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From: BROCKMAN@udavxb.oca.udayton.edu
MY GOD
Jethro Tull
from: Aqualung, 1971
Transcribed by:
brockman@udavxb.oca.udayton.edu (Bob Brockman)
Corrections welcome (please email) - Thanks.
Notes:
1. On the Aqualung album, a lot of the guitar is covered over
by the strong piano parts. I gleaned most of the guitar
background from a bootleg recording on which this cut
consists pretty much of Ian Anderson and acoustic guitar.
Might be a little different from what's played on the
album.
2. My naming of a couple of the more bizarre chords might be
off; if my ignorance is showing, someone let me know
(gently) where I'm all wet.
3. The lyrics below are different in 2-3 places from the ones
printed in the album liner notes; this happens in spots
where I'm pretty sure the liner notes are off.
Intro:
e|----------------|--------------------||
B|----------------|--------------------||
G|----------------|--------------------||
D|---7-----------7|----7---7---7--5-h7-||
A|-0--------------|--0---0---0---------||
E|----------------|--------------------||
let ring | repeat several times,
at increasing tempo
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/j/jethro_tull/my_god_tab.html ]
Am B7/A
e|----------------|----------------|
B|-5--------------|-4--------------|
G|-5--------------|-4--------------|
D|-7--------------|-7--------------|
A|-0--------------|-0--------------|
E|----------------|----------------| Repeat to this point 2x
finger pick in let ring
this position
for a while...
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------2--------2-s4--------|
D|------------------------0-2-3--------3---s5----5---|
A|-0---0------------0-2-3----------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|
let ring
Verse 1:
Part 1: This part can either be strummed (muting both E and e)
or finger-picked. The Aqualung album version seems to
be mostly strumming, but it's almost overpowered by the
piano part once that starts. On the bootleg, Anderson
finger-picks it, and it sounds really nice. If you do
finger-pick it, throwing in a little of the high 'e'
string sounds good -- play with it and see.
Am B7addE/A DmaddE/A E7/A Am
e|--0-------------------------4-----0-----| Repeated twice as intro,
B|-10--0------------6---------5----10-----| before piano line begins.
G|--9--8------------7---------4-----9-----| Then repeated throughout
D|-10--7------------7---------0----10-----| first part of each verse.
A|--0--0--------0---0---------0-----0-----| See below for timing.
E|----------------------------------------|
Riff #1
e|--------------------------| This riff replaces the Am - B7addE/A etc.
B|--------------------------| chord progression for the remainder of
G|--------------------------| the verse. There are a couple of minor
D|--------------------------| variations here and there, very simple.
A|--7--6------5-3-----------|
E|---------------5-0-3-5----|
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