Cross-eyed Mary tab by Jethro Tull

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|------------------------------
B|-3/20-17-16-15--3/20-17-16-15- <--Play This Twice
G|------------------------------
D|------------------------------
A|------------------------------
E|------------------------------

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B|-3/20-17-17-17-16-15--15-15--15--15-15-15-  <--Play This Twice
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D|------------------------------------------
A|------------------------------------------
E|------------------------------------------

e|---------------------------------------
B|-3/20-17-17-17-16-16--16-16--16--16-16-
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D|---------------------------------------
A|---------------------------------------
E|---------------------------------------

e|----------------------------
B|-18-19--19-19--19--19-19-18-
G|----------------------------
D|----------------------------
A|----------------------------
E|----------------------------

e|-------------------------------------------------
B|-17--17-17--17--17-17-19-20--20-20--20--20-20-20-
G|-------------------------------------------------
D|-------------------------------------------------
A|-------------------------------------------------
E|-------------------------------------------------

e|----------------------------
B|-19-18--18-18--18--18-18-18-
G|----------------------------
D|----------------------------
A|----------------------------
E|----------------------------
   A                              E?
e|--------------------------------10h12p10h12p10h12p10h12p10h12-
B|-15h17p15h17p15h17p15h17p15h17p-------------------------------
G|--------------------------------------------------------------
D|--------------------------------------------------------------
A|--------------------------------------------------------------
E|--------------------------------------------------------------

Main Licks:
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Lick 1:
   D
e|-5-55---------------------
B|-7-77---------------------
G|-7-77---------------------
D|-7-77---------------------
A|-5-55-----------7---------
E|-X-XX-5-8-5-8-5---5-8-5---

Lick 2:
  A                  G
e|---------------------
B|---------------------
G|---------------------
D|---------------------
A|-7---------7-------5-
E|-5-5-5-8-5---5-8-3-3-

Lick 3:
  A#                 G#
e|---------------------
B|---------------------
G|---------------------
D|---------------------
A|-8---------8-------6-
E|-6-6-6-9-6---6-9-4-4-

Lick 4:
   Em            F          G             D
e|-0-------------1----------3-------------5-55--------------
B|-0-------------1----------3-------------7-77--------------
G|-0-------------3----------4-------------7-77--------------
D|-3-------------4----------5-------------7-77--------------
A|-3--------2----4-----1-3--5-3/2\3/2\3---5-55-------7------
E|-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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Em                                F
  Who would be a poor ...
G                           [Lick 1]
if he had a rich ...
Em                                     F
 And who would steal ...
   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                D       B
and the jack-knife barber ....

Verse 2:
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Em                                   F
Laughing in the playground ...
      G                              [Lick 1]
would rather make it with ...
Em                        F
Or maybe her attention ....
    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            D     B
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# Blues Scale}
{Here is the Starting, Sort Of}
e|------------------------------------------------
B|------------------------------------------------
G|-6b-----6-8b-6-8b-6---6---------------8p6-------
D|----8-6-----------------8-6-8-8p6---6-----8p6---
A|--------------------8-------------8-----------8-
E|------------------------------------------------

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                D       B
and the jack-knife barber .....

Outro:
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Em
  Cross-eyed ....
C
  [flute thingie]
D
  [guitar thingie G|-11b11b11b11b11b11b11b-| hit string hard]
Am   Bbm   Em

Bb    C    D     Em
oh Mary      ...
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Brian Peters
ak174@traverse.lib.mi.us