Mother Goose Tab

This is my closest approx. to Mother Goose.  The song is capoed on the
fifth fret, although the finger positions and what chords are present are
given as if the capo is position 0.  The song's strumming and picking style
necessitated some liberalization on my part in the tab.
The intro (section 1) which is played at the beginning and/or end
of each verse is repeated 2 to 4 times depending upon the verse.
 
Asus2     x02200
A7sus4    x02033
D/F#      x4x232
Dsus4     xx0233
Gmaj7/B   x2x032
 
                               Mother Goose
                     Ian Anderson (a.k.a. Jethro Tull)
 
 
                        1) As I did walk by Hampstead Fair   I came upon
                        2) And the foreign student said to me   was it
  (Section 1.           )
     Asus2         A7sus4                         Asus2
e|---0-0-0-------0-3-3-0---------------------------------------------------|
B|---0-0-0-------0-3-3-0--------------0---------------0-------0--------0---|
G|---2-2-2-------2-0-0-0------------0---0-----0-0h2-----0-2----------------|
D|---2-2-2-0h2---2-2-2-2------2-2h4-------4p2-0-0h2-2---0-2-2--------2-----|
A|-0-----------0------------0------------------------------------0-3-------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
 1) Mother Goose     so I    turned her loose as she was screaming.
 2) really true there are elephants, lions too in Picadilly
        D
e|--0h2-2-2-0-2--------------0h2-2-2-0-2-----------------------------------|
B|--0h3-3-3-3-3---3----------3-3-3-3-3-3---3-------------------------------|
G|--0h2-2-2-0-2-2---------0--0h2-2-2-0-2-2---------0--(repeat Sect. 1)-----|
D|--0---0-0-0-0-----0---0----0-0-0-0-0-0-----0---0-----before second-------|
A|--------------------3------------------------3--------line of verse------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
Go to this at end of second line of verse.
  2) circus?
e|---0-0-0-------0-3-3-0----0-0-0-------0-3-3-3----------------------------|
B|---0-0-0-------0-3-3-0----0-0-0-------0-3-3-3----------------------------|
G|---2-2-2-------2-0-0-0----2-2-2-------2-0-0-0----------------------------|
D|---2-2-2-0h2---2-2-2-2----2-2-2-0h2---2-2-2-2----------------------------|
A|-0-----------0----------0-----------0------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
Chorus
   Walked down by the bathing pond to try and get some sun.
   D                 D/F#             Gmaj7/B         Dsus4   D
e|-------2---2-2-2-2----2-2-2-2-2-2------2-2-2-2-2-2--3-3-3-3-2-2-2-0-0----|
B|-------3---3-3-3-3----3-3-3-3-3-3------3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----|
G|-------2---2-2-2-2----2-2-2-2-2-2------0-0-0-0-0-0--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----|
D|-0-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------4----------------2------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
    A           Asus2       A
e|--0---0-0-0---0---0-0-0---0---0-0----------------------------------------|
B|--2---2-2-2---0---0-0-0---2---2-2----------------------------------------|
G|--2---2-2-2---2---2-2-2---2---2-2----------------------------------------|
D|--2---2-2-2---2---2-2-2---2---2-2----------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
(2nd line of chorus using same notes as above.)
Saw at least a hundred school girls sobbing into handkerchiefs as one.
 
(Go to following after the second line of chorus.)
  I don't believe they knew  I was a school boy.
      C                        Asus2         A7sus4
e|----0-------------------3----0-0-0-------0-3-3-0----0-0-0-------0-3-3-3---|
B|----1-------------------1----0-0-0-------0-3-3-0----0-0-0-------0-3-3-3---|
G|----0-------------------0----2-2-2-------2-0-0-0----2-2-2-------2-0-0-0---|
D|----2-------------------2----2-2-2-0h2---2-2-2-2----2-2-2-0h2---2-2-2-2---|
A|--3-3-----------------3-3--0-----------0----------0-----------0-----------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
(The following run is played after the second and final choruses.)
                                                         Asus2
e|------0--------0---------------------------------------0------------|
B|--1h3---3--1h3---1---------0-----0---------------------0------------|
G|-------------------2-----0-----0-----------0-----------2------------|
D|-----------------------2-----4-----2-0---0-------------2------------|
A|---------------------------------------3-----2-0---0-0-0------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------3------------------|
 
And the bearded lady said to me "If you start your raving
and your misbehaving you'll be sorry.
And the chicken fancier came to play, with his long red beard
and his sister's weird, she drives a lorry.
 
Chorus, ending in above run
Laughed down by the putting green I popped them in their holes.
Four and twenty labourers were labouring and digging up their gold.
I don't believe knew that I was Long John Silver.
 
Saw Johnny Scarecrow make his rounds in his jet black mac
which he won't give back, stole it from a snowman.
As I did walk by Hampstead Fair, I came upon Mother Goose
so I turned her loose as she was screaming.
 
Chorus
Walked down by the bathing pond to try and catch some sun.
Must have been at least a hundred school girls
sobbing into handkerchiefs as one.
I don't believe they knew I was a school boy.
 
 
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| h  Hammer-on
| p  Pull-off
 
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