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Date: Sat, 11 Mar 1995 07:04:03 -0500

From: BABubier@aol.com

To: tarvydas@tsctrl.guild.org

Subject: For a thousand mothers tablature



[disclaimer: This tab had to be *severely* re-formatted due to font

mismatches, which may have caused misalignment of words and

some phrases. PT]



Tablature for FOR A THOUSAND MOTHERS

Words and music by Ian Anderson

Tablature intrepretation by Bruce Bubier



Key Signature e minor

Time Signature 3/4



No Capo





For most of the song the guitar alternates between chords of e minor and b minor

The bass line figured below accompanies this.

It is played for most of the song except where indicated.



The rhythm is 6/8 - meaning there are 6 beats with the accents on 1 and 4

It should be counted as DA da da  DA da da

                        1  2   3   4  5  6

In the example below downbeats are marked with an "X"



EXAMPLE

(emi)      (bmi -      (emi)       (bmi)

         barre on II)



CHORDS

_0___________2___________0___________3________________________________

_0___________2___________0___________2________________________________

_2___________4___________2___________4________________________________

_2___________4___________2___________4________________________________

_0___________2___________0___________2________________________________

 X           X           X           X

BASS LINE

______________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________

_____________5_______________________5__7_____________________________

_5__7__8______8_7_8_7____5__7__8______________________________________

_______________________8______________________________________________

 X           X           X           X



This repeats twice for each verse.





FOR A THOUSAND MOTHERS



(emi)      (bmi -      (emi)       (bmi)

        barre on II)

_0___________2___________0___________2________________________________

_0___________3___________0___________3________________________________

_0___________4___________0___________4________________________________

_2___________4___________2___________4________________________________

_2___________2___________2___________2________________________________

_0___________2___________0___________2________________________________

Did you hear mother -



_0_________2_________0_____________2__________________________________

_0_________3_________0_____________3__________________________________

_0_________4_________0_____________4__________________________________

_2_________4_________2_____________4__________________________________

_2_________2_________2_____________2__________________________________

_0_________2_________0_____________2__________________________________

saying I'm wrong but I know I'm right.



_0___________2___________0___________2________________________________

_0___________3___________0___________3________________________________

_0___________4___________0___________4________________________________

_2___________4___________2___________4________________________________

_2___________2___________2___________2________________________________

_0___________2___________0___________2________________________________

Did you hear father?





_0_________2_____0___________2____________________________________

_0_________3_____0___________3____________________________________

_0_________4_____0___________4____________________________________

_2_________4_____2___________4____________________________________

_2_________2_____2___________2____________________________________

_0_________2_____0___________2____________________________________

Calling my name into the night.



(C)              (D7)       (emi)       (bmi)     (emi)   (bmi)

_0_________________2_________0________________________________________

_1_________________1_________0________________________________________

_0_________________2_________0________________________________________

_2_________________0_________2________________________________________

_3___________________________2________________________________________

_4___________________________0________________________________________

Saying I'll never be what I am now

NO BASS                                    BASS starts here





(C)                        (D7)       (emi)      (bmi)     (emi)    (bmi)

_0___________________________2__________0________________________________

_1___________________________1__________0________________________________

_0___________________________2__________0________________________________

_2___________________________0__________2________________________________

_3______________________________________2________________________________

_4______________________________________0________________________________

Telling me I'll never find what I've already found.

NO BASS                                                        BASS starts

here



       (F)                       (D)



________1_________________________2________________________________

________1_________________________3________________________________

________2_________________________2________________________________

________3_________________________0________________________________

________3__________________________________________________________

________1__________________________________________________________

It was they who were wrong and for them here's a song.



(ami) hard/quick

_0_________________________________________________________________

_2________________________________________0_0_0____________________

_3__________________________0______2_0____________2_0______________

_3_________________2_1_2_4____4________4______________4__2__1______

_0_________________________________________________________________

_0_________________________________________________________________

                  This part is solo instrument (flute or guitar)

Then immediately back into emi bmi chords and bass.



Music repeats to the verses below



Did you hear me baby come back and tell you the things he's seen

Did it surprise you to be picked up at eight in a limosine?

Doing the things he's accustomed to do.

Which at one time it seemed like a dream now it's true.

And unknowing you made it all happen this way.



REPEAT FIRST STANZA





After the long ascending guitar line the song stops and then starts again

with a reprise of the main riff and improvisational section.



This is the long ascending guitar line that ends the song and precedes the

"reprise and jam".

_______________________________________________________________

___________________________________7__8__8__8__10__10__12______

_____________________________7__9______________________________

_____________7__7__7__9__9_____________________________________

__7__9__10_____________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________



Repeat main riff and start jammin'.