Aqualung Chords

by Jethro Tull
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Difficulty: intermediate
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: Gm
Capo: 3rd fret
Author venusadie [a] 132. Last edit on Jun 5, 2025
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Chords

Em
A#
C
D
D#
C#
G#
B
Dsus2
Dsus4
A
Am
Esus4
A/B
Am/C

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Song: Aqualung
Artist: Jethro Tull
Album: Aqualung
Year: 1970
Writers: Ian Anderson, Jennie Anderson
 
 
 
 
Main Riff (forming an Em or Edim chord )
 
e|--------------|
B|--------------|
G|--------------|
D|--------------|
A|-2-----0-1-0--|
E|---0-3--------| from capo
 
 
 
 
 
[Verse 1]
 
Riff(Em)                    A#
Sitting on a park bench
C                        D            C - D - C - D - D# - A#
Eyeing little girls with bad intent.
 
C  C - A# - D# - D# - C# - G# - B
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
Riff(Em)                        A#
Snot is running down his nose
C                       D               C - D - C - D - D# - A#
Greasy fingers smearing shabby clothes.
 
C  C - A# - D# - D# - C# - G# - B
Hey Aqualung
 
 
[Verse 3]
 
Riff(Em)                  A#
Drying in the cold sun
C                      D            C - D - C - D - D# - A#
Watching as the frilly panties run.
 
C  C - A# - D# - D# - C# - G# - B
Hey Aqualung
 
 
[Verse 4]
 
Riff(Em)                 A#
Feeling like a dead duck
C                          D            C - D - C - D - D# - A#
Spitting out pieces of his broken luck.
 
C  C - A# - D# - D# - C# - G# - B
Hey Aqualung
 
 
[Bridge]
 
Em             D Dsus2 D        Dsus4     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 Dsus4
He goes down to the bog and warms his feet
 
D   Dsus2 D
 
Em        D                       A
 Feeling alone, the armies up the road
   Am          Em Esus4          D  Dsus2 D
Salvation al-a-mode and a cup of tea
 
Em           D                              A
 Aqualung my friend, don't you start away uneasy
A/B Am/C             Em            D Dsus2 D Dsus2
You poor old sod you see it's only me
 
D  Dsus2 D
 
(picks up speed)
 
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 Dsus4 D
And the flowers bloomed like madness in the spring
 
Em             D                          A
 Sun streaking cold, an old man wondering lonely
A/B  Am/C              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
A/B Am/C             Em                D   Dsus2 D
He  goes down to the bog and warms his feet
 
D   Dsus2 D
 
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
 
[Instrumental Over Bridge Chords]
 
Em D D A Am Em D D
 
Em D  D Em
Em D  D Em
Em D  D Em
Em D  D
Em
Em D  D Em
Em D  D Em
Em D  D Em
Em D  D
Em
 
(slow)
 
Em           D Dsus2 D                   A
 Dee-dee-dee-dee.    Dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee
Am                  Em              D    Dsus2 D Dsus4
Dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee Dee-dee-dee-dee
 
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
 
 
[Verse 1]
 
Riff(Em)                    A#
Sitting on a park bench
C                        D           C - D - C - D - D# - A#
Eyeing little girls with bad intent.
 
C  C - A# - D# - D# - C# - G# - B
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
Riff(Em)                    A#
Snot is running down his nose
C                       D               C - D - C - D - D# - A#
Greasy fingers smearing shabby clothes.
 
C  C - A# - D# - D# - C# - G# - B
Hey Aqualung
 
 
[Verse 3]
 
Riff(Em)                    A#
Drying in the cold sun
C                      D            C - D - C - D - D# - A#
Watching as the frilly panties run.
 
C  C - A# - D# - D# - C# - G# - B
Hey Aqualung
 
 
[Verse 4]
 
Riff(Em)                 A#
Feeling like a dead duck
C                          D            C - D - C - D - D# - A#
Spitting out pieces of his broken luck.
 
C  C - A# - D# - D# - C# - G# - B
Hey Aqualung
 
 
Riff(Em) x4
 
 
A#  C   D
Oh  oh  Aqualung
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