------------------
D MajorD|---------------------
A augmentedA|-7---------7-------5-
E MajorE|-5-5-5-8-5---5-8-3-3-

Lick 3:
 A#A#         G#G#
e|---------------------
BB|---------------------
G+G|---------------------
D MajorD|---------------------
A augmentedA|-8---------8-------6-
E MajorE|-6-6-6-9-6---6-9-4-4-

Lick 4:
  E minorEm      FF     G+G       D MajorD
e|-0-------------1----------3-------------5-55--------------
BB|-0-------------1----------3-------------7-77--------------
G+G|-0-------------3----------4-------------7-77--------------
D MajorD|-3-------------4----------5-------------7-77--------------
A augmentedA|-3--------2----4-----1-3--5-3/2\3/2\3---5-55-------7------
E MajorE|-0--0-3-0---0--1-1-3------3-----------3-X-XX-5-8-5---5-8-5
 Laughing in .......
 Or maybe her.......

Verse 1:
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E minorEm                FF
 Who would be a poor ...
G+G              [Lick 1]
if he had a rich ...
E minorEm                   FF
 And who would steal ...
  G+G                [Lick 1]
if he could take it ...

Bridge 1:
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[Lick 2]     [Lick 2]
Cross-eyed Mary, ...
[Lick 2]        [Lick 2]
She signs no contract, ...
[Lick 3]          [Lick 3]
Dines in Hampstead village, ...,
[Lick 3]          C majorC        D MajorD    BB
and the jack-knife barber ....

Verse 2:
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E minorEm                  FF
Laughing in the playground ...
   G+G               [Lick 1]
would rather make it with ...
E minorEm            FF
Or maybe her attention ....
  G+G                  [Lick 1]
who watches through the ....

Bridge 2:
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[Lick 2]    [Lick 2]
Cross-eyed Mary, finds it ....
[Lick 2]           [Lick 2]
She's a poor man's rich girl, ....
[Lick 3]         [Lick 3]
She's a rich man stealer, but her ....
[Lick 3]                   C majorC      D MajorD   BB
She's the Robin Hood of Highgate ....

SOLO:
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[Play Bridge Licks]
Hey
[Lick 2] [Lick 2] [Lick 2] [Lick 2]
[Lick 3] [Lick 3] [Lick 3]
{The Guitar Solo Is In A#A# Blues Scale}
{Here is the Starting, Sort Of}
e|------------------------------------------------
BB|------------------------------------------------
G+G|-6b-----6-8b-6-8b-6---6---------------8p6-------
D MajorD|----8-6-----------------8-6-8-8p6---6-----8p6---
A augmentedA|--------------------8-------------8-----------8-
E MajorE|------------------------------------------------

Verse 2/3:
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[Lick 4]
Laughing in the playground ...

would rather make it ....
[Lick 4]
Or maybe her attention ....

who watches through .....

Bridge 1/3:
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[Lick 2]     [Lick 2]
Cross-eyed Mary, goes ....
[Lick 2]        [Lick 2]
She signs no contract, but ....
[Lick 3]          [Lick 3]
Dines in Hampstead village, ...
[Lick 3]          C majorC        D MajorD    BB
and the jack-knife barber .....

Outro:
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E minorEm
 Cross-eyed ....
C majorC
 [flute thingie]
D MajorD
 [guitar thingie G+G|-11b11b11b11b11b11b11b-| hit string hard]
A minorAm  BbmBbm  E minorEm

Bb majorBb  C majorC  D MajorD   E minorEm
oh Mary   ...
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