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Thick As A Brick Tab

by Jethro Tull

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Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Martin Barre - acoustic w/capo at 3 fret'
tab numbers are relative to capo
chord chart also relative to capo => nut on diagram = capo
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Martin Barre - Clean electric'

Intro
    In 2 Q.=118
   6/8
    Gtr I
    E  E E E  E E   E Q  E E E   E  E E E  E E   E  E E E  E E
||----------------|------3-3-3-|---------------|----------------||
||o---------------|------3-3-3-|---------------|---------------o||
||-------2------2-|------0-0-0-|------5------5-|------0------0--||
||-----0------0---|------0-0-0-|----0------0---|----0------0----||
||o-0------4------|-0h2--2-2-2-|-0------7------|-5------3------o||
||----------------|------3-3-3-|---------------|----------------||
    Q.     Q.                    Q.     Q.       Q.     Q.
 |-Riff A           end Riff A-||-Riff B             end Riff B-|

   Verse 1 & 2
    Q  E E Q    Q  E E Q    E Q  E E E
||--2--2-2-2--|-0--0-0-0--|------3-3-3-|
||o-3--3-3-3--|-1--1-1-1--|------3-3-3-|
||--2--2-2-2--|-2--2-2-2--|------0-0-0-|
||--0--0-0-0--|-2--2-2-2--|------0-0-0-|
||o-----------|-0--0-0-0--|-0h2--2-2-2-|
||------------|-----------|------3-3-3-|
 |-Rhy Fig 1             end Rhy Fig 1-|

  Gtr I
   E  E E  E  E E    E Q     E E E
|-----------------|----------3-3-3-|
|-----------------|----------3-3-3-|
|-------2-------2-|----------0-0-0-|
|-----0-------0---|----------0-0-0-|
|--0-------4------|--0h2-----2-2-2-|
|-----------------|----------3-3-3-|
|  Q.      Q.
|
| Gtr II on repeat only
|  ~~~~~~~~~~~
|  Q.      Q.        E E  E  E E E
|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|
|-14------12------|----------------|
|-----------------|-14---12-12-----|
|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|
|-Riff C                end Riff C-|

Riff A w/Riff C on repeat

Rhy Fig 1

Riff A + Riff C both x2

Rhy Fig 1

Riff A (+ Riff C on repeat) both x2

Rhy Fig 1

Riff A (+ Riff C on repeat) both x2


  Bb           Csus4 Csus2    F  F*** F  F*** F F** F       F*
  Gtr I
  Q   E E Q    Q   E  E  Q    Q  E    Q  E    E E   E +E  E E
  |   | | |    |   |  |  |    |  |    |  |    | |   |  |  | |
  /   / / /    /   /  /  /    /  /    /  /    / /   /  /  / /

  Gtr II
  ~~             ~~~~~~~~                     ~~~~~~
  H.           E Q   +Q.      Q  E Q  E   E E E +Q.
|------------|--------------|-----------|---------------|
|-3----------|-3h5---(5)----|-----------|---3-----------|
|------------|--------------|-5--3-5--3-|-5---5-(5)-----|
|------------|--------------|-----------|---------------|
|------------|--------------|-----------|---------------|
|------------|--------------|-----------|---------------|
|-Riff D                                     end Riff D-|


Rhy Fig 2 w/Riff D on repeat

w/Riff D on repeat
  Bb           Csus4 Csus2    F  F*** F  F*** F F** F     F**
 F Q   E E Q    Q   E  E  Q   Q  E    Q  E    E E   E +E  Q
  |   | | |    |   |  |  |    |  |    |  |    | |   |  |  |
  /   / / /    /   /  /  /    /  /    /  /    / /   /  /  /
|------------|--------------|----------------|---------------|


  C  CsCs2CsusC CsCs4         CsCs2     CsusC
  Q  E Q  E   E E E +E  E E   E Q   Q   E    Q.   +E  Q
  |  | |  |   | | |  |  | |   | |   |   |    |     |  |
  /  / /  /   / / /  /  / /   / /   /   /    /     /  /

                                ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  Q  E Q  E   E E E +E  Q     E Q  +Q.      +Q.    Q.
|-----------|---------------|-------------|--------------|
|-----------|---------------|-------------|--------------|
|-----------|---2-----------|-------------|--------------|
|-5--3-5--3-|-5---5-(5)-3---|-3h5--(5)----|-(5)----------|
|-----------|---------------|-------------|--------------|
|-----------|---------------|-------------|--------------|


