JETHRO TULL - "jack in the green" Tablature
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Jethro Tull
Jack-in-the-Green
Songs From the Wood
I'll start this by saying that there is a capo on the second fret.
I will still call the strings EADGBE. The chords will be as if the
capo wasn't there.
Chords used in this song:
G: D: Bb: F: Cadd9 Am
E--3- E--2- E---- E--1- E--3- E--0-
B--3- B--3- B--3- B--1- B--3- B--1-
G--0- G--2- G--3- G--2- G--0- G--2-
D--0- D--0- D--3- D--3- D--2- D--2-
A--2- A---- A--1- A--3- A--3- A--0-
E--3- E---- E---- E--1- E---- E----
Intro: G D
Bb F Cadd9 G
Have you seen the Jack-in-the-Green?
Bb F G
-With his long tail hanging down.
Bb F Cadd9 G
He quietly sits under every tree
Bb F G
In the folds of his velvet gown.
Bb F Cadd9 G
He drinks from the empty acorn cup
Bb F G
The dew that dawn sweetly bestows.
Bb F Cadd9 G
And he taps his cane upon the ground-
Bb F G
Signal the snow drops, it's time to grow.
G D
Bb F Cadd9 G
It's no fun being Jack-in-the-Green:
Bb F G
No place to dance, no time for song.
Bb F Cadd9 G
He wears the colours of the summer soldier;
Bb F G
Carries the green flag all winter long.
G D
Am D G
Jack, do you ever sleep-does the green still run in your heart?
Am D G
or will these changing times, motorways, powerlines, keep us apart?
D G
Well, I don't think so.
D G
I saw some grass growing through the pavement today.
(a verse with humming)
Bb F Cadd9 G
The Rowan, the Oak, and the Holly tree
Bb F G
Are the changes left for him to groom.
G D
Bb F Cadd9 G
Each blade of grass whispers, "Jack-in-the-Green."
Bb F G
"Oh Jack, please help me through my winters night."
Bb F Cadd9 G
And-"We are the berries the on the Holly tree:
Bb F G
Oh, the Mistle Thrust is coming, Jack, put out the light."
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