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Version 1 Version 2
            Song: Living in the past
Artist: Jethro Tull
Composer: Ian Anderson
Album: Living in the past
Tabbed by DJ ('DiddyD' at ultimateGuitar-)   9st April 2013
Hear the original album track at this link:
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TIME SIGNATURE: 5/4
Five beats to the bar, with particular emphasis on the 4th and 5th beats
where the chord changes in most of the bars.
CAPO: 3rd fret  (Will then sound in the recorded key of Cm)
Or use the transpose function set to +3 to view chords in the key of Cm
Chord names and fret positions are relative to the capo:
Am = x22100     C = x32010    E    = 022100               B = x24442
D  = xx0232     G = 320033    D6/9 = 077777 or 000200     A = x02220
N.C. = No chords    ^ = Emphasise the beats   h = Hammer-on note
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[Bass intro]
e |-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G |-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D |---2------------2----0----2----|---2------------2----0----2-----|
A |------0---0-h3-----------------|------0---0-h3------------------|
E |-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
[Verse 1]
  Am         D      Am         D     Am          D      Am         D
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  ^    ^     ^  ^   ^    ^     ^  ^   ^    ^     ^  ^   ^    ^     ^  ^
  D          C  G   Am                D          C  G   Am
| /  /_/  /  /  / | /  /_/  /  /  / | /  /_/  /  /  / | /  /_/  /  /  / |
  ^    ^     ^  ^   ^    ^     ^  ^   ^    ^     ^  ^   ^    ^     ^  ^
  Am  N.C.            D
| /_/_/_/_/_/  /  / | /  /_/  /  /  / |
  ^                   ^    ^     ^  ^
  E         D6/9    E         D6/9    E         D6/9    E         D6/9
| /  /_/  /  /  / | /  /_/  /  /  / | /  /_/  /  /  / | /  /_/  /  /  / |
  ^    ^     ^  ^   ^    ^     ^  ^   ^    ^     ^  ^   ^    ^     ^  ^
  B           E     B          E      B          E      B          E
| /  /_/  /  /  / | /  /_/  /  /  / | /  /_/  /  /  / | /  /_/  /  /  / |
  ^    ^     ^  ^   ^    ^     ^  ^   ^    ^     ^  ^   ^    ^     ^  ^
[Verse 2]
A      G   D    A       G    D A       G     D    A      G  D
Happy, and I'm smiling, walk a mile to drink your water,
    A        G    D  A         G   D   A        G       D  A
You know I'd love to love you, and a - bove you there's no other,
D        C      G   D          C     G   D        C     G    D   C   G
We'll go walk - ing out, while oth - ers shout of wars' di - sas-----ter,
A        G   D    A        G     D   A     G  D   A
  ...Oh, we won't give in, let's go living in the past
[Verse 3]
  Am         D      Am         D     Am          D      Am         D
| /  /_/  /  /  / | /  /_/  /  /  / | /  /_/  /  /  / | /  /_/  /  /  / |
  ^    ^     ^  ^   ^    ^     ^  ^   ^    ^     ^  ^   ^    ^     ^  ^
  D          C  G   Am                D          C  G   Am
| /  /_/  /  /  / | /  /_/  /  /  / | /  /_/  /  /  / | /  /_/  /  /  / |
  ^    ^     ^  ^   ^    ^     ^  ^   ^    ^     ^  ^   ^    ^     ^  ^
  Am  N.C.            D
| /_/_/_/_/_/  /  / | /  /_/  /  /  / |
  ^                   ^    ^     ^  ^
  E         D6/9    E         D6/9    E         D6/9    E         D6/9
| /  /_/  /  /  / | /  /_/  /  /  / | /  /_/  /  /  / | /  /_/  /  /  / |
  ^    ^     ^  ^   ^    ^     ^  ^   ^    ^     ^  ^   ^    ^     ^  ^
  B           E     B          E      B          E      B          E
| /  /_/  /  /  / | /  /_/  /  /  / | /  /_/  /  /  / | /  /_/  /  /  / |
  ^    ^     ^  ^   ^    ^     ^  ^   ^    ^     ^  ^   ^    ^     ^  ^
[Verse 4]
A       G    D  A        G     D  A        G     D   A          G  D
Once, I used to join in, eve - ry boy, and girl, was my friend,
A            G     D    A      G   D    A          G    D       A
Now, there's rev - o - lution, but they don't know what they're fighting,
D      C     G   D           C    G     D         C  G    D   C  G
Let us close our eyes, out - side their lives, go on much fa-----ster,
A        G   D    A        G     D    A      G  D   A
  ...Oh, we won't give in, we'll keep living in the past
[Verse 5]
  Am         D      Am         D      Am         D      Am         D
| /  /_/  /  /  / | /  /_/  /  /  / | /  /_/  /  /  / | /  /_/  /  /  / |
  ^    ^     ^  ^   ^    ^     ^  ^   ^    ^     ^  ^   ^    ^     ^  ^
  D          C  G   Am                D          C  G   Am
| /  /_/  /  /  / | /  /_/  /  /  / | /  /_/  /  /  / | /  /_/  /  /  / |
  ^    ^     ^  ^   ^    ^     ^  ^   ^    ^     ^  ^   ^    ^     ^  ^
  Am  N.C.
| /_/_/_/_/_/  /  / |
  ^
[Verse 6]
A        G  D     A        G     D  A      G  D   A     G  D
  ...Oh, we won't give in, let's go living in the past, ...oh...
A        G  D     A        G     D  A      G  D   A     G  D
No, no,  we won't give in, let's go living in the past
[Coda - Flute solo]
    A          G  D   A          G  D   A          G  D   A          G  D       A
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