Jethro Tull – Botanic Man (Guitar)

Capo 3
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bonus track from “Heavy Horses: 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition” (2018) [Verse 1]
  G         D Em
[tab]D         C              G/B         Am    G   D/F# C
Sun's up, moon's gone to bed and the day's   begun

D                 C             Em  D            Em
Early birds catch sleepy worms, all jacks-in-the-green

  D         C         G/B     A    D
Botanic Man sees what must be done

      G          D Em
Green Planet Man

D     C        G/B      Am    G    D/F# C
Naked ape in a spinning world   of cars

D              C                 Em D         Em         D
Aeroplanes and high-rise towers,    balancing tight-rope flyer

        C         G/B    A    D
Looking up on his way to Mars
[Chorus 1]
Em               D       Em
Winding down the endless way

      D            Em         D             Bsus4 B
Soles printing the tread, the weight of his con-  science

    Em           D         Em
The actor in him takes the stage

D          Em         D             Bsus4 B
Scattering wild oats, wishing them 'bon   chance'

        Em       A      B
Will he keep his garden clean?
[Instrumental 1] G D Em D C G/B Am G D/F# C D C Em D Em D C G/B A D [Verse 2]
  G         D Em
Botanic Man

         D       C              G/B     Am  G      D/F#  C
Has your new day dawned, is the green solu-   tion here?

          D                  C             Em D          Em
Will your children play your garden games,    sit in the green fields

D            C    G/B  A     D
Watching the city spreading?
[Chorus 2]
Em                  D       Em
Winding through the endless day

D         Em       D              Bsus4 B
Banishing sad greenflies from the ro-   ses

Em               D    Em
Traffic jams the motorway

D          Em     D          Bsus4 B
Bumblebees angry, turning up no-   ses

       Em        A      B
Better keep your garden clean
[Instrumental 2] G D Em D C G/B Am G D/F# C D C Em D Em D C G/B A D [Verse 3]
  G         D Em
Botanic Man

D         C              G/B         Am    G   D/F# C
Sun's up, moon's gone to bed and the day's   begun

D                 C             Em  D            Em
Early birds catch sleepy worms, all jacks-in-the-green

  D         C         G/B     A    C Em
Botanic Man sees what must be done