Thick As A Brick

From David.D.N*             Jun 17 '94 at 1:59 pm edt


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Here's how I learned Tull's Thick as a Brick Edit #1.  I notice
the archive contains something I posted on netnews many moons ago
with only about half of it - here's the whole thing.
There's a couple of parts where the guitar is pretty low in the
mix and I'm not real sure I got it right, but it sounds pretty
dang close to me.

Couple of notes - there's a capo at the 3rd fret, which is why the
strings at the left of the tab are noted the way they are.
So, what I designated as an open string is actually fretted at
the 3rd fret by the capo.  Secondly, one should use liberal
interpretation of the tab - I wasn't too careful in some of the
chordal sections about specifying exactly which notes of the chord
are hit and which aren't.  Nor did I attempt to tab the exact
strumming patterns.  As always, use tab as a guide, listen to
it yourself, and make it sound right!

The lyrics are here for reference only.  I placed them close to
where they occur but I certainly didn't try to get all the nuances
and rhythm for the vocals in there, nor did I make a great attempt
to make sure I got all the words right.

I should also note this is only the Ian Anderson acoustic part.
There's a few small Martin Barre parts which I will leave as as
exercise for the reader.

Now that I got all the disclaimers out of the way, go for it.

david nason
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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---|