Jethro Tull – Beltane (Guitar)

Capo 2
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bonus track from “Songs from the Wood” (1977) [Intro riff] A5 C5 D5 E5 D5 C5 D5 x2 [Verse 1]
         A5                               D5                  A5 C5 D5 E5 D5 C5 D5
Have you ever stood in the April wood and called the new year in

          A5                                   D5                 A5 C5 D5 E5 D5 C5 D5
While the phantoms of three thousand years fly as the dead leaves spin

          Bm                                 D5    E
There's a snap in the grass behind your feet and a tap upon your shoulder

        Bm                                    D5       E
And the thin wind crawls along your neck it's just the old gods getting older
[Chorus 1]
        Bb                   C                    F                 Csus4
And the kestral drops like a fall of shot and the red cloud hanging high

          A5 C5 D5 E5 D5 C5 D5
Come a Beltane

          A5 C5 D5 E5 D5 C5 D5
Come a Beltane
[Verse 2]
         A5                        D5          A5 C5 D5 E5 D5 C5 D5
Have you ever loved a lover of the old elastic truth

    A5                           D5          A5 C5 D5 E5 D5 C5 D5
And doted on the daughter in the ministry of youth

Bm                                   D5     E
Thrust your head between the breasts of the fertile innocent

Bm                             D5      E
And taken up the cause of love for the sake of argument
[Chorus 2]
             Bb                 C                 F                Csus4
Or while the kisses drop like a fall of shot from soft lips in the rain

          A5 C5 D5 E5 D5 C5 D5
Come a Beltane
[Bridge]
  A5                    D5
A happy old new year to you and yours

    A5                         D5
The sun's up for one more day, to be sure

        E                   G5             D5
Play it out gladly for your card's marked again
[Instrumental] D5 G5 D5 F5 G5 A5 G5 F5 G5 D5 G5 D5 F5 G5 A5 G5 F5 G5 A5 C5 D5 x4
Bb C F Csus4
Intro riff x2
[Verse 3]
         A5                                    D5               A5 C5 D5 E5 D5 C5 D5
Have you walked around your parks and towns so knife-edged orderly

          A5                                        D5                A5 C5 D5 E5 D5 C5 D5
While the fires are burned on the hills upturned in far-off wild country

    Bm                                 D5     E
And felt the chill on your window-sill as the green man comes around

         Bm                      D5  E
With his walking cane of sweet hazel brings it crashing down
[Chorus]
           Bb                    C                         F                  Csus4
Sends your knuckles white as the thin stick bites but it's just your groaning pains

          A5 C5 D5 E5 D5 C5 D5
Come a Beltane

          A5 C5 D5 E5 D5 C5 D5
Come a Beltane

          A5 C5 D5 E5 D5 C5 D5
Come a Beltane

          A5 C5 D5 E5 D5 C5 D5
Come a Beltane

          A5 C5 D5 E5 D5 C5 D5
Come a Beltane

          A5 C5 D5 E5 D5 C5 D5
Come a Beltane

          A5 C5 D5 E5 D5 C5 D5
Come a Beltane

          A5 C5 D5 E5 D5 C5 D5
Come a Beltane

          A5 C5 D5 E5 D5 C5 D5
Come a Beltane

          A5 C5 D5 E5 D5 C5 D5
Come a Beltane

          A5 C5 D5 E5 D5 C5 D5
Come a Beltane

          A5 C5 D5 E5 D5 C5 D5
Come a Beltane