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My God

Jethro Tull

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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

  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|----------------------------------------|


        Here's how it lines up with the lyrics:


        Am  B7                Dm E7 Am    Am B7
        People, what have you done
                   Dm     E7     Am       Am B7 Dm E7 Am
        Locked Him in His golden cage
                 Am      B7     Dm E7 Am  Am B7
        Made Him bend to your religion
                 Dm      E7      Am       Am B7 Dm E7 Am B7 Dm E7
        Him resurrected from the grave


Part 2: Chords, all strummed:

             D           G
        He is the God of nothing,
                  C        G       Am B7 Dm E7 Am    Am B7 Dm E7
        If that's all that you can see
               D           G
        You are the God of everything,
             C      G       D  CaddD  D         ( CaddD = XX0030 )
        He's inside you and me.


Verse 2:

           Am     B7         Dm E7 Am    Am B7
        So lean upon Him gently
                   Dm     E7     Am
        And don't call on him to save


        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----|
    ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^