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Date: Sat, 11 Mar 1995 07:04:13 -0500

From: BABubier@aol.com

To: tarvydas@tsctrl.guild.org

Subject: Nursie tablature



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

mismatches, which may have caused misalignment of words and

some phrases. PT]



NURSIE

Words and music by Ian Anderson

Tablature intrepretation by Bruce Bubier



Key Signature F

Time signature 6/8



Capo on 3rd fret - with capo on, it is played as though it were in a minor

Chords are marked in parentheses and are strummed lightly while the melody is

played.

"H" means hammer on between the two frets seperated by a "/"

"SL" means slide (your pinky) from frets 8 to 6



                                     H    H    H    H

_(0)_________________(0)_______2_____2____2____2____2___2__0__2__

_(1)__3__1__0________(0)_______3_____3____3____3____3___3__1__3__

_(0)___________2______0________2____0/2___0/2__0/2__0/2_2__0__2__

_(2)_______________________2___0_____0____0____0____0___0__2__0__

__________________3______________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________

Tip   toes in silence     'round my bed



                                       H    H    H    H

_(0)_____________________(0)_____2_____2____2____2____2___2__0__2__

_(1)__3____1___0_________(0)_____3_____3____3____3____3___3__1__3__

_(0)_______________2______0______2___0/2___0/2__0/2__0/2__2__0__2__

_(2)_________________________2___0_____0____0____0____0___0__2__0__

_______________________3___________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

 and quiets the raindrops     over - head.



                          H

_2_______0_________2______2_____________

_3_______1_________3______3_____________

_2_______0_________2_____0/2____________

_0_______2_________0______0_____________

________________________________________

________________________________________

With her everlasting smile



                               H

______3________________2_______2__________

______0________________3_______3__________

______0________________2______0/2_________

______0________________0_______0__________

______2___________________________________

______3___________________________________

she stills my fever for a while.



_____3_____________2____________________

_____0_____________3____________________

_____0_____________2____________________

_____0_____________0____________________

_____2__________________________________

_____3__________________________________

Oh, nursie dear,



                            H    H

_____2_________0___________________________

_____3_________0___________________________

_____2_________0___________________________

_____0_________2________________0/2________

_______________2_____2_____0/2_____________

________________________0__________________

I'm glad you're here



                             SL

___0______________2___3__5___5____2____0________

___1______________3___3__6__8/6___3____1________

___0______________2___2__7___7____2____0________

___2______________0___0__0___0____0____2________

________________________________________________

________________________________________________

to brush away my pain.