Jethro Tull — Life Is A Long Song Chords

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From: bam@wam.umd.edu (the anti—Elvis)
Subject: Life's a Long Song
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In article  songer@lexmark.com (Christopher Songer) writes:
>(the anti—Elvis) writes:
>>   Has anyone tried arranging the mandolin part of Jethro Tull's
>>"Christmas Song" for guitar?  
>
>While Jethro Tull has come up —— I'd love to see a TAB for Dun Ringill,
>Summer Sands or Life's a Long Song. 

   The chords to Life's a Long Song aren't that hard, but actually playing
the part is.  As far as I can tell, the beginning chords are D—shaped
barre chords (fret numbers in parentheses):
 
A (VII)                              G (V)
When you've fallen awake and you     take stock of the new day.
And you hear your voice croak as you choke on what you need to say.

   Now I THINK what's happening is Ian messes around with sus chords a
lot.  I haven't tried this because I can't play this nearly fast enough,
but I think it's something like:

E|—9———9——10——9——7——9——7——9——9——9—————
B|—10—————————————————————————————————
G|—9——————————————————————————————————
D|—7——————————————————————————————————
A|————————————————————————————————————
E|————————————————————————————————————
  
   You get the idea.  I haven't actually tried this in quite a while —
I need to go home and listen to it at half—speed on my 4—track.
Anyway, has anyone fingured out as easier way to play this, or at
least easier ways to play these chords?

       A (VII)             Asus4	   Asus2
      _ _ _ _ _		 _ _ _ _ _       _ _ _ _ _
7fr  |_|_*_|_|_|    7fr	|_|_*_|_|_| 7fr	|_|_*_|_|_*
     |_|_|_|_|_|        |_|_|_|_|_|	|_|_|_|_|_|
     |_|_|_*_|_*	|_|_|_*_|_|	|_|_|_*_|_|
     |_|_|_|_*_|	|_|_|_|_*_*	|_|_|_|_*_|
         1 2 4 3	    1 2 4 4 (!)     1 2 4 1


   I don't remember what the chords to the rest of the song are, but
I remember a 3rd fret C chord, a 3rd fret G chord, and maybe a 5th
fret A chord in there.  They were pretty basic chords.  Just play around
with em.  If I come up with anything new I'll be sure to post it.
—— 
Brian Michalowski | "Without music, life would   | "I'm sure I'd feel much 
bam@wam.umd.edu   |  be a mistake." —— Nietzsche |  worse if I wasn't under
"Music was his life; it was not his livelihood." |  such heavy sedation."
        —— Harry Chapin, "Mr. Tanner"            |  —— from _Spinal Tap_