Riff A x2


  1.
w/Riff C x2
  Gtr I
   E  E E  E  E E    E Q     E E E    E  E E  E  E E    E Q     E E E
|-----------------|----------3-3-3-|-----------------|----------3-3-3--||
|-----------------|----------3-3-3-|-----------------|----------3-3-3-o||
|-------2-------2-|----------0-0-0-|-------2-------2-|----------0-0-0--||
|-----0-------0---|----------0-0-0-|-----0-------0---|----------0-0-0--||
|--0-------4------|--0h2-----2-2-2-|--0-------4------|--0h2-----2-2-2-o||
|-----------------|----------3-3-3-|-----------------|----------3-3-3--||
   Q.      Q.                         Q.      Q.


  2.
w/Riff B x2
   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   H.               +E   E  E  E  E  E
|----------------|---------------------|
|-13-------------|-(13)----13-14p13----|
|----------------|------15----------15-|
|----------------|---------------------|
|----------------|---------------------|
|----------------|---------------------|


                                          Bridge
                                           F
                                        Gtr I
   W                 W                      H.
                                            |
                                            /

   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~                    ~~~
   H.               +E   E  E  E   E  E     H.
|----------------|----------------------||--------|
|-13-------------|-(13)-13-14-13--------||--------|
|----------------|----------------15-12-||-14-----|
|----------------|----------------------||--------|
|----------------|----------------------||--------|
|----------------|----------------------||--------|


            Cm        Csus2 C          Eb
  Gtr I
  H.        H.        E     Q  E E E   H.
  |         |         |     |  | | |   |
  /         /         /     /  / / /   /
|---------|---------|----------------|-------|


               Gm                      Bb
                                     Gtr I
  Q.   +E Q    H.        W             H.        Q.   E Q
  |     | |    |                       |         |    | |
  /     / /    /                       /         /    / /

                       Gtr I
  W            W         E E E E E E   W         W
|------------|---------|-------------|---------|------------|
|------------|---------|-------------|---------|------------|
|------------|---------|-------------|---------|------------|
|------------|---------|-0-2---------|---------|------------|
|------------|---------|-----0-2---0-|---------|------------|
|------------|---------|---------0---|---------|------------|


  Gtr I
  Q  E Q  E   Q  E Q  E   Q  E Q  E
|-----------|-----------|-2--0-3--0-|
|-3--2-3--2-|-3--2-3--2-|-3--3-3--3-|
|-4--2-4--2-|-4--2-4--2-|-2--0-2--0-|
|-4--2-4--2-|-4--2-4--2-|-0--0-0--0-|
|-2--2-2--2-|-2--2-2--2-|-----------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|


  Q  E Q  E   Q  E Q  E   Q  E Q  E
|-2--0-3--0-|-2--0-2--0-|-2--2-2--2-|
|-3--3-3--3-|-2--0-2--0-|-2--2-2--2-|
|-2--0-2--0-|-3--0-3--0-|-3--3-3--3-|
|-0--0-0--0-|-4--4-4--4-|-4--4-4--4-|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|


  Bb                      Csus4Csus2C
  Gtr I
  Q.   Q.     Q.   E Q    Q.   Q    E   H.
  |    |      |    | |    |    |    |   |
  /    /      /    / /    /    /    /   /
|-----------|-----------|-------------|-------|


Riff A x2


                                            Verse 3
    Gtr I
     E  E E E  E E     E   Q     E  E  E
||-----------------|-------------0--0--0--||
||o----------------|-------------6--6--6-o||
||--------5------5-|-------------5--5--5--|| w/Riff E
||------0------0---|----------------------||
||o--0------7------|---0---5-------------o||
||-----------------|----------------------||
|    Q.     Q.
|-Riff E                       end Riff E-|
|
|   Gtr II
|    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~                    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|    H.               +E   E  E  E  E  E      H.               +H.
||-----------------|----------------------||----------------|---------------|
||o-13-------------|-(13)----13-14p13----o||-13-------------|-(13)----------|
||-----------------|------15----------15--||----------------|---------------|
||-----------------|----------------------||----------------|---------------|
||o----------------|---------------------o||----------------|---------------|
||-----------------|----------------------||----------------|---------------|


Riff E x11


  Ab                        F            F*** F
  Gtr I
  Q.   E E E   Q.   E E E   Q.   E E E   E    Q  +Q.
  |    | | |   |    | | |   |    | | |   |    |   |
  /    / / /   /    / / /   /    / / /   /    /   /
|------------|------------|------------|---------------*|

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