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Thick As A Brick by Jethro Tull piano tab (text):

chords:  
 
     B   Bmaj7  E6    Bm7   Bm9  Bm11  Hsus2   B    Fm  
e-|--2-----2-----0-----5-----5-----------------2-----0-----  
B-|--3-----3-----3-----6-----6-----6-----------3-----1-----  
E-|--2-----2-----0-----5-----5-----0-----0-----2-----2-----  
B-|--0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----2-----  
F-|--------4-----2-----0-----7-----5-----3-----------0-----  
E-|--------------3-----------------------------------------  
   
 
   Fsus2  Bsus2   Bsus4   F   Fsus4   H    Em     E  
e-|--0-----0--------3-----0-----0-----0-----0-----3--  
B-|--0-----3--------3-----2-----3-----1-----0-----0--  
E-|--2-----0--------2-----2-----2-----0-----0-----0--  
B-|--2-----0--------0-----2-----2-----2-----2-----0--  
F-|--0--------------------0-----0-----3-----2-----2--  
E-|-----------------------------------------0-----3--  
 
    Bm    F#   Bb{1  H{3  Bb{4 B{5 Eb{6  E{7  F{8  
e-|--2-----2-----1-----3-----4-----5-----6-----7-----8-----  
B-|--3-----2-----3-----5-----6-----7-----8-----9----10-----  
E-|--4-----3-----3-----5-----6-----7-----8-----9----10-----  
B-|--4-----4-----3-----5-----6-----7-----8-----9----10-----  
F-|--------------1-----3-----4-----5-----6-----7-----8-----  
E-|--------------1-----3-----4-----5-----6-----7-----8-----  
 
  Hmaj7   B/F   Fm7    B   Em11   H/E   Bb   Bbsus2 Bbsus4  
e-|--0-----2-----3-----2-----0-----0-----1-----1-----1-----  
B-|--0-----3-----1-----4-----0-----1-----3-----1-----4-----  
E-|--0-----2-----2-----4-----0-----0-----3-----3-----3-----  
B-|--2-----3-----2-----4-----0-----2-----3-----3-----3-----  
F-|--3-----------0-----------0-----3-----------------------  
E-|--------------------------0-----3-----------------------  
 
     Bb    E  
e-|--1-----0-----  
B-|--2-----0-----  
E-|--1-----1-----  
B-|--3-----2-----  
F-|--------2-----  
E-|--------0-----  
   
   
B Bmaj7 E6  
Bm7 Bm9 Bm11 Hsus2  
B Bmaj7 E6  
Bm7 Bm9 Bm11 Hsus2  
 
B            Fm          E6           B   Bmaj7 E6  B Bmaj7 E6  
Really don't mind if you sit this one out.  
   
   B            Fm             E6         B   Bmaj7 E6  B Bmaj7 E6  
My words but a whisper -- your deafness a SHOUT.  
 
  B            Fm         E6             B   Bmaj7 E6  B Bmaj7 E6  
I may make you feel but I can't make you think.  
 
     B              Fm             E6            B   Bmaj7 E6     B Bmaj7 E6  
Your sperm's in the gutter -- your love's in the sink.  
 
       E6              Fsus2    B Bsus2 B Bsus2 B Bsus4 B  
So you ride yourselves over the fields  
 
        E6            Fsus2  B Bsus2 B Bsus2 B Bsus4 B  
and you make all your animal deals  
 
         E6             Fsus2       B Bsus2 B Bsus2 B Bsus4 B  
and your wise men don't know how it feels  
 
F Fsus2 F Fsus2 F Fsus4 F  Fsus2 F  
 
      F          B Bmaj7 E6      B Bmaj7 E6      B Bmaj7 E6      B Bmaj7 E6  
to be thick as a brick.  
 
