Jethro Tull – Back To The Family tab

Intro Lick:

C G Em A Asus2e|---------------|---------------|----------------|---------------|---0-->B|---------------|---------------|----------------|---------------|---0-->G|--0h2-p0----0--|---------------|----------------|---------------|---2-->D|---------------|--0h2-p0-------|--0--------0h2--|------------2--|---2-->A|--3->----------|------------3--|-----------0h2--|--0---------0--|---0-->E|---------------|--3->----------|-------3--------|-------3----0--|------ x x x x x x x x x x x x
Lick #2: This one is played behind most of the verses, during the 'G' chord. The tab below assumes you're playing an open G (300023); just work this pattern into your finger-picking, if any. It also sounds nice when moved down an octave, but you need to go to dropped-D tuning.
e|----------------|----------------| (Played twice behind 1stB|--0--0h1--0-----|----------------| line of each verse)G|-------------2--|--0--0----------|D|----------------|--------0h2--0--|A|----------------|----------------|E|----------------|----------------|
Verse 1: G My telephone wakes me in the morning. Have to get up to answer the call, F C G F C G So I think I'll go back to the family, where no one can ring me at all. Verse 2: G Living this life has its problems, so I think that I'll give it a break. F C G F C G Oh, I'm going back to the family, 'cause I've had about all I can take. Repeat intro lick, then: Am C D C Master's in the counting house, counting all his money. D C Sister's sitting by the mirror, she thinks her hair looks funny. G Bb C D And here am I thinking to myself, just a-wondering what it pays to do. Solo 1 (bass/flute) Alternate D & C, then end on Asus2 Verse 3: G I think I enjoyed all my problems, where I did not get nothing for free. F C G F C G Oh, I'm going back to the family, doing nothing is bothering me. Verse 4: G I'll get a train back to the city. The soft life is getting me down. F C G F C G There's more fun away from the family, get some action when I roll into town. Repeat intro lick, then: Am C D C Everything I do is wrong. What the hell was I thinking? D C Phone keeps ringing all day long, I got no time for thinking. G Bb C D And every day has the same old way, they're giving me too much to do. Solos (bass/flute, then guitar, then all fade) D C D C ...
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