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Back To The Family by Jethro Tull
Back To The Family
Tuning:E A D G B E
Key:A
Capo:no capo
[Intro]
D A B
[Verse]
A
My telephone wakes me in the morning
A
Have to get up to answer the call
G D A
So I think I'll go back to the family
G D A
Where no one can ring me at all
A
Living this life has its problems
A
So I think that I'll give it a break
G D A
Oh, I'm going back to the family
G D A
Cause I've had about all I can take
[Interlude]
D A B
[Bridge]
E
Master's in the counting
D
House counting all his money
E
Sister's sitting by the mirror
D
She thinks her hair looks funny
A C
And here am I thinking to myself
D E
Just wond'ring what things to do
[Solo]
D E D E
D E D B
[Verse 2]
A
I think I enjoyed all my problems
A
Where didn't I get nothing for free
G D A
Oh, I'm going back to the family
G D A
Doing nothing is bothering me
A
I'll get a train back to the city
A
That soft life is getting me down
G D A
There's more fun away from the family
G D A
Get some action when I pull into town
[Interlude]
D A B
[Bridge 2]
E
Everything I do is wrong
D
What the hell was I thinking?
E
Phone keeps ringing all day long
D
I got no time for thinking
A C
And every day has the same old way
D E
Of giving me too much to do
[Solo 2]
D E D E
D E D E
D E D E
D E D E
D E D E
D E D E
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version 2
Capo:no capo
Capo 2, or transpose up 1 full step.
Intro Lick:
C G Em A Asus2
e|---------------|---------------|----------------|---------------|---0-->
B|---------------|---------------|----------------|---------------|---0-->
G|--0h2-p0----0--|---------------|----------------|---------------|---2-->
D|---------------|--0h2-p0-------|--0--------0h2--|------------2--|---2-->
A|--3->----------|------------3--|-----------0h2--|--0---------0--|---0-->
E|---------------|--3->----------|-------3--------|-------3----0--|------
x x x x x x x x x x x x
Lick #2:
This one is played behind most of the verses, during the 'G' chord.
The tab below assumes you're playing an open G (300023); just work
this pattern into your finger-picking, if any. It also sounds nice
when moved down an octave, but you need to go to dropped-D tuning.
e|----------------|----------------| (Played twice behind 1st
B|--0--0h1--0-----|----------------| line of each verse)
G|-------------2--|--0--0----------|
D|----------------|--------0h2--0--|
A|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|
Verse 1:
G
My telephone wakes me in the morning. Have to get up to answer the call,
F C G F C G
So I think I'll go back to the family, where no one can ring me at all.
Verse 2:
G
Living this life has its problems, so I think that I'll give it a break.
F C G F C G
Oh, I'm going back to the family, 'cause I've had about all I can take.
Repeat intro lick, then:
Am C D C
Master's in the counting house, counting all his money.
D C
Sister's sitting by the mirror, she thinks her hair looks funny.
G Bb C D
And here am I thinking to myself, just a-wondering what it pays to do.
Solo 1 (bass/flute)
Alternate D & C, then end on Asus2
Verse 3:
G
I think I enjoyed all my problems, where I did not get nothing for free.
F C G F C G
Oh, I'm going back to the family, doing nothing is bothering me.
Verse 4:
G
I'll get a train back to the city. The soft life is getting me down.
F C G F C G
There's more fun away from the family, get some action when I roll into town.
Repeat intro lick, then:
Am C D C
Everything I do is wrong. What the hell was I thinking?
D C
Phone keeps ringing all day long, I got no time for thinking.
G Bb C D
And every day has the same old way, they're giving me too much to do.
Solos (bass/flute, then guitar, then all fade) D C D C ...
My telephone wakes me in the morning
Have to get up to answer the call
So I think I'll go back to the family
Where no one can ring me at all
Living this life has its problems
So I think that I'll give it a break
Oh, I'm going back to the family
Cause I've had about all I can take
Master's in the counting house
Counting all his money
Sister's sitting by the mirror
She thinks her hair looks funny
And here am I thinking to myself
Just wond'ring what things to do
I think I enjoyed all my problems
Where didn't I get nothing for free
Oh, I'm going back to the family
Doing nothing is bothering me
I'll get a train back to the city
That soft life is getting me down
There's more fun away from the family
Get some action when I pull into town
Everything I do is wrong
What the hell was I thinking?
Phone keeps ringing all day long
I got no time for thinking
And every day has the same old way
Of giving me too much to do
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