Jethro Tull – Back-Door Angels (Guitar)

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from “War Child” (1974) [Verse 1]
Em                               Am/C   Am        C      D Em
In and out of the front door ran twelve back-door angels

C     D          G      C      Am                 D           B
Their hair was a golden-brown, they didn't see me wink my eye

Em                                 D    D/F#   C
`Tis said they put we men to sleep with just a whisper

D   Em    C   D        G     C    Am            D      B
And touch the heads of dying dogs and make them linger

Em                            D        D/F#      C          D Em
They carry their candles high and they light the dark hours

C   D             G       C     Am                       D       B
And sweep all the country clean with pressed and scented wild-flowers
[Instrumental 1] Em D B x4
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A|-2-----------------------|
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Am A E D A E F#5 E5 B5 [Verse 2]
Em                            Am/C Am        C          D
They grow all their roses red and  paint our skies blue

Em   C   D        G     C      Am              D                B
Drop one penny in every second bowl, make half the beggars lose

Em                                   D    D/F#     C          D Em
Why do the faithful have such a will to believe in something?

C   D           G         C       Am            D       B
And call it the name they choose, having chosen nothing
[Instrumental 2] Em D B x4
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D|-2-----------4-----4-2-0-|
A|-2-----------------------|
E|-0-----------------------|
Am Dm Em [Verse 3]
Em                                        D    D/F#        C      D Em
Think I'll sit down and invent some fool, some Grand Court Jester

C   D             G      C     Am            D          B
And next time the die is cast, he'll throw a six or two

Em
In and out of the back-door ran one front-door angel
N.C. Her hair was a golden-brown, she smiled and I think she winked her eye