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From: Adnaju
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 21:13:32 EST
Subject: TAB: Jethro Tull’s ‘This Free Will’
Subject: TAB: ‘This Free Will’
by Jethro Tull written by Ian Anderson
Album: Roots to Branches
Transcribed by: Nathan Maimone ([email protected])
This is the introduction and chorus
to Jethro Tull’s ‘This Free Will’
I am trying to get the rest of the song, but am having
a hard time. So if anyone wants to transcribe the rest,
please do so. If you have any problems with this tab, e-mail to
[email protected]
Tempo: Fast Double slashes(—) = short pause
e|———————————-|
b|———————————-|
g|———————————-|
d|-7—8-7-5-7—8-5-10-8-7—8-7-5—8-|
a|-5—6-5-3-5—6-7-8—6-5—6-5-3—6-|
E|———————————-|
e|———————————-|
b|———————————-| (Repeat the
g|———————————-| whole
d|-7—8-7-5-7—8-7-10-8-7—8-7-5—-| thing twice)
a|-5—6-5-3-5—6-5-8—6-5—6-5-3—-|
E|———————————-|
Here’s the lyrics.
She peeled from a stretch black snake
which slipped up from the hotel door.
Darting looks from piercing eyes —
The stir of memory and then no more.
Well, you know how I have to believe —
She can almost remember my name.
(Chorus)
It’s been a long time coming, babe —
Long time loose amongst foreign hills —
Shaking my faith in this free will.
Years ago in a coastal town,
mosquitoes buzzed in her hair.
Schooldress torn and bare feet brown —
Then the rains came and she wasn’t there.
You’re closing your doors on me
when you had almost remembered my name.
It’s been a long time coming, babe —
Long time loose amongst foreign hills —
Shaking my faith in this free will.
Sharp points in an ink-black sky —
Faint words collide, then are lost.
I’ll follow you beneath this dome —
Win you back at any cost.
I know we were children then,
but you can almost remember me name.
It’s been a long time coming, babe —
Long time loss amongst foreign hills —
Well, let’s be children, still —
Don’t shake my faith in this free will.
Don’t shake my faith in this free will.
With those lyrics I have just wasted
all your printer ink. Sorry, but I had to put
them on this.
I think the lyric’s starting progression
is E—F#m and that’s all I can figure out.
So if you know the rest of the chords, please tell me.