        B           Fm          E6        B Bmaj7 E6    B Bmaj7 E6  
Fnd the sand-castle virtues are all swept away  
 
       B        Fm  
in the tidal destruction  
 
    E6      B Bmaj7 E6    B Bmaj7 E6  
the moral melee.  
 
     B        Fm              E6       B Bmaj7 E6    B Bmaj7 E6  
The elastic retreat rings the close of play  
 
       B           Fm  
as the last wave uncovers  
 
    E6         B Bmaj7 E6    B Bmaj7 E6  
the newfangled way.  
 
         E6            Fsus2       B Bsus2 B Bsus2 B Bsus4 B  
But your new shoes are worn at the heels  
 
     E6          Fsus2   B Bsus2 B Bsus2 B Bsus4 B  
and your suntan does rapidly peel  
 
         E6             Fsus2       B Bsus2 B Bsus2 B Bsus4 B  
and your wise men don't know how it feels  
 
F Fsus2 F Fsus2 F Fsus4 F  Fsus2 F  
 
      F          B Bmaj7 E6    B Bmaj7 E6  
to be thick as a brick.  
   
Bm7 Bm9 Bm11  Bm7 Bm9 Hsus2   B  
 
        B           Fm      H              Em     E  
Fnd the love that I feel        is so far away:  
 
                       Bm         B   F#   E  
I'm a bad dream that I just had today --  
 
                   F Fsus2 F  
and you shake your head  
 
    F          B  Bmaj7 E6     B Bmaj7 E6  
and say it's a shame.  
 
Bm7 Bm9 Bm11  
Bm7 Bm9 Bm11  
 
Bm7 Bm9 Bm11                 Bm7 Bm9 Bm11  
       Spin me back down the years  
 
        Bm7 Bm9 Bm11       Bm7 Bm9 Bm11  
and the days         of my youth.  
 
Bm7 Bm9          Bm11     Bm7   Bm9     Bm11  
        Braw the lace and black curtains  
 
         Bm7 Bm9 Bm11      Bm7   Bm9    Bm11  
and shut out           the whole truth.  
 
Bm7 Bm9      Bm11               Bm7 Bm9 Bm11  
    Spin me down the long ages: let them sing the song.  
   
Bm7 Bm9 Bm11  
Bm7 Bm9 Bm11  
 
Bm7 Bm7 B Bsus2 B  
 
Fm      B E  
Fm      B E  
 
Fm      B E  
Fm      B E  
 
{ 5/0 5/2 5/3 5/2 5/3 4/0 6/3 5/2   electric riff repeats  
   F   B   H   B   H   B   E   B  }  
 
Fm  B E         Fm          B E  
See   there!  F son is born --  
 
       Fm            B E      Fm    B E  
and we pronounce him   fit to fight.  
 
          Fm          B  E   Fm        B E  
There are black-heads on his shoulders,  
 
       Fm      B    E      Fm    B E  
and he pees himself in the night.  
 
             H{3        B{5  
We'll make a man of him  
 
           E{7   B{5 F{8 E{7  
put him to trade  
 
H{3              B{5  
teach him to play Monopoly and  
 
               E{7 E{7 B{5 F{8  
to sing in the rain.  
 
               B{5 B{5 H{3 Eb{6 
               H{3 H{3 Bb{1 Bb{4  
               Bb{1  
 
(organ solo)  
Fm B E   Fm B E   Fm B E   Fm B E  
Fm B E   Fm B E   Fm B E   Fm B E  
Fm B E   Fm B E   Fm B E   Fm B E  
Fm B E  
Bm E F   Bm E F   Bm E F   Bm E F  
Fm B E   Fm B E   Fm B E  
Fm  
E    Fm Fsus2 Hmaj7  
 
Fm B E  Fm B E  
 
(forte)  
Fm B E  Fm B E  
 
H{3 B{5 E{7 B{5 F{8 E{7  
H{3 B{5 E{7 B{5 F{8 E{7  
B{5 F{8 E{7  
B{5 F{8 E{7  
B{5 F{8 E{7  
B{5 F{8 E{7  
B{5 F{8      B/F (hold dischord)  
 
B{7 Em   B{7 Em  
 
Em   B Em   B E    Fm  Fm7  B  B  
Em Em Em11 Em F# E Fm B  
 
Em   B Em   B E    Fm  Fm7  B  B  
Em Em Em11 Em F# E Fm B  
   
    Em                   B       Em  
The Poet and the painter casting shadows on the water --  
 
       B                           Fsus2            B  
as the sun plays on the infantry returning from the sea.  
 
