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Up the Pool

Jethro Tull
Chords & TabKeyACapoFret 7intermediate
4.9(14)

Chords in this song15

capo 7 — sounds 7 semitones higher

Verse Riff

I'm go-ing up 'The Pool', from down the smoke be - low---,
e |---2---2--2----0----h2---------|--0--------0-----0----0---0---------|
B |---3---3--3----3----3----------|--3--------3-----0----0--h2---------|
G |---2---2--2----0----h2---------|--2--------2-----2----2---2---------|
D |---0------0----0----0----------|--2--------2-----2----2---2---------|
A |------------------------0-h2---|--0--------0----------0---0---------|
E |-------------------------------|------------------------------0-h3--|

Verse end riff

D G6/D D G6/D D C/D Dm7 * D
e |--2--2--0----h2---0-----h2----0-0-0-0---|---5---5-5---5-5----5---2---|
B |--3--3--3-----3---3------3----1-1-1-1---|---6---6-6---6-6----6---3---|
G |--2--2--0----h2---0-----h2----0-0-0-0---|---5---5-5---5-5----5---2---|
D |--0-----0-----0---0-----------0-0-0-0---|---0-----0-----0----0---0---|
A |----------------------------------------|----------------------------|
E |----------------------------------------|----------------------------|
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and use the typed voicings shown below:
Chord names and fret positions are all relative to the capo position:
Dm7 * = xx0565 A = x02220 C = x32010 Dm7 = xx0211
G6/D = xx0030 Asus2 = x02200 Csus2 = x30010 Bb = x13331
C/D = xx0010 Bm = x24432 G = 320003 Am = x02210
Asus4 = x02230 Bsus2 = x24422 G/B = x20003
N.C. = No chords h = hammer-on notes
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Intro

          
e |--5--5--5--5--5--5--|--0--h2---0--h2--0---h2--0---h2--0-0--0-0--| [x2]
B |--6--6--6--6--6--6--|--3---3---3---3--3----3--3----3--1-1--1-1--|
G |--5--5--5--5--5--5--|--0--h2---0--h2--0---h2--0---h2--0-0--0-0--|
D |--0-----0-----0--0--|--0-------0---0--0----0--0----0--0----0----|
A |--------------------|-------------------------------------------|
E |--------------------|-------------------------------------------|
      
e |--0---h2--0---h2--0---|--h2-------------|
B |--3----3--3----3--3---|---3-------------|
G |--0---h2--0---h2--0---|--h2-------------|
D |--0-------0----0--0---|---0-------------|
A |----------------------|-----------------|
E |----------------------|-----------------|

Verse 1

I'm going up 'The Pool', from down the smoke be - low,
To taste m' mum's jam sarnies, and see our Aunt- y Flo, 
N.C. Bm Bsus2 Bm Asus4 A Asus2 Bm Bsus2 Bm Asus4 A
The candy floss sales - man ...watches ladies in the sand,
Down for a freak - y weekend...
...in the hope that they'll be meeting... 
D G6/D D G6/D D C/D Dm7 * D
...Mr. Universe

Verse 2

N.C. D G6/D D Asus4 Asus2 A
The iron tower smiles down u - pon the sil - ver ...sea,
And a - long the gold - en mile they'll be swigging mugs of tea,
N.C Bm Bsus2 Bm Asus4 A Asus2 Bm Bsus2 Bm Asus4 A
The poli - ti - cians there, ...who've come to take the air,
While posing ...for the daily press...
We look around and blame the mess...  
D G6/D D G6/D D C/D Dm7 * D
...on Edward Pier

Verse 3

N.C. D G6/D D Dm7
There'll be buckets, spades and bingo,
Cockles, muscels, rainy days,    
A - Seaweed and sand - castles, icy waves,    
Deck-chairs, ...rubber dinghies,
Old vests, braces dangling down,    
A sun-tanned stranded starfish...
D G6/D D G6/D D G6/D D C/D Dm7* D
...In a daze

Verse 4

We're going up 'The Pool', from down the smoke be - low,
To taste m' mum's jam sarnies, and see our Aunt- y Flo, 
N.C. Bm Bsus2 Bm Asus4 A Asus2 Bm Bsus2 Bm Asus4 A
The candy floss sales - man ...watches ladies in the sand,
Down for a freak - y weekend...
...in the hope that they'll be meeting... 
D G6/D D G6/D D C/D Dm7 * D
...Mr. Universe

Verse 5

N.C. D G6/D D Dm7
There'll be buckets, spades and bingo,
Cockles, muscels, rainy days,    
A - Seaweed and sand - castles, icy waves,    
Deck-chairs, ...rubber dinghies,
Old vests, braces dangling down,    
A sun-tanned stranded starfish...
D G6/D D G6/D D G6/D D C/D Dm7* D
...In a daze

Coda

Oh, Blackpool,     
Oh, Blackpool     
Yes! Yes! Good old Blackpool!
e |---------------------|---------------------|--2--------------------|
B |---------------------|---------------------|--3--------------------|
G |------0------0-------|--0-h2-0-------------|--2--------------------|
D |----0------0------0--|---------0-----------|--0--------------------|
A |--2------3------2----|-----------2-h3-2----|-----------------------|
E |---------------------|------------------3--|-----------------------|
 
e |------------------|----0----||
B |------------------|----1----||
G |---0-h2-p0--------|----2----||
D |-------------4----|----2----||
A |------------------|----0----||
E |------------------|---------||

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