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Date: Sun, 21 Dec 1997 14:42:55 -0500
From: Brian Peters
To: guitar@olga.net
Subject: TAB: j/jethro_tull/cross-eyed_mary.tab
Cross-Eyed Mary by Jethro Tull.
Writen By Ian Aderson. Found on the album Aqualung.
Transcribed by Brian Peters.
Cross-Eyed Mary
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Intro:
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Nice Litte Flute Ditty. For Guitar It's something like this.
e|------------------------------
B|-3/20-17-16-15--3/20-17-16-15- <--Play This Twice
G|------------------------------
D|------------------------------
A|------------------------------
E|------------------------------
e|------------------------------------------
B|-3/20-17-17-17-16-15--15-15--15--15-15-15- <--Play This Twice
G|------------------------------------------
D|------------------------------------------
A|------------------------------------------
E|------------------------------------------
e|---------------------------------------
B|-3/20-17-17-17-16-16--16-16--16--16-16-
G|---------------------------------------
D|---------------------------------------
A|---------------------------------------
E|---------------------------------------
e|----------------------------
B|-18-19--19-19--19--19-19-18-
G|----------------------------
D|----------------------------
A|----------------------------
E|----------------------------
e|-------------------------------------------------
B|-17--17-17--17--17-17-19-20--20-20--20--20-20-20-
G|-------------------------------------------------
D|-------------------------------------------------
A|-------------------------------------------------
E|-------------------------------------------------
e|----------------------------
B|-19-18--18-18--18--18-18-18-
G|----------------------------
D|----------------------------
A|----------------------------
E|----------------------------
A E?
e|--------------------------------10h12p10h12p10h12p10h12p10h12-
B|-15h17p15h17p15h17p15h17p15h17p-------------------------------
G|--------------------------------------------------------------
D|--------------------------------------------------------------
A|--------------------------------------------------------------
E|--------------------------------------------------------------
Main Licks:
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Lick 1:
D
e|-5-55---------------------
B|-7-77---------------------
G|-7-77---------------------
D|-7-77---------------------
A|-5-55-----------7---------
E|-X-XX-5-8-5-8-5---5-8-5---
Lick 2:
A G
e|---------------------
B|---------------------
G|---------------------
D|---------------------
A|-7---------7-------5-
E|-5-5-5-8-5---5-8-3-3-
Lick 3:
A# G#
e|---------------------
B|---------------------
G|---------------------
D|---------------------
A|-8---------8-------6-
E|-6-6-6-9-6---6-9-4-4-
Lick 4:
Em F G D
e|-0-------------1----------3-------------5-55--------------
B|-0-------------1----------3-------------7-77--------------
G|-0-------------3----------4-------------7-77--------------
D|-3-------------4----------5-------------7-77--------------
A|-3--------2----4-----1-3--5-3/2\3/2\3---5-55-------7------
E|-0--0-3-0---0--1-1-3------3-----------3-X-XX-5-8-5---5-8-5
Laughing in .......
Or maybe her.......
Verse 1:
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Em F
Who would be a poor man, a beggarman, a thief --
G [Lick 1]
if he had a rich man in his hand.
Em F
And who would steal the candy from a laughing baby's mouth
G [Lick 1]
if he could take it from the money man.
Bridge 1:
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[Lick 2] [Lick 2]
Cross-eyed Mary, goes jumping in again.
[Lick 2] [Lick 2]
She signs no contract, but she always plays the game.
[Lick 3] [Lick 3]
Dines in Hampstead village, on expense accounted gruel,
[Lick 3] C D B
and the jack-knife barber drops her off at school.
Verse 2:
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Em F
Laughing in the playground -- gets no kicks from little boys:
G [Lick 1]
would rather make it with a letching grey.
Em F
Or maybe her attention is drawn by Aqualung,
G [Lick 1]
who watches through the railings as they play.
Bridge 2:
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[Lick 2] [Lick 2]
Cross-eyed Mary, finds it hard to get along.
[Lick 2] [Lick 2]
She's a poor man's rich girl, and she'll do it for a song.
[Lick 3] [Lick 3]
She's a rich man stealer, but her favour's good and strong:
[Lick 3] C D B
She's the Robin Hood of Highgate -- helps the poor man get along.
SOLO:
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[Play Bridge Licks]
Hey
[Lick 2] [Lick 2] [Lick 2] [Lick 2]
[Lick 3] [Lick 3] [Lick 3]
{The Guitar Solo Is In A# Blues Scale}
{Here is the Starting, Sort Of}
e|------------------------------------------------
B|------------------------------------------------
G|-6b-----6-8b-6-8b-6---6---------------8p6-------
D|----8-6-----------------8-6-8-8p6---6-----8p6---
A|--------------------8-------------8-----------8-
E|------------------------------------------------
Verse 2/3:
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[Lick 4]
Laughing in the playground -- gets no kicks from little boys:
would rather make it with a letching grey.
[Lick 4]
Or maybe her attention is drawn by Aqualung,
who watches through the railings as they play.
Bridge 1/3:
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[Lick 2] [Lick 2]
Cross-eyed Mary, goes jumping in again.
[Lick 2] [Lick 2]
She signs no contract, but she always plays the game.
[Lick 3] [Lick 3]
Dines in Hampstead village, on expense accounted gruel,
[Lick 3] C D B
and the jack-knife barber drops her off at school.
Outro:
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Em
Cross-eyed Mary
C
[flute thingie]
D
[guitar thingie G|-11b11b11b11b11b11b11b-| hit string hard]
Am Bbm Em
Bb C D Em
oh Mary ohhhh Cross-eyed Mary
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Brian Peters
ak174@traverse.lib.mi.us
Artist: Jethro Tull
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