Thick As A Brick By Ian Anderson Thick As A Brick is Ian Anderson's opus spanning two sides of vinyl. I'm going to present the 1st bit of it as the song is rife with a multitude of changes in key and time signatures. Hopefully, in the weeks and months to come I'll have time to give you more of it as I've worked it out. Tuning is Standard with a capo at the third fret. For ease of understanding, I'll treat the chordings as natural chords rather than their actual names due to the capo. (An open note would relate to the note sounded with the capo at the third fret.)Lots of picking of the bass notes to get the "Tull" feel REMEMBER!! CAPO at the third fret!!! D 2 Dmaj7 2 G6 0 Am 0 Asus2 0 Dsu2 0 Dsus4 3 Asus4 0 3 3 3 1 0 3 3 3 2 2 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 X 4 2 0 0 X X 0 X X 3 X X X X X Dm7 5 Dm9 5 Dm11 X C 0 G 3 Em 0 Bm 2 F# 2 Csus2 X 6 6 6 1 0 0 3 2 X 5 5 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 4 4 0 0 7 5 3 2 2 X X 3 X X X X 3 0 X X X

^DReally don't ^Ammind if you ^G6sit this one ^Dout.^Dmaj7 ^G6 ^D ^Dmaj7 ^G6 My ^Dwords but a w^Amhisper -- your ^G6deafness a ^DSHOU^Dmaj7T. ^G6 ^D ^Dmaj7 ^G6

I ^Dmay make you ^Amfeel but I ^G6can't make you ^Dthin^Dmaj7k. ^G6 ^D ^Dmaj7 ^G6 Your ^Dsperm's in the ^Amgutter -- your ^G6love's in the ^Dsink^Dmaj7. ^G6 ^D ^Dmaj7 ^G6

So you ^G6ride yourselves ^Asus2over the ^Dfi^Dsus2elds ^D ^Dsus2 ^D ^Dsus4 ^D and you ^G6make all your ^Asus2animal ^Dde^Dsus2als ^D ^Dsus2 ^D ^Dsus4 ^D

and your ^G6wise men don't ^Asus2know how it ^Dfe^Dsus2els ^D ^Dsus2 ^D ^Dsus4 ^D A Asus2 A Asus2 A Asus4 A Asus2 A

to be ^Athick as a ^Dbr^Dmaj7ick. ^G6 ^D ^Dmaj7 ^G6 ^D ^Dmaj7 ^G6 ^D ^Dmaj7 ^G6 And the ^Dsand-castle ^Amvirtues are ^G6all swept ^Daw^Dmaj7ay ^G6 ^D ^Dmaj7 ^G6

in the ^Dtidal des^Amtruction the ^G6moral me^Dle^Dmaj7e. ^G6 ^D ^Dmaj7 ^G6

The e^Dlastic re^Amtreat rings the ^G6close of ^Dpl^Dmaj7ay ^G6 ^D ^Dmaj7 ^G6 as the ^Dlast wave un^Amcovers

the ^G6newfangled ^Dwa^Dmaj7y. ^G6 ^D ^Dmaj7 ^G6 But your ^G6new shoes are ^Asus2worn at the ^Dhe^Dsus2els ^D ^Dsus2 ^D ^Dsus4 ^D

and y^G6our suntan d^Asus2oes rapi^Ddl^Dsus2y peel^D ^Dsus2 ^D ^Dsus4 ^D and your ^G6wise men don't ^Asus2know how it ^Dfe^Dsus2els ^D ^Dsus2 ^D ^Dsus4 ^D

A Asus2 A Asus2 A Asus4 A Asus2 A

to be ^Athick as a ^Dbr^Dmaj7ick. ^G6 ^D ^Dmaj7 ^G6 Dm7 Dm9 Dm11 Dm7 Dm9 Csus2 D

And the ^Dlove that I ^Amfeel ^C is so far a^Emway: ^G I'm a bad dream that I ^Bmjust had to^Dday ^F#-- ^G

and you shake your ^Ahe^Asus2ad ^A and ^Asay it's a ^Dsha^Dmaj7me. ^G6 ^D ^Dmaj7 ^G6

Dm7 Dm9 Dm11 Dm7 Dm9 Dm11

^Dm7 ^Dm9 S^Dm11pin me back down the ^Dm7year^Dm9s ^Dm11 and the ^Dm7days^Dm9 ^Dm11 of my ^Dm7yout^Dm9h. ^Dm11

^Dm7 ^Dm9 Draw the ^Dm11lace and ^Dm7black ^Dm9curtains^Dm11 and shut ^Dm7out ^Dm9 ^Dm11 the ^Dm7whole ^Dm9truth. ^Dm11

^Dm7 ^Dm9Spin me d^Dm11own the long ages: ^Dm7let ^Dm9them^Dm11 sing the song. Dm7 Dm9 Dm11 Dm7 Dm9 Dm11

Dm7 Dm7 D Dsus2 D Am D G Am D G Am D G Am D G

Jethro Tull - Thick as a brick