Jethro Tull — Cross-eyed Mary Tab
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Date: Sun, 21 Dec 1997 14:42:55 —0500
From: Brian Peters
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
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Intro:
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Nice Litte Flute Ditty. For Guitar It's something like this.
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A E?
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Main Licks:
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Lick 1:
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Lick 2:
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Lick 3:
A# G#
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Lick 4:
Em F G D
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Laughing in .......
Or maybe her.......
Verse 1:
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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:
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[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:
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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:
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[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:
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[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}
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Verse 2/3:
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[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:
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[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:
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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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Brian Peters
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