Jethro
Tull – Jack-A-Lynn (25 Years Anniversary Box Set version)
I tried my best to figure out how Ian plays this song. He switches
between strumming and picking the chords like he has often done before, but
that’s not too hard to hear. If there is something wrong in this transcription,
which could be very possible as I have done this for the first time,
corrections are welcome.
Capo 3rd fret
Intro:
Em ... C... Am... D... G... Em...
Guitar 1:
G-|---------------0------------0--------0--------0---------3-3-0-0--------2-------------------
D-|---------------0------------1--------1--------1---------1-1-1-1--------3-------------------
A#|---------------0------------0--------0--------0---------0-0-0-2--------2-------------------
F-|-2h3p2p0-------2--------0-2-2----0-2-2----0-2-2-----0-2-2-2-2-2--------0-------------------
C-|--------3-2----2----3-3------3-3------3-3-------3-3-----3-3-3-0---------------------0-----3
G-|-------------3-0----------------------------------------------------------------------3-1--
Guitar 2:
G-|---------------------0-0-2-3--0-0-2-3--0-0-2-3--0-0-2-3------------------------------------
D-|--------------------------------------------------------------5-5-3h5p3-3—-0h1p0-----------
A#|-----------------------------------------------------------------------5--2----------------
F-|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
C-|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G-|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
C D...
Am, verse1
Guitar 1:
G-|-----------------------3-2---0-2---3-2----5p3p2-3-----------------
D-|---------------------------3-----3-----3----------3s5-------------
A#|------------------0-2------2-----2-----2--------------------------
F-|--------------0-2----------0-----0-----0--------------------------
C-|-0-------3--3-----------------------------------------------------
G-|---3-1-0----------------------------------------------------------
Verse 1 Am C Em
Cold aeroplanes, slow boats,
warm trains
G D Em D Riff guitar 1: Riff
guitar 2:
Remind me of Jack-A-Lynn G-|-------------- -5p3p2-3------
à D-|-------------- ------------3s5-
Am C Em A#--2-0---0---- -----------------
Lush hotels and pretty girls F-|-------5---2-- -----------------
C-|--------------- -----------------
G D Em D G-|--------------- -----------------
Won’t share the misty mood I’m
in à riff guitar1, riff
guitar2
C Am
Chorus Silly,
sad, I’ve never had
D G
To write this before
D
Oh, Jack –A – Lynn
Verse 2 Am C Em
Funny how long nights alone
G D Em D
And thoughts of Jack – A – Lynn à riff guitar1, riff guitar2
Am C Em
When Phantoms tread around my
bed
To offer restless dreams they
bring
à riff guitar1, riff guitar2
C Am
Chorus And
it’s just the time and place to find
D G
A sad song to play
D
For Jack – A – Lynn
Bridge: guitar 1: B F#
D A Em C Am
D G à then like the end of
the intro
Guitar 2:
G-|-----------2h3p2p0---0-2---7--------0-2-2--------------------------------
D-|-------------------0-----0----0-2-4--------2h4p2p0-0--------------0-2-3--
A#|-----------------------------------------------------3----------1--------
F-|-----0-2-4---------------------------------------------2s4--2-4----------
C-|-2-4---------------------------------------------------------------------
G-|-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Guitar 2:
G-|-5h7p5p0-----5---10-----2-3-5-5—0h2p0--------------------0-2(0h2p)0-3-2-0-0-
D-|---------5-7---3----3-5---------------3-2-0----------2-3--------------------
A#|--------------------------------------------0-2--2-4------------------------
F-|----------------------------------------------------------------------------
C-|----------------------------------------------------------------------------
G-|----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Guitar 2:
G-|---------0-1-0h1p0---0--0-0-----------------------
D-|-3-1-1-3-----------3--------3p1p0-1-1s3--0-0h1p0--
A#|--------------------------------------------------
F-|-------------------------------------------------- ... end of the intro
C-|--------------------------------------------------
G-|--------------------------------------------------
C Am Em G
Verse 3 Magpies
that shriek, old boots that leak
D Em D
Call me the Jack – A – Lynn
C Am Em G
Cold black cats in policman’s
hats
D Em
D
Nosing where the mice have been
Am C
And the lonely hours, forgiven
now
D G
And I’m far, far from home
D
Jack – A – Lynn
Em C
Jack Jack – A – Lynn
Em C
Jack Jack – A – Lynn, Jack Jack – A – Lynn
Em C
Jack Jack – A – Lynn, Jack Jack – A – Lynn
End: C Am Em
Words and music by Ian Anderson
Transcription by Jörg Sintermann, Germany.