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/ Jethro Tull / Aqualung (1971) / Cross-Eyed Mary guitar tab

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Date: Sun, 21 Dec 1997 14:42:55 -0500 
From: Brian Peters <ak174@traverse.lib.mi.us> 
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 
=============== 
Intro: 
------ 
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: 
----------- 

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: 
-------- 
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: 
--------- 
[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: 
-------- 
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: 
--------- 
[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: 
----- 
[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: 
---------- 
[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: 
----------- 
[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: 
------ 
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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Send Comments or Revision to: 
Brian Peters 
ak174@traverse.lib.mi.us


Jethro Tull albums
1999 J-Tull.Com
1995 Roots to Branches
1994 Nightcap: The Unreleased Masters 1973-1991
1991 Catfish Rising
1989 Rock Island
1988 20 Years of Jethro Tull: Highlights
1987 Crest of a Knave
1984 Under Wraps
1982 Broadsword and the Beast
1980 A
1979 Stormwatch
1978 Heavy Horses
1977 Songs From the Wood
1976 Too Old to Rock 'N' Roll: Too Young to Die!
1975 Minstrel in the Gallery
1974 War Child
1973 A Passion Play
1972 Living in the Past
1972 Thick As a Brick
1971 Aqualung
1970 Benefit
1969 Stand Up
1968 This Was
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02Cross-Eyed Mary tabbass tab
03Cheap Day Return tabbass tab
04Mother Goose tabbass tab
05Wond'ring Aloud tabbass tab
06Up to Me tabbass tab
07My God tabbass tab
08Hymn 43 tabbass tab
09Slipstream tabbass tab
10Locomotive Breath tabbass tab
11Wind Up tabbass tab

 

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