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Song: Living in the past
Artist: Jethro Tull
Composer: Ian Anderson
Album: Living in the past
Tabbed by DJ ('DiddyD' at ultimateGuitar-) 9st April 2013
Hear the original album track at this link:
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TIME SIGNATURE: 5/4
Five beats to the bar, with particular emphasis on the 4th and 5th beats
where the chord changes in most of the bars.
CAPO: 3rd fret (Will then sound in the recorded key of Cm)
Or use the transpose function set to +3 to view chords in the key of Cm
Chord names and fret positions are relative to the capo:
Am = x22100 C = x32010 E = 022100 B = x24442
D = xx0232 G = 320033 D6/9 = 077777 or 000200 A = x02220
N.C. = No chords ^ = Emphasise the beats h = Hammer-on note
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[Bass intro]
e |-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G |-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D |---2------------2----0----2----|---2------------2----0----2-----|
A |------0---0-h3-----------------|------0---0-h3------------------|
E |-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
[Verse 1]
Am D Am D Am D Am D
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D C G Am D C G Am
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Am N.C. D
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E D6/9 E D6/9 E D6/9 E D6/9
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B E B E B E B E
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[Verse 2]
A G D A G D A G D A G D
Happy, and I'm smiling, walk a mile to drink your water,
A G D A G D A G D A
You know I'd love to love you, and a - bove you there's no other,
D C G D C G D C G D C G
We'll go walk - ing out, while oth - ers shout of wars' di - sas-----ter,
A G D A G D A G D A
...Oh, we won't give in, let's go living in the past
[Verse 3]
Am D Am D Am D Am D
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D C G Am D C G Am
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Am N.C. D
| /_/_/_/_/_/ / / | / /_/ / / / |
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E D6/9 E D6/9 E D6/9 E D6/9
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B E B E B E B E
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[Verse 4]
A G D A G D A G D A G D
Once, I used to join in, eve - ry boy, and girl, was my friend,
A G D A G D A G D A
Now, there's rev - o - lution, but they don't know what they're fighting,
D C G D C G D C G D C G
Let us close our eyes, out - side their lives, go on much fa-----ster,
A G D A G D A G D A
...Oh, we won't give in, we'll keep living in the past
[Verse 5]
Am D Am D Am D Am D
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D C G Am D C G Am
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Am N.C.
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[Verse 6]
A G D A G D A G D A G D
...Oh, we won't give in, let's go living in the past, ...oh...
A G D A G D A G D A G D
No, no, we won't give in, let's go living in the past
[Coda - Flute solo]
A G D A G D A G D A G D A
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