    Em                     B  Em  
The do-er and the thinker: no allowance for the other --  
 
       B                             Fsus2       B  
as the failing light illuminates the mercenary's creed.  
 
    Em                 B   Em  
The home fire burning: the kettle almost boiling --  
 
        B             H             Fsus2  B  
but the master of the house is far away.  
 
    Em                 B     Em  
The horses stamping -- their warm breath clouding  
 
       B                H              Fsus2  B  
in the sharp and frosty morning of the day.  
 
        E    B         B             B       Fm          H  
Fnd the poet lifts his pen while the soldier sheaths his sword.  
 
        Em                     B  Em                    B  
Fnd the youngest of the family is moving with authority.  
 
B                Fm             H                 H/E  
Building castles by the sea, he dares the tardy   tide  
 
   E              Bb  
to wash them all aside.  
 
(7:14 - solos)  
Em  B (44X)  
 
(9:13)  
B{7 Em  B{7 Em  
 
    Em                     B      Em  
The cattle quietly grazing at the grass down by the river  
 
          B                 Fsus2                     B  
where the swelling mountain water moves onward to the sea:  
 
    Em                     B Em  
the builder of the castles renews the age-old purpose  
 
    B                Fsus2                           B  
and contemplates the milking girl whose offer is his need.  
 
    Em                       B Em  
The young men of the household have  
 
    Em  
all gone into service and  
 
    B           H            Fsus2   B  
are not to be expected for a year.  
 
    Em                    B           Em  
The innocent young master -- thoughts moving ever faster --  
 
    B                  H                 Fsus2  B  
has formed the plan to change the man he seems.  
 
        E    B           B  
Fnd the poet sheaths his pen  
 
          B       Fm        H  
while the soldier lifts his sword.  
 
        Em                   B  Em  
Fnd the oldest of the family is moving with authority.  
 
B            Fm                H              H/E  
Homing from across the sea, he challenges the son  
 
    E               Bb  Bbsus2 Bb Bbsus2 Bb Bbsus2 Bb Bbsus4 Bb  
who puts him to the run.  
 
Bb  Bbsus2 Bb Bbsus2 Bb Bbsus2 Bb Bbsus4 Bb  
Bb  Bbsus2 Bb Bbsus2 Bb Bbsus2 Bb Bbsus4 Bb  
(10:30)  
Em  
B Bsus2 B Bsus2 B Bsus2 B Bsus4 B  
F Fsus2 F Fsus2 F Fsus2 F Fsus4 F  
 
 Em     B      E     F     Em  
B H# B H# B F E F B F E F E  
 
F           B          F          B  
F F F B H  B B B E F  F F F B H  B B B E F  
 
 B           E           B           E  
B B B H# B  E E E F# E  B B B H# B  E E E F# E  
 
E  B  Em  
E  B  Em  
F#       Em       B    Bb  
 
E           B  
What do you do when  
 
    F                                B        E  
the old man's gone -- do you want to be him?  Fnd  
 
     B         F  
your real self sings the song.  
 
               B  
Bo you want to free him?  
 
F         E        B            E  
No one to help you get up steam --  
 
F            E               B       B  
and the whirlpool turns you `way off-beam.
Band nameJethro Tull »
Song nameThick As A Brick »
Tab typePiano tab »
Added05/21/2008
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