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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
FROM: Lukas Lechner, Woergl, Austria
E-MAIL: [email protected]
DATE: 26 Jul 2001
ARTIST: Jethro Tull
SONG: Song For Jeffrey
ALBUM: Living In The Past, 1972
	A Song For Jeffrey
Intro:     D   C    G  D  
G  C  Bb  G
GGonna lose my CwBbay tomoGrrow,
Ggonna give aCwaBby my cGar.
GI'd take you CalBbong with mGe,
but you woFuld not go so fGar.
GDon't see what I CdBbo not want to sGee,
Gyou don't hear what CI Bbdon't sGay.
GWon't be what I donC't Bbwant to Gbe,
I coFntinue in my wGay.
FDon't see, Gsee, see where I'm goin',
FDon't see, Gsee, see where I'm goin',
FDon't see, see, see where I'm goin' to,
I don't waGnt to.
  G    C    Bb    G2's
CEveryday I seBbe the mornin' cEbome on in the samGe olCd wBbay.G  
CI tell myselBbf tomorrow bEbrings me things GI wCoulBbd noGt dreaDm today.
flute solo over  D   C G  D  (?)
  G    C    Bb      G3's
GGonna lose my CwBbay tomoGrrow,
Ggonna give aCwaBby my cGar.
GI'd take you CalBbong with mGe,
but you woFuld not go so fGar.
GDon't see what I CdBbo not want to sGee,
Gyou don't hear what CI Bbdon't sGay.
GWon't be what I donC't Bbwant to Gbe,
I coFntinue in my wGay.
FDon't see, Gsee, see where I'm goin',
FDon't see, Gsee, see where I'm goin',
FDon't see, see, see where I'm goin' to,
I don't waGnt to.
  G    C    Bb      G3's
Intro again:    D   C    G     D   Afew times
ending chords:      G  F  
	|	-Ray Davies, 1965			          |

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Song For Jeffrey

by Jethro Tull

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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#

#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#

FROM: Lukas Lechner, Woergl, Austria

E-MAIL: [email protected]

DATE: 26 Jul 2001

ARTIST: Jethro Tull

SONG: Song For Jeffrey

ALBUM: Living In The Past, 1972

A Song For Jeffrey

D C G D

Intro:

G C Bb G

Gonna lose my way tomorrow,

G C Bb G

gonna give away my car.

G C Bb G

I'd take you along with me,

F G

but you would not go so far.

G C Bb G

Don't see what I do not want to see,

G C Bb G

you don't hear what I don't say.

G C Bb G

Won't be what I don't want to be,

F G

I continue in my way.

F G

Don't see, see, see where I'm goin',

F G

Don't see, see, see where I'm goin',

Don't see, see, see where I'm goin' to,

I don't want to.

G C Bb G

2's

C Bb Eb G C Bb G

Everyday I see the mornin' come on in the same old way.

C Bb Eb G C Bb G D

I tell myself tomorrow brings me things I would not dream today.

flute solo over D C G D (?)

G C Bb G

3's

G C Bb G

Gonna lose my way tomorrow,

G C Bb G

gonna give away my car.

G C Bb G

I'd take you along with me,

F G

but you would not go so far.

G C Bb G

Don't see what I do not want to see,

G C Bb G

you don't hear what I don't say.

G C Bb G

Won't be what I don't want to be,

F G

I continue in my way.

F G

Don't see, see, see where I'm goin',

F G

Don't see, see, see where I'm goin',

Don't see, see, see where I'm goin' to,

I don't want to.

G C Bb G

3's

D C G D A

Intro again: few times

G F

ending chords:

| -Ray Davies, 1965 |

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