Mother Goose

Song

This is my closest approx. to Mother Goose. The song is capoed on the

fifth fret, although the finger positions and what chords are present are

given as if the capo is position 0. The song's strumming and picking style

necessitated some liberalization on my part in the tab.

The intro (section 1) which is played at the beginning and/or end

of each verse is repeated 2 to 4 times depending upon the verse.

Asus2 x02200

A7sus4 x02033

D/F# x4x232

Dsus4 xx0233

Gmaj7/B x2x032

Mother Goose

Ian Anderson (a.k.a. Jethro Tull)

1) As I did walk by Hampstead Fair I came upon

2) And the foreign student said to me was it

(Section 1. )

Asus2 A7sus4 Asus2

e|---0-0-0-------0-3-3-0---------------------------------------------------|
B|---0-0-0-------0-3-3-0--------------0---------------0-------0--------0---|
G|---2-2-2-------2-0-0-0------------0---0-----0-0h2-----0-2----------------|
D|---2-2-2-0h2---2-2-2-2------2-2h4-------4p2-0-0h2-2---0-2-2--------2-----|
A|-0-----------0------------0------------------------------------0-3-------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

1) Mother Goose so I turned her loose as she was screaming.

2) really true there are elephants, lions too in Picadilly

D

e|--0h2-2-2-0-2--------------0h2-2-2-0-2-----------------------------------|
B|--0h3-3-3-3-3---3----------3-3-3-3-3-3---3-------------------------------|
G|--0h2-2-2-0-2-2---------0--0h2-2-2-0-2-2---------0--(repeat Sect. 1)-----|
D|--0---0-0-0-0-----0---0----0-0-0-0-0-0-----0---0-----before second-------|
A|--------------------3------------------------3--------line of verse------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Go to this at end of second line of verse.

2) circus?

e|---0-0-0-------0-3-3-0----0-0-0-------0-3-3-3----------------------------|
B|---0-0-0-------0-3-3-0----0-0-0-------0-3-3-3----------------------------|
G|---2-2-2-------2-0-0-0----2-2-2-------2-0-0-0----------------------------|
D|---2-2-2-0h2---2-2-2-2----2-2-2-0h2---2-2-2-2----------------------------|
A|-0-----------0----------0-----------0------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Chorus

Walked down by the bathing pond to try and get some sun.

D D/F# Gmaj7/B Dsus4 D

e|-------2---2-2-2-2----2-2-2-2-2-2------2-2-2-2-2-2--3-3-3-3-2-2-2-0-0----|
B|-------3---3-3-3-3----3-3-3-3-3-3------3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----|
G|-------2---2-2-2-2----2-2-2-2-2-2------0-0-0-0-0-0--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----|
D|-0-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------4----------------2------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

A Asus2 A

e|--0---0-0-0---0---0-0-0---0---0-0----------------------------------------|
B|--2---2-2-2---0---0-0-0---2---2-2----------------------------------------|
G|--2---2-2-2---2---2-2-2---2---2-2----------------------------------------|
D|--2---2-2-2---2---2-2-2---2---2-2----------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

(2nd line of chorus using same notes as above.)

Saw at least a hundred school girls sobbing into handkerchiefs as one.

(Go to following after the second line of chorus.)

I don't believe they knew I was a school boy.

C Asus2 A7sus4

e|----0-------------------3----0-0-0-------0-3-3-0----0-0-0-------0-3-3-3---|
B|----1-------------------1----0-0-0-------0-3-3-0----0-0-0-------0-3-3-3---|
G|----0-------------------0----2-2-2-------2-0-0-0----2-2-2-------2-0-0-0---|
D|----2-------------------2----2-2-2-0h2---2-2-2-2----2-2-2-0h2---2-2-2-2---|
A|--3-3-----------------3-3--0-----------0----------0-----------0-----------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

(The following run is played after the second and final choruses.)

Asus2

e|------0--------0---------------------------------------0------------|
B|--1h3---3--1h3---1---------0-----0---------------------0------------|
G|-------------------2-----0-----0-----------0-----------2------------|
D|-----------------------2-----4-----2-0---0-------------2------------|
A|---------------------------------------3-----2-0---0-0-0------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------3------------------|

And the bearded lady said to me "If you start your raving

and your misbehaving you'll be sorry.

And the chicken fancier came to play, with his long red beard

and his sister's weird, she drives a lorry.

Chorus, ending in above run

Laughed down by the putting green I popped them in their holes.

Four and twenty labourers were labouring and digging up their gold.

I don't believe knew that I was Long John Silver.

Saw Johnny Scarecrow make his rounds in his jet black mac

which he won't give back, stole it from a snowman.

As I did walk by Hampstead Fair, I came upon Mother Goose

so I turned her loose as she was screaming.

Chorus

Walked down by the bathing pond to try and catch some sun.

Must have been at least a hundred school girls

sobbing into handkerchiefs as one.

I don't believe they knew I was a school boy.

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| h Hammer-on

| p Pull-off

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