My God tab by Jethro Tull

Tabs

MY GOD
Jethro Tull
from: Aqualung, 1971

    Transcribed by:
     [email protected] (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|----------------|--------------------||
BB|----------------|--------------------||
G+G|----------------|--------------------||
D MajorD|---7-----------7|----7---7---7--5-h7-||
A augmentedA|-0--------------|--0---0---0---------||
E MajorE|----------------|--------------------||
   let ring  | repeat several times,
          at increasing tempo

 A minorAm        B7/A
e|----------------|----------------|
BB|-5--------------|-4--------------|
G+G|-5--------------|-4--------------|
D MajorD|-7--------------|-7--------------|
A augmentedA|-0--------------|-0--------------|
E MajorE|----------------|----------------|    Repeat to this point 2x
 finger pick in   let ring
 this position
 for a while...


e|---------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------|
G+G|------------------------------2--------2-s4--------|
D MajorD|------------------------0-2-3--------3---s5----5---|
A augmentedA|-0---0------------0-2-3----------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------|
 let ring

Verse 1:

Part 1: This part can either be strummed (muting both E MajorE 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.


  A minorAm B7addE/A   DmaddE/A E7/A A minorAm
e|--0-------------------------4-----0-----|  Repeated twice as intro,
BB|-10--0------------6---------5----10-----|  before piano line begins.
G+G|--9--8------------7---------4-----9-----|  Then repeated throughout
D MajorD|-10--7------------7---------0----10-----|  first part of each verse.
A augmentedA|--0--0--------0---0---------0-----0-----|  See below for timing.
E MajorE|----------------------------------------|


    Here's how it lines up with the lyrics:


    A minorAm B7B7        DmDm E7E7 A minorAm  A minorAm B7B7
    People, what ...
          DmDm   E7E7   A minorAm    A minorAm B7B7 DmDm E7E7 A minorAm
    Locked Him in His ....
         A minorAm   B7B7   DmDm E7E7 A minorAm A minorAm B7B7
    Made Him bend to ...
         DmDm   E7E7   A minorAm    A minorAm B7B7 DmDm E7E7 A minorAm B7B7 DmDm E7E7
    Him resurrected ...


Part 2: Chords, all strummed:

       D MajorD      G+G
    He is the God of ...
         C majorC    G+G    A minorAm B7B7 DmDm E7E7 A minorAm  A minorAm B7B7 DmDm E7E7
    If that's all ...
        D MajorD      G+G
    You are the God ....
       C majorC   G+G    D MajorD CaddD D MajorD     (CaddD = XX0030)
    He's inside ...


Verse 2:

      A minorAm   B7B7     DmDm E7E7 A minorAm  A minorAm B7B7
    So lean upon ....
          DmDm   E7E7   A minorAm
    And don't call on ....


    Riff #1
e|--------------------------|   This riff replaces the A minorAm - B7addE/A etc.
BB|--------------------------|   chord progression for the remainder of
G+G|--------------------------|   the verse. There are a couple of minor
D MajorD|--------------------------|   variations here and there, very simple.
A augmentedA|--7--6------5-3-----------|
E MajorE|---------------5-0-3-5----|
  ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^      <-- rough idea of timing: 6/8, ^ = 1/8


    (keep playing Riff #1 here ...)               D MajorD C majorC
    you from your social graces...

      D MajorD        G+G
    The bloody ...
      C majorC     G+G        (Riff #1 again)
    in chains of ....
        D MajorD       G+G
    requests your ...
        C majorC  G+G    D MajorD C majorC D MajorD
    at the ...


Solo section: (sorry for the lack of detail here, but I'm pretty lame at
    picking out solos note for note)


Lead-in to flute solo:

    Chord progression is:  A minorAm E MajorE D MajorD C majorC G+G (2x)

    Solo riff here is blues scale rooted at fret 5 through Am-E-D,
    then up to fret 8 at the change to C, etc.

Flute solo:

    Background chord progression is:  A augmentedA E MajorE D/F#D/F# G+G

Gregorian chant section:

    (No instrumental part here.)

Next, repeat same chord pattern used during flute solo: A augmentedA E MajorE D/F#D/F# G+G
Then return to: A minorAm B7B7 DmDm E MajorE to lead in to verse 3


Verse 3

(Same as Verse 2; start quietly, then switch to Riff #1 on "crucifix"):


Repeat lead-in section to flute solo (same chord pattern, different solo)

End with:
      A minorAm B7B7 DmDm E7E7   A minorAm B7B7 DmDm E7E7   A minorAm B7B7 DmDm E7E7   A minorAm B7B7