Just Trying To Be 
Album: Living In The Past 
Ian Anderson, Jethro tull 
Transcribed by: John Fahey  <goog64@yahoo.com> 
                            19th may 2000 

intro 
e----2----0--------------2----0-------------2--------------------------0 
b---3------------3--------------3-------------3----3-------------------2 
g---2-------2---2--------------2--------2---------2--------------------2 
d---0---------------------------0--------------------------------------2 
a---0---------------------------0--------------------------------------0 
e----------------------------------------------------------------------- 

Main Verse Pattern: 
"There was a time when you........... 
..........................................................lead you astray." 
e---2---2---2--0---------0--0--0--0--------------------------------------\ 
b---3---3---3----3--0---3--3--3--3------0----1--1--1--0----------\ 
g---2---2---2--------0---0--0--0--0--2--------0--0--0--0---------\REPEAT 4 
d----0---0---0------------------------------------2--2--2--0----------\ 
a-----------------------------------------------3--3--3--3--0------------\ 
e-------------------------------------------------------------------------\ 
  

Bridge pattern: 
"Unfeeling feel........................you're going wrong." 
e-----------------------------------------------------------------------\ 
b----------------------------------------------------------------------\ 
g-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-etc--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-etc-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-etc-\REPEAT 2 
d----0----------------------0--------------------------0---------------\ 
a---------------------------------------------------------------------\ 
e---------------------------------------------------------------------\ 

"chorus" 
"And they can't see.................................what we seem." 
       A5                   C            G            A5 
e ---5----------------------------------------------------------- 
b ---5----------------------------------------------------------- 
g ---2----------------------------------------------------------- 
d ---2----------------------------------------------------------- 
a ---0----------------------------------------------------------- 
e --------------------------------------------------------------- 

End: 
"And even now..........................only a dream." 
Repeat main verse pattern once and then: 
e -----2---0--------------2--------0---------------------- 
b -----3------3---0----------3----2--------------------- 
g -----2----------------------------2---------------------- 
d -----0----------------------------2---------------------- 
a -----0----------------------------0---------------------- 
e ---------------------------------------------------------- 

If anyone can make it more accurate please let me know.


----------------- Chords & Lyrics ------------------


Just Trying To Be - Jethro Tull 

Standard tuning no capo 

Intro 

D       G5 
D       G5      G* 
D       G5      A 

Verse 
(celeste plays then guitar joins in) D                    G             C 
There was a time when you were so young and walked in their way 
D                           G                             C 
They made you feel they loved you all seeing they say 
D                           G                             C 
You're going wrong if their game you don't play 
D                           G                             C 
And that the song I sing will lead you astray 

Bridge  (play only B and G strings) 

D5          D7  Gm      D5      D7      Gm 
Unfeeling, feel lonely rejection 
D5          D7  Gm      D5      D7      Gm 
Unknowing, know your going wrong 
  

Outro 

A5                 C5         G5        A5 
And they can't see that we're just trying to be and not what we seem 
D          G    C       D                         A5 
And even now believe, that it's not real and only a dream 

(celeste ending can be played by alternate plucking of high E and G strings while holding A5 chord) 
  

submited  by Don Bell 
bellfam@q-net.net.au