Botanic Man Cifras

JETHRO TULL – Botanic Man
bonus track from “Heavy Horses: 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition” (2018)
 
Capo 3
 
[Verse 1]
  G         D Em
Botanic Man
D         C              G/B         Am    G   D/F# C
Sun's up, moon's gone to bed and the day's   begun
D                 C             Em  D            Em
Early birds catch sleepy worms, all jacks-in-the-green
  D         C         G/B     A    D
Botanic Man sees what must be done
      G          D Em
Green Planet Man
D     C        G/B      Am    G    D/F# C
Naked ape in a spinning world   of cars
D              C                 Em D         Em         D
Aeroplanes and high-rise towers,    balancing tight-rope flyer
        C         G/B    A    D
Looking up on his way to Mars
 
[Chorus 1]
Em               D       Em
Winding down the endless way
      D            Em         D             Bsus4 B
Soles printing the tread, the weight of his con-  science
    Em           D         Em
The actor in him takes the stage
D          Em         D             Bsus4 B
Scattering wild oats, wishing them 'bon   chance'
        Em       A      B
Will he keep his garden clean?
 
[Instrumental 1]
G D Em D C G/B Am G D/F# C
D C Em D Em D C G/B A D
 
[Verse 2]
  G         D Em
Botanic Man
         D       C              G/B     Am  G      D/F#  C
Has your new day dawned, is the green solu-   tion here?
          D                  C             Em D          Em
Will your children play your garden games,    sit in the green fields
D            C    G/B  A     D
Watching the city spreading?
 
[Chorus 2]
Em                  D       Em
Winding through the endless day
D         Em       D              Bsus4 B
Banishing sad greenflies from the ro-   ses
Em               D    Em
Traffic jams the motorway
D          Em     D          Bsus4 B
Bumblebees angry, turning up no-   ses
       Em        A      B
Better keep your garden clean
 
[Instrumental 2]
G D Em D C G/B Am G D/F# C
D C Em D Em D C G/B A D
 
[Verse 3]
  G         D Em
Botanic Man
D         C              G/B         Am    G   D/F# C
Sun's up, moon's gone to bed and the day's   begun
D                 C             Em  D            Em
Early birds catch sleepy worms, all jacks-in-the-green
  D         C         G/B     A    C Em
Botanic Man sees what must be done
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