Chords for Jethro Tull - Jack-In-The-Green (live in London 1977)

Tempo:
162.75 bpm
Chords used:

A

C

G

E

F#m

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Jethro Tull - Jack-In-The-Green (live in London 1977) chords
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Need a stool for this one, is it there?
Good.
Go and sit down, we'll make sure.
Our new album, Songs from the Wood, has this interesting little song on it,
which is one of those, sort of, folk myth things.
It's all about a chap he called Jack in the Green, who's a
Cheers!
Thank you.
Mum hasn't got a deep voice tonight, has she?
[G#m]
He keeps Britain's green and [A] verdant pastures alive in the cold winter months
to be reborn anew in spring, you see, to blossom anew.
If you believe that, you'll believe anything.
Jack in the Green.
One, two, three, [F#m] four
[E]
[C] Have you seen [A] Jack in the Green?
[C] [G] With his long tail [A] hanging down
[C] He quietly sits [A] under every tree
[C] [G] In the folds of his [A] velvet gown
He [C] drinks from the empty [A] vacant cup
[C] That [G] he and the dogs [A] sweetly mustows
[C] And taps his cane [A] upon the ground
[C]
Signals [G] the snowdrops it's [A] time to grow
La [F#m] la la dee, la [E] la la dee, dee dee [C] dee
It's snow from the [A] empty Jack in the Green
[C] [G] No place to dump the snow, [A] Jack, for song
[C] He wears the colours [A] of a summer's home
He [C]
carries [G] the green flag on [A] the winter long
La [F#m] la [D] la dee, [E] la la la dee, dee dee [Bm] dee
Jack, do you never [E] sleep?
The green's still [A] up deep in your [G] heart
[A]
[Bm] Always changing [E] times
Always in [A] parallel, he's keeping the quiet
[F#m] Well, [E] I don't think [D] so
[E] I saw some brown through the [A] day, Mr.
Day
[C] La la la dee,
[A] dee dee dee, dee dee dee
[C] La [G] la la dee, dee [A] dee dee, dee dee dee
[C] The road always [Em] beholds that [A] haunted grin
[C] A [G] heart that's changing it's left to [A]
groan
La [F#m] la la [D] dee, [E] la la la dee, dee dee dee
[C] He played a proud [A] whisper in Jack in the Green
[C] Oh, we had to [G] help him through [A] the night
[C] Then we heard a very [A] solemn holy green
[C] Then Mr.
Grunt [G] just come in Jack and [A] put up a fight
[N]
Key:  
A
1231
C
3211
G
2131
E
2311
F#m
123111112
A
1231
C
3211
G
2131
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To jam and learn Jethro Tull - (London, 10.02.1977) London chords, your primary focus should be mastering these chords sequence: C, A, C, G and A. Begin your practice at a relaxed 81 BPM, then work your way up to the song's BPM of 163. Set the capo considering your vocal range and favored chords, aligned with the key: E Minor.

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Need a stool for this one, is it there?
Good. _ _
_ Go and sit down, we'll make sure. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Our new album, Songs from the Wood, has this _ interesting little song on it,
_ which is one of those, sort of, folk myth things.
It's all about a chap he called Jack in the Green, who's _ a_
Cheers!
Thank you. _ _ _ _
Mum hasn't got a deep voice tonight, has she?
_ [G#m] _
_ _ _ _ _ He keeps Britain's green and [A] verdant pastures alive in the cold winter months
to be reborn anew in spring, you see, to blossom anew.
_ If you believe that, you'll believe anything. _
Jack in the Green.
One, two, three, _ _ [F#m] four_
_ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ Have you seen [A] Jack in the Green? _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [G] With his long tail [A] hanging down
_ _ _ _ [C] _ He quietly sits _ [A] under every tree
_ _ _ _ [C] _ [G] In the folds of his [A] velvet gown _ _ _
_ _ He _ [C] _ drinks from the empty _ [A] vacant _ cup
_ _ [C] _ That [G] he and the dogs [A] sweetly _ _ _ mustows _
[C] _ And taps his cane [A] upon the ground
_ _ _ [C] _
Signals [G] the snowdrops it's [A] time to grow
_ _ _ La [F#m] la la dee, la [E] la la _ _ dee, dee dee _ _ [C] dee
It's snow from the [A] empty Jack in the Green _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ [G] No place to dump the snow, [A] Jack, for song _ _ _
[C] He wears the colours [A] of a summer's home
He _ _ _ [C] _
carries [G] the green flag on [A] the winter long
_ _ _ La [F#m] la [D] la dee, [E] la la la _ dee, dee dee _ _ _ [Bm] dee
Jack, do you never [E] sleep?
The green's still [A] up deep in your [G] heart
_ _ [A] _ _ _
[Bm] _ Always _ changing [E] times
Always in [A] parallel, he's keeping the quiet
_ _ _ _ _ [F#m] Well, [E] I don't think [D] so
[E] I saw some brown through the [A] day, Mr.
Day _ _
_ _ [C] La la la dee, _
[A] dee dee dee, _ _ dee dee dee
[C] La [G] la la dee, dee [A] dee dee, dee dee dee
[C] The road always _ [Em] beholds that [A] haunted grin
_ _ [C] A _ [G] heart that's changing it's left to [A] _ _ _ _
groan
La [F#m] la la [D] dee, [E] la la la _ dee, dee dee _ dee _
[C] He played a proud [A] whisper in Jack in the Green _ _ _ _
[C] Oh, we had to [G] help him through [A] the night
_ _ _ [C] Then we heard a very [A] solemn holy _ green
[C] Then Mr.
Grunt [G] just come in Jack and [A] put up a fight
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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