Jethro Tull – For A Thousand Mothers (Bass Tab)
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FOR A THOUSAND MOTHERS (Bassline)
As recorded by Jethro Tull
(From the 1969 Album STAND UP)
Words and Music by Ian Anderson
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Glenn Cornick - Bass'
[Intro]
Q=92
6/8
Gtr I
W W E E E S S S S S S E E E S S S S S S
G|--------|--------|-------------------|--------------------|
D|--------|--------|---4-5-7-5-4-5-4---|---4-5-7-5-4-5-4----|
A|--------|--------|-7---------------5-|-7---------------5--|
E|--------|--------|-------------------|--------------------|
E E E S S S S S S E E E S S S S S S
G|-------------------|-------------------|
D|---4-5-7-5-4-5-4---|---4-5-7-5-4-5-4---|
A|-7---------------5-|-7---------------5-|
E|-------------------|-------------------|
[1st - 3rd Verses]
Segno $
E E E S S S S S S E E E S S S S S S
G||--------------------|-------------------|
D||o---4-5-7-5-4-5-4---|---4-5-7-5-4-5-4---|
A||o-7---------------5-|-7---------------5-|
E||--------------------|-------------------|
E E E S S S S S S E E E S S S S S S
G|-------------------|-------------------|
D|---4-5-7-5-4-5-4---|---4-5-7-5-4-5-4---|
A|-7---------------5-|-7---------------5-|
E|-------------------|-------------------|
E E E S S S S S S E E E S S S S S S
G|-------------------|-------------------|
D|---4-5-7-5-4-5-4---|---4-5-7-5-4-5-4---|
A|-7---------------5-|-7---------------5-|
E|-------------------|-------------------|
[Chorus]
3/8
E E E S S S S S S E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E S S S S E
G|-------------------|-------------------||-----5-----5-5-----|-----------|
D|---4-5-7-5-4-5-4---|---4-5-7-5-4-5-4---||---5-----5-----5---|---7-----7-|
A|-7---------------5-|-7---------------5-||-3-----3---------3-|-5-----5---|
E|-------------------|-------------------||-------------------|-----------|
6/8 3/8
E E E S S S S S S E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E S S S S E
G|-------------------|-------------------|-------------5-----|------------|
D|---4-5-7-5-4-5-4---|---4-5-7-5-4-5-4---|---5-----5-----5---|---7-----7--|
A|-7---------------5-|-7---------------5-|-3-----3---------3-|-5-----5----|
E|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------|
6/8
E E E S S S S S S E E E S S S S S S
G|-------------------|-------------------|
D|---4-5-7-5-4-5-4---|---4-5-7-5-4-5-4---|
A|-7---------------5-|-7---------------5-|
E|-------------------|-------------------|
S S S S S S E E E S S S S S S E E E
G|---5-----5-----5---|-------------7------|
D|-3-----3-----3---3-|---7-----7-----7----|
A|-------------------|-5-----5---------5--|
E|-------------------|--------------------|
[Interlude]
1.
To Coda
E E E Q. W E E E S S S S S S E E E S S S S S S
G|------------|--------||-------------------|-------------------|
D|-7----------|--------||---4-5-7-5-4-5-4---|---4-5-7-5-4-5-4---|
A|------------|--------||-7---------------5-|-7---------------5-|
E|------------|--------||-------------------|-------------------|
E E E S S S S S S E E E S S S S S S
G|-------------------|--------------------||
D|---4-5-7-5-4-5-4---|---4-5-7-5-4-5-4---o||
A|-7---------------5-|-7---------------5-o||
E|-------------------|--------------------||
2.
