Jethro Tull — Back To The Family

Capo 2

Intro Lick:
C G Em A Asus2
e|---------------|---------------|----------------|---------------|---0-->
B|---------------|---------------|----------------|---------------|---0-->
G|--0h2-p0----0--|---------------|----------------|---------------|---2-->
D|---------------|--0h2-p0-------|--0--------0h2--|------------2--|---2-->
A|--3->----------|------------3--|-----------0h2--|--0---------0--|---0-->
E|---------------|--3->----------|-------3--------|-------3----0--|------
x x x x x x x x x x x x

Lick #2:

This one is played behind most of the verses, during the 'G' chord.
The tab below assumes you're playing an open G (300023); just work
this pattern into your finger-picking, if any. It also sounds nice
when moved down an octave, but you need to Go to dropped-D tuning.

e|----------------|----------------| (Played twice behind 1st
B|--0--0h1--0-----|----------------| line of each verse)
G|-------------2--|--0--0----------|
D|----------------|--------0h2--0--|
A|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|

Verse 1:
G
My telephone wakes me in the morning. 
Have to get up to answer the call,
F C G F C G
So I think I'll Go back to the family, 
where no one can ring me at all.

Verse 2:
G
Living this life has its problems, 
so I think that I'll give it a break.
F C G F C G
Oh, I'm going back to the family, 
'cause I've had about all I can take.

Repeat intro lick, then:
Am C D C
Master's in the counting house, 
counting all his money.
D C
Sister's sitting by the mirror, 
she thinks her hair looks funny.
G Bb C D
And here Am I thinking to myself, 
just a-wondering what it pays to do.

Solo 1 (bass/flute)
Alternate D & C , then end on Asus2

Verse 3:
G
I think I enjoyed all my problems, 
where I did not get nothing for free.
F C G F C G
Oh, I'm going back to the family, 
doing nothing is bothering me.

Verse 4:
G
I'll get a train back to the city. 
The soft life is getting me down.
F C G F C G
There's more fun away from the family, 
get some action when I roll into town.

Repeat intro lick, then:
Am C D C
Everything I Do is wrong. 
What the hell was I thinking?
D C
Phone keeps ringing all day long, 
I got no time for thinking.
G Bb C D
And every day has the same old way, 
they're giving me too much to do.

Solos (bass/flute, then guitar, then all fade) D C D C ...