Aqualung Chords

by Jethro Tull
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Difficulty: intermediate
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: Gm
Capo: 3rd fret
Author Pencom [a] 30,874.
1 contributor total, last edit on Jul 3, 2024
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Chords

Bb
C
D
Em
A
Am
Dsus2
Eb
C#
Db
F
Gm
Cm
Fsus2

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Aqualung chords
Jethro Tull 1971  "Aqualung" (Ian Anderson)
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aqualung_(album)
 
Capo III *
 
e|--------------|
B|--------------|
G|--------------|
D|--------------|
A|-2-----0-1-0--|
E|---0-3--------| from capo
 
                        Bb
Sitting on a park bench 
C                        D          Bb C
Eyeing little girls with bad intent. 
 
e|--------------|
B|--------------|
G|--------------|
D|--------------|
A|-2-----0-1-0--|
E|---0-3--------| from capo
 
                             Bb
Snot is running down his nose 
C                       D              Bb C
Greasy fingers smearing shabby clothes. 
Bb   C
hey, Aqualung  
 
e|--------------|
B|--------------|
G|--------------|
D|--------------|
A|-2-----0-1-0--|
E|---0-3--------| from capo
 
                       Bb
Drying in the cold sun 
C                      D           Bb C
Watching as the frilly panties run. 
Bb  C
hey Aqualung 
 
e|--------------|
B|--------------|
G|--------------|
D|--------------|
A|-2-----0-1-0--|
E|---0-3--------| from capo
 
                        Bb
Feeling like a dead duck
C                          D           Bb C
Spitting out pieces of his broken luck. 
Bb  C
ooh Aqualung 
 
Em             D                          A
 Sun streaking cold, an old man wandering lonely
Am              Em          D    Dsus2 D
Taking time the only way he knows
 
Em           D                          A
 Leg hurting bad, as he bends to pick a dog end
   Am               Em                D   Dsus2 D
He goes down to the bog and warms his feet
 
Em        D                       A
 Feeling alone, the armies up the road
   Am          Em                D  Dsus2 D
Salvation al-a-mode and a cup of tea
 
Em           D                              A
 Aqualung my friend, don't you start away uneasy
    Am               Em            D  Dsus2 D
You poor old sod you see it's only me
 
Em              D                       Em
 Do you still remember, Decembers foggy freeze?
Em                          D                               Em
When the ice that clings on to your beard, was screaming agony
        Em                   D                                 Em
And you snatch your rattling last breathes with deep-sea-diver-sounds
        Am                   Em             D     Dsus2 D
And the flowers bloomed like madness in the spring
 
Em             D                          A
 Sun streaking cold, an old man wondering lonely
Am              Em          D    Dsus2 D
Taking time the only way he knows
 
Em           D                          A
 Leg hurting bad, as he bends to pick a dog end
   Am               Em                D   Dsus2 D
He goes down to the bog and warms his feet
 
Em        D                       A
 Feeling alone, the armies up the road
   Am          Em                D  Dsus2 D
Salvation al-a-mode and a cup of tea
 
Em           D                              A
 Aqualung my friend, don't you start away uneasy
    Am               Em            D
You poor old sod you see it's only me
 
e|--------------|
B|--------------|
G|--------------|
D|--------------|
A|-2-----0-1-0--|
E|---0-3--------| from capo
                        Bb
Sitting on a park bench 
C                        D          Bb C
Eyeing little girls with bad intent. 
 
e|--------------|
B|--------------|
G|--------------|
D|--------------|
A|-2-----0-1-0--|
E|---0-3--------| from capo
                             Bb
Snot is running down his nose 
C                       D              Bb C
Greasy fingers smearing shabby clothes. 
Bb   C
hey, Aqualung  
 
e|--------------|
B|--------------|
G|--------------|
D|--------------|
A|-2-----0-1-0--|
E|---0-3--------| from capo
                       Bb
Drying in the cold sun 
C                      D           Bb C
Watching as the frilly panties run. 
Bb  C
hey Aqualung 
 
e|--------------|
B|--------------|
G|--------------|
D|--------------|
A|-2-----0-1-0--|
E|---0-3--------| 4x from capo
 
Bb  C   D
ooh Aqualung 
 
* Alternate:
 
Open
 
C     = Eb
Bb    = C# (Db)
D     = F
Em    = Gm
A     = C
Am    = Cm
Dsus2 = Fsus2
 
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22 comments
zebu12
Anther excellent post pencom! I like the capo on 3,but then the intro would be A2 E E3 A A1 A
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Pencom
Thank you! You are 100% correct, and I can't count. I've made the correction plus finished off the song and resubmitted to UG. Thanks again for the great heads up... Pencom Set8
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CE Zollman
What,no flute tab?Just joking,an excellent tab,spot on as Ian would say.Great job.
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