E E E S S S S S S E E E S S S S S S
G|-------------------|-------------------|
D|---4-5-7-5-4-5-4---|---4-5-7-5-4-5-4---|
A|-7---------------5-|-7---------------5-|
E|-------------------|-------------------|
E E E S S S E S E E E S S S E S
G|-----------------|-7-9-11-12-12-12-14\---|
D|---4-5-7-7-7-9-9-|-----------------------|
A|-7---------------|-----------------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------------|
E E E S S S S S S E E E S S S S S S
G|-------------------|---------------------|
D|---4-5-7-5-4-5-4---|---4-5-7-5-4-5-4-----|
A|-7---------------5-|-7---------------5---|
E|-------------------|---------------------|
E E E S S S E S E E E S S S E S
G|-----------------|-7-9-11-12-12-12-14\---|
D|---4-5-7-7-7-9-9-|-----------------------|
A|-7---------------|-----------------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------------|
E E E S S S S S S E E E S S S S S S
G|-------------------|---------------------||
D|---4-5-7-5-4-5-4---|---4-5-7-5-4-5-4-0---||
A|-7---------------5-|-7-------------------||
E|-------------------|---------------------||
[Flute Solo]
E E E S S S S S S E E E S S S S S S
G||--------2-0---------|-------2-0---------|
D||o-0-2-3-----3-2-0---|-0-2-3-----3-2-0---|
A||o-----------------3-|-----------------3-|
E||--------------------|-------------------|
E E E S S S S S S E E E S S S S S S
G|-------2-0---------|-------2-0-----------||
D|-0-2-3-----3-2-0---|-0-2-3-----3-2-0----o||
A|-----------------3-|-----------------3--o||
E|-------------------|---------------------||
[Interlude]
Dal Segno al Coda Coda &
E Q Q. W E E E S S S S S S E E E S S S S S S
G|-----------|--------||-------------------|--------------------|
D|-----------|--------||---4-5-7-5-4-5-4---|---4-5-7-5-4-5-4----|
A|-5---------|--------||-7---------------5-|-7---------------5--|
E|-----------|--------||-------------------|--------------------|
E E E S S S E S E E E S S S E S
G|------------------|-7-9-11-12-12-12-14-14-|
D|--------7-7-7-9-9-|-----------------------|
A|-7-9-10-----------|-----------------------|
E|------------------|-----------------------|
Q=65
E E E S S S E S E E E S S S E S
G|-16\---------------|-7-9-11-12-12-12-14-14--|
D|-----4-5-7-7-7-9-9-|------------------------|
A|-------------------|------------------------|
E|-------------------|------------------------|
Q=120 Q=92 Q=65
~~
Q. Q. +H. +H E E
G|-16\--------|-------------|------------||
D|------------|-------------|------------||
A|-------7----|-(7tr9)------|-(7)------7-||
E|------------|-------------|------------||
[Breakdown]
Q=92
W W W W W
G|--------|--------|--------|--------|------|
D|--------|--------|--------|--------|------|
A|--------|--------|--------|--------|------|
E|--------|--------|--------|--------|------|
[Flute Solo]
W S E E S E E E S E E S E E E S E E S E E E S E E S E E E
G|--------||-7---7-7-6-4---|-7---7-7-6-4---|-7---7-7-6-4---|-7---7-7-6-4---|
D|--------||-------------7-|-------------7-|-------------7-|-------------7-|
A|--------||---5-----------|---5-----------|---5-----------|---5-----------|
E|--------||---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
S E E S E E E S E E S E E E S E E S E E E
G|-7---7-7-6-4---|-7---7-7-6-4---|-7---7-7-6-4---|
D|-------------7-|-------------7-|-------------7-|
A|---5-----------|---5-----------|---5-----------|
E|---------------|---------------|---------------|
[Outro]
S E E S E E E E E E S S S S S S
G|-7---7-7-6-4-2-||--------2-0----------|
D|---------------||o-0-2-3-----3-2-0----|
A|---5-----------||o-----------------3--|
E|---------------||---------------------|
E E E S S S S S S E E E S S S S S S E E E S S S S S S 4x
G|-------2-0---------|-------2-0---------|-------2-0----------||
D|-0-2-3-----3-2-0---|-0-2-3-----3-2-0---|-0-2-3-----3-2-0---o||
A|-----------------3-|-----------------3-|-----------------3-o||
E|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------||************************************
Duration Legend
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; a - acciaccatura;
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted;
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration).
| (n) - note tied to previous
| /\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
| ~ - vibrato
| tr - trill
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