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Thick As a Brick

Jethro Tull
Tab
4.8(65)

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

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---|

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.

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---|
 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---|
 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|----------------------------|---------------------------|

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.

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---|
 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).

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

^ ^

| |

------------------ Just Fmaj and Dmaj chords with a little spice

thrown in - listen to the song for the strumming

pattern.

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| b Bend

| (n) Ghost note

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