This is Jethro Tull's live version of Aqualung from 1977 (just the solo though). It's
to find the video on the internet if you don't already have it.
It's not 100% accurate (probably about 99%) - those hammer-ons and pull-offs are hard to
I tried to get the timing pretty close too.
A also tabbed their studio version of Aqualung if anyone cares; it's version 2 here on UG.
Barre palm mutes some of the notes, but it shouldn't be hard to figure out how to do it
once you listen to the song.
/ slide up
\ slide down
h hammer-on
p pull-off
~ vibrato
b bend
br Bend then release
pb Pre-bend
. Harmonic
| e | 1 3 5 |
| B | 3 |
| G | 3 2h3p2 |
| D | 3 |
| A | 3 |
| E | |
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 5 3 |
| D | 3 5/7 5 (5) |
| A | 3 5 3 5/7 |
| E | |
| e | 3 3 |
| B | 4 3 |
| G | 5~ 3~ |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
| e | 10 10 10 10 |
| B | 10 13b~~~~ 13b~~~ 13 13b~~~ |
| G | 10 10 12b |
| D | 10 10 10 10 12 12 |
| A | 8 10/12 |
| E | 8 10 |
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 3 5 3h5p3h5p3h5p3h5p3h5p3h5/7\5 3 5/7\5 3 5~~~~ |
| D | 5 |
| A | |
| E | |
| e | 3 3 |
| B | 6 6 . . |
| G | 3 5 3 5 5 5p3 3 5/7 5 5~~~~/ |
| D | 5 5 3 3 5 5 |
| A | 5 5/3 1 3 1 1 3 3 5 |
| E | 1 3 |
| e | 10 13 13b~~~~~~ |
| B | 10 11 13 13b~~~~~~ 13p11p10 13 11 10 10 11 13 |
| G | 12 |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
| e | 13 10 13 10h13p10h13p10h13p10h13p10h13p10 |
| B | 10h11h13 10 10 11 13 10 11\ |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
| e | 10 10 10 |
| B | 10 13p10 13p10 13p10 13p10 10 |
| G | 10 10 12b 12 12 12 12 /12 10 12 10 |
| D | 10 10 10 10 12 12 |
| A | 8 10/12 |
| E | 8 10 |
| e | 10 13b~~~ pb15 13 15p13h15p13h15p13h15p13h15 |
| B | 11 13 11 13 11 13 |
| G | /12 12 12 12 |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
| e | 17 18 15 17 18 15 17 18 15 17 18 15 17 18 15 17 18 17 15 17 18 20 18 17 |
| B | 18 |
| G | 17 15~~~\ / |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
| e | 15 17 18p17p15 15 18 18p15h18p15h18p15h18p15h18p15h18p15h18p15h18p15h18p15 15 15 15 15 |
| B | 15 18 18 15 15 15 15 18\ |
| G | 17\ |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
| e | 10 13 |
| B | 11 13 13 13 |
| G | 12 12 |
| D | 12/ |
| A | |
| E | |
| e | 13 13 13 |
| B | 13 13 15 13 15 13 15 15~~~ |
| G | 10 10 12/14 |
| D | 10 10 101010 12 |
| A | 8 10/12 |
| E | 8 10 |
There it is. Hopefully this helped you with learning to play this song. I love this
of Aqualung. Martin Barre is one of my favorite guitarists.
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