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Tuning: E A D G
MY GOD (Bassline)
As recorded by Jethro Tull
(From the 1971 Album AQUALUNG)
Words and Music by Ian Anderson
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Jeffrey Hammond - Bass'
[Intro] [1st Verse]
Q=89
4/4 6/4
Gtr I
Wx12 Wx2 Wx8
G|-------------|----------------||--------||
D|-------------|----------------||--------||
A|-------------|----------------||--------||
E|-------------|----------------||--------||
[Chorus]
6/8 6/4 6/8 6/4
Wx3 Wx2 Wx4 Wx2
G|----------|----------------|----------|--------||
D|----------|----------------|----------|--------||
A|----------|----------------|----------|--------||
E|----------|----------------|----------|--------||
[2nd & 3rd Verses]
Segno $
7/4
Wx2 Q E E E E +Q. E E E E S S
G|----------------|------------------------------|
D|----------------|------------------------------|
A|----------------|------7---6-(6)-----5-3-------|
E|----------------|------------------------5-0-3-|
6/4
E E E E +Q. E E E E S S
G||----------------------------|
D||o---------------------------|
A||o---7---6-(6)-----5-3-------|
E||--5-------------------5-0-3-|
5/4
E E E E +Q. E E E E S S E E E E +Q. E E E
G|----------------------------||---------------------||
D|---------------------------o||---------------------||
A|---7---6-(6)-----5-3-------o||---7---6-(6)---5-3---||
E|-5-------------------5-0-3--||-5-------------------||
[Chorus]
6/8 7/4
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E E E E +Q. E E E E S S
G|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------------------------|
D|---4---4-5---|-5-3---------|---2---5-3---|---------------------------------|
A|-5---5-------|-----5---2---|-3---3-----5-|---------7---6-(6)-----5-3-------|
E|-----------3-|-------3---3-|-------------|-5-0-3-5-------------------5-0-3-|
5/4 6/8
E E E E +Q. E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|---------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
D|---------------------|---4---4-5---|-5-3---------|---2---5-3---|
A|---7---6-(6)---5-3---|-5---5-------|-----5---2---|-3---3-----5-|
E|-5-------------------|-----------3-|-------3---3-|-------------|
[Guitar Solo]
1.
E E E S E E. E Q Q. E Q Q. E E E Q. E Q S S +Q
G|--------------||------------|-----------|------------|------5-(5)-(5)---||
D|-7-7-7-7-5-7--||o-7---------|-----------|------------|---------5--(5)--o||
A|--------------||o-----------|-7---------|-5-5--------|-8---------------o||
E|--------------||------------|-----------|------------|------------------||
[Flute Solo]
2.
To Coda
E Q S S +Q Q E E E E +Q. E E E Q E E E E +Q. E E E
G|------5-(5)-(5)--||------------|-------------|------------|-------------|
D|---------5--(5)--||-7--------5-|-(5)---------|-7--------5-|-(5)---------|
A|-8---------------||----7-5-----|-------5-5-5-|----7-5-----|-------5-5-5-|
E|-----------------||------------|-------------|------------|-------------|
Q E E E E +Q. E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E E Q Q. H.
G|------------|-------------|------------|------------|-----------|-------|
D|-7--------5-|-(5)---------|-7--------5-|-5--5-5-5-5-|-5---------|-------|
A|----7-5-----|-------5-5-5-|----7-5-----|------------|-----------|-------|
E|------------|-------------|------------|------------|-----------|-------|
6/8
E Q Q. H. 3x E Q Q. W Wx4
G||------------|----------||-----------|--------|--------|
D||o-----------|---------o||-----------|--------|--------|
A||o-----------|---------o||-----------|--------|--------|
E||--3---------|----------||-3---------|--------|--------|
6/4
Q E E E E +Q. E E E Q E E E E +Q. E E E Wx3
G||-------------|-------------|------------|--------------||--------|
D||o-7--------5-|-(5)---------|-7--------5-|-(5)---------o||--------|
A||o----7-5-----|-------5-5-5-|----7-5-----|-------5-5-5-o||--------|
E||-------------|-------------|------------|--------------||--------|
[Outro]
Dal Segno al Coda Coda &
W E S S E E E E +Q. E E E 3x E S S E E E E +H.
G|--------------||-----------------------------||----------------------*|
D|--------------||o---------------------------o||----------------------*|
A|--------------||o---------7---6-(6)-----5-3-o||---------7---6-(6)----*|
E|--------------||--5-0-3-5--------------------||-5-0-3-5--------------*|
[Lyrics]
People, what have you done?
Locked Him in His golden cage, golden cage
Made Him bend to your religion
Him—resurrected from the grave, from the grave
He is the god of nothing
If that's all that you can see
You are the god of everything
He's inside you and me
So lean upon Him gently
And don't call on Him to save
You from your social graces
And the sins you used to waive, you used to waive
The bloody Church of England
In chains of history
Requests your earthly presence
At the vicarage for tea
And the graven image you-know-who
With His plastic crucifix
(he's got him fixed)
Confuses me as to who and where and why
As to how he gets his kicks, he gets his kicks
Confessing to the endless sin
The endless whining sounds
You'll be praying 'til next Thursday
To all the gods that you can count
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Duration Legend
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; a - acciaccatura;
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted;
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration).
| (n) - note tied to previous
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