Jethro Tull – North Sea Oil (Guitar)

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from “Stormwatch” (1979) 5/4 time [Intro] Am G x6 [Verse 1]
Am        G        Am       G         E        B E
Black and viscous, bound to cure blue lethargy

Am    G       Am  G      E      B E
Sugar-plum petroleum for energy

F#        C#       F#              G#m
Tightrope-balanced payments need a small reprieve

    D#m               F#         C#
Oh, please believe we want to be

F# C#    F#  C#
In North Sea

F# C#        Am  G
In North Sea Oil
[Instrumental 1] Am G x5 [Verse 2]
  Am               G    Am     G        E         B E
A new-found wealth sits on the shelf of yesterday

    Am     G       Am      G         E            B E
Hot-air balloon, inflation soon will make you pay

F#      C#      F#                G#m
Riggers rig and diggers dig their shallow grave

    D#m                F#            C#
But we'll be saved and what we crave

F# C#    F#  C#
Is North Sea

F# C#        Am  G
In North Sea Oil
[Instrumental 2] Am G x3 C#m B x7 C#m Am G x2 [Verse 3]
Am     G       Am  G        E           B E
Prices boom in Aberdeen and London Town

Am       G        Am      G       E              B E
Ten more years to lay the fears, erase the frown

  F#      C#      F#           G#m
Before we are all nuclear, the better way!

    D#m             F#           C#
Oh, let us pray: we want to stay

F# C#    F#  C#
In North Sea

F# C#    F#  C#
In North Sea

F# C#        Am  G
In North Sea Oil
[Outro] Am G x8 Am