Jethro Tull – Working John Working Joe (Guitar)

Capo 2
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Working John, Working Joe (for easy guitar) Jethro Tull as per Toni Rokka November 2014 [email protected] Chord Shapes: E5 OX24OO D5 XXO23O Dsus4 XXO233
               D  XXO232
           A5(A2) XO22OO

           Bsus4  X2445X
         Cmaj7/G  332OOO
D5/F# 2XO23O
Intro:  E5 D5 Dsus4 D D5      
Repeat Intro Sequence
Verse 1
 E5                       D5                                                    
When I was a young man as all good tales begin
single notes:5th string 4th string 3rd string 4th String
         A5 or A2        D5  E5                          open A h/o B  D           open  G        E
I was taught to hold out my  hand
Bridge: Play Intro chord sequence
E5               D5
And for my pay I worked an honest day

      A2              D5       E5      single notes: A B D G E
and took what pittance I could win
Bridge: Play Intro chord sequence once Chorus as per Intro chord sequence
           E5   D5    Dsus4  D     D5
Now I'm a working John 

           E5   D5   Dsus4  D     D5
and I'm a working Joe

         E5        D5   Dsus4  D  D5
and I'm doing what I know

        Bsus4                 
for God and the Economy

       D5           Cmaj7/G
Big brother watches over me

              E5        D5             Dsus4 D D5     
And the state protects and feeds me

           E5         D5              Dsus4 D D5
And my conscience never leaves me

           E5      D5        Dsus4 D D5
And I'm loyal to the unions

            E5     D5        Dsus4 D D5
who protect me at all levels
Bridge: INTRO CHORD PATTERN TWICE OVER GUITAR SOLO Verse 2
E5                 D5
Now as I grew, the winds of fortune blew                     

        A5               D5   E5       single notes: A B D G E
and the bank smiled down upon me
Bridge: Intro chord pattern Once
E5            D5
And mortgaged to the hilt I threw

      A2                D5       E5      single notes: A B D G E
the breeze of caution behind me
Bridge: Intro chord pattern once Chorus as Intro chord sequence Now I'm a working John and I'm a working Joe and I'm good at what I know
      Bsus4
And God and the Economy

             D5        Cmaj7/G
have blessed me with equality

        E5       D5             Dsus4 D D5
Now I'm equal to the best of you

        E5      D5           Dsus4 D D5
And better than the rest of you

             E5       D5       Dsus4 D5
who would criticise my success

         E5      D5        Dsus4 D5
in times of national unrest
Guitar solo: Intro twice and then play 2 bars each of B5 A5 (Bridge notes D Db A) B5 A5 (triplets AEA AEA D Db D) Verse 3
       D5/F#                  E5    D5              
Now I own a horseless carriage

                        E5  D5
in a central-heated garage

                            E5  D5
And I commute eight miles a day

                         E5  D5
up at seven to make it pay

                           E5 D5
I direct ten limited companies

                           E5   D5
with seeming consummate expertise

                           E5  D5
two ulcers and a heart disease

                            E5
a trembling feeling in both knees
Chorus
 (Tacet)           Dsus4 D D5 E5              D5 E5  Dsus4 D D5
I'm a working John             and I'm a working Joe