AUALUNG
(Nearly original version)
Heavy metal intro:
8 8 8 8 4 4 4.8 2 P 8 4 2
| e | | | 4 4 4 | 6 6 6 |
| h | | | 6 6 6 | 8 8 8 |
| g | | | 6 6 6 | 8 8 8 |
| D | | | 6 6 6 | 8 8 8 |
| A | 5 1 3 4 3 | 5 1 3 4 3 | 4 4 6 | 6 6 6 |
| E | 3 | 3 | | |
Sit-ting on a park bench eye-ing lit-tle girls
snot is runnig down his nose greassy fingers smearing
Drying in the cold sun watching as the frilly
Feeling like a dead duck spitting out pieces of
4. 8 4 8 8 8 8 4 2 8 8 8 8 8 4 8 8 4 2
| e | | 8 8 8 6 8 | 6 8 9 9 | 6 6 6 6 9 9 | 9 7 7 5 | |
| h | | 10 10 10 8 10 | 8 10 11 9 | 8 8 8 8 9 11 | 11 9 7 7 | |
| g | | 10 10 10 8 10 | 8 10 11 10 | 8 8 8 8 10 11 | 11 9 8 7 | |
| D | | 10 10 10 8 10 | 8 10 11 11 | 8 8 8 8 11 11 | 11 9 9 7 | |
| A | | 8 8 8 6 8 | 6 8 9 11 | 6 6 6 6 11 9 | 9 7 9 5 | |
| E | | | 9 | 9 | 7 | |
with bad in-tent
shabby clothes Hey Aqualung
panties run Hey Aqualung
his broken luck Oh Aqualung
(just the Chords ... lift some of your fingers now and then and do some
finger-picking to get the right I.A. sound)
e- D A
Sun streaking cold an old man wandring lonely,
a- e- D
taking time the only way he knows.
e- D A
Legs hurting bad as he bends to pick a dog end .
a- e- D
He goes down to the bog and warms his feet.
e- D A
Feeling alone the army's up the road,
a- e- D
salvation a la mode and a cup of tea.
e- D A
Aqualung my friend, don't you start away uneasy.
a- e- F
You poor old sod see it's only me.
(faster and heavier)
e- D e-
Do you still remember Decembers foggy freeze
D
when the ice that clings onto your beard
e-
was screaming agony?
D e-
And your ratling last breaths with deepseadiver sounds
a- D
and the flowers bloom like madness in the spring.
(G-pentatonic guitar solo)
... reapeat something of the beginning
(... please e-mail corrections)
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Ok, well the beginning riff and rythm of Aqalung is fairly easy to
Figure out, and the acoustic part in the middle isn't really hard
Either, but the solo is a bit difficult, I got the first few bars down
to what I think is right, but I'm going to post all of what I know,
and since just about every guitarist in the world knows this song, I
would appreciate it if you would post your versions of parts to the
Song if they are different than the ones here, especially the solo.
So, this isn't really a request for the song I just want to know how
other people play it.
Opening riff:
"Sitting on the park bench..."
Verse rythm section: (play 3 string power chords)
"Eyeing little girls with bad intent..."
Db Db Db Eb Eb Eb F F F Eb F Eb F Gb Db
"Hey, Aqalung"
Eb Eb Eb Db Gb Gb E B D
I'm pretty sure everyone can do without tab here
Acoustic Part (Slow):
"Sun streaking cold, an old man..."
Gm Gm F F F F C C Cm Cm Gm Gm F F F F
Here occasionally hammer the 2nd and 3rd frets on the G string
While playing the F chords.
Acoustic Part (Faster):
"I still remember..."
Gm F F F F Gm Gm Gm
"Taking time the only time he knows..."
Gm Gm F F F F Cm Cm Gm Gm F F F F
And here is 1st part of the solo:
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 10/12 14~ 10\9 |
| D | 10 10 3 5 5/7 |
| A | 12\3 3 3h5 |
| E | |
e:------------------------
B:------------------------ <--- Real evil sounding
Well that's all I can figure out, it does two more little riffs then
gets extremely fast. Once, again please post your suggestions or
comments about this.
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Heres a correct version of Jethro Tull's Aqualung
(When I got home and picked up the guitar, I relized I was way off on a few
licks!)
The intro goes like this:
| E |
| B 6 6 6 8 8 8 10 10 10 |
| G 6 6 6 8 8 8 10 10 10 |
| D 6 6 6 8 8 8 10 10 10 |
| A 5 3 4 3 4 4 4 6 6 6 8 8 8 6 8 6 8 9 |
| E 3 6 9 |
E--------------------------
| B 7 |
| G 7 |
| D 1 1 1 4 4 2 7 |
| A 4 2 5 |
E--------------------------
The Acoustic part goes like this:
Aqualung my friend Don't start away uneasy You poor old sod
Gm F C Cm
You know its only me
Gm F
Etc Etc.
Gm F C Cm
| E 3 1 0 3 |
| B 3 1 1 4 |
| G 3 2 0 5 |
| D 5 3 2 5 |
| A (5) (3) 3 3 |
| E (3) (1) (3) |