Jethro Tull – Jacobs Tales (Guitar Tab)

Capo 2
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from “The Zealot Gene” (2022)
[Intro]
e|-7-7--7--7-7--2-2--2--|
B|-8-8--8--8-8--3-3--3--|
G|-7-7--7--7-7--2-2--2--|
D|-0-0--0--0-0--0-0--0--|x4
A|----------------------|
E|----------------------|

[Verse 1]
e|-------2---------|----------------|
B|-4--2----4--2----|------------2---|
G|-2--2----2--2--4-|-2--2-2--4--2---|
D|-2--2----2--2--2-|-2--2-2--2--2---|x2
A|-0-------0-----0-|-0--0-0--0--0---|
E|-----------------|----------------|
Who cares about the family silver that glints in dusty halls
Lined with badly painted landscapes on badly painted walls

e|-3-------------|
B|-3--------2----|
G|-0----2p0-2----|
D|-0----2p0-2----|x2
A|-2----0---0----|
E|-3-------------|
Who cares for family favourites dangling from the family tree

e|-0----0----|-2----2-|
B|-1----0----|-3----3-|
G|-2----0----|-2----2-|
D|-2----2----|-0----0-|
A|-0----2----|--------|
E|------0----|--------|
That Auntie Mabel loved you more, loved you, loved you more than me

[Chorus 1]
e|-7-7--7--7-7--2-2--2--|
B|-8-8--8--8-8--3-3--3--|
G|-7-7--7--7-7--2-2--2--|
D|-0-0--0--0-0--0-0--0--|x6
A|----------------------|
E|----------------------|
We're not old fools of competition, Jacob's tales or superstition
But siblings born in equal grace seated at set-table place

e|-2------------3----2--2-2--|
B|-3----2--2-2--3----3--3-3--|
G|-2----2--2-2--0----2--2-2--|
D|-4p0--2--2-2--0----0--0-0--|x3
A|------4--4-4--2p0----------|
E|---------------------------|
Same old chances, toss of dice
Evil eyes look twice as nice
Blood runs thicker, blood runs cold

e|-2------------3----2---|
B|-3----2--2-2--3----3---|
G|-2----2--2-2--0----2---|
D|-4p0--2--2-2--0----0---|
A|------4--4-4--2p0------|
E|-----------------------|
Seize legacy before it's sold

[Verse 2]
e|-------2---------|----------------|
B|-4--2----4--2----|------------2---|
G|-2--2----2--2--4-|-2--2-2--4--2---|
D|-2--2----2--2--2-|-2--2-2--2--2---|x2
A|-0-------0-----0-|-0--0-0--0--0---|
E|-----------------|----------------|
Who cares if I am comfortable in leafy rural lane
While you are tied to drudgery, left staring at the rain

e|-3-------------|
B|-3--------2----|
G|-0----2p0-2----|
D|-0----2p0-2----|x2
A|-2----0---0----|
E|-3-------------|
That washes out your young ambition, hung out left to dry

e|-0----0----|-2----2-|
B|-1----0----|-3----3-|
G|-2----0----|-2----2-|
D|-2----2----|-0----0-|
A|-0----2----|--------|
E|------0----|--------|
And wither on the washing line, washed-out, washed-out butterfly

[Chorus 2]
e|-7-7--7--7-7--2-2--2--|
B|-8-8--8--8-8--3-3--3--|
G|-7-7--7--7-7--2-2--2--|
D|-0-0--0--0-0--0-0--0--|x6
A|----------------------|
E|----------------------|
We're not old fools of competition, Jacob's tales or superstition
But siblings born in equal grace seated at set-table place

e|-2------------3----2--2-2--|
B|-3----2--2-2--3----3--3-3--|
G|-2----2--2-2--0----2--2-2--|
D|-4p0--2--2-2--0----0--0-0--|x3
A|------4--4-4--2p0----------|
E|---------------------------|
Same old chances, toss of dice
Evil eyes look twice as nice
Blood runs thicker, blood runs cold

e|-2------------3----2---|
B|-3----2--2-2--3----3---|
G|-2----2--2-2--0----2---|
D|-4p0--2--2-2--0----0---|
A|------4--4-4--2p0------|
E|-----------------------|
Seize legacy before it's sold

[Outro]
e|-------2---------|------------0---||
B|-4--2----4--2----|------------0---||
G|-2--2----2--2--4-|-2--2-2--0--0---||
D|-2--2----2--2--2-|-2--2-2--2--2---||
A|-0-------0-----0-|-0--0-0--0--2---||
E|-----------------|------------0---||
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