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Title: Teacher
Artist: Jethro Tull
Album:
Instrument: 4 String Bass
Tabbed by: Art (theonecomplicant@gmail.com)
Notes:
4 string bass guitar
During the part I do not have on here the bassist just improvises, honestly.
If you can't figure out your own fill email me and I will make one for you.
Main Riff X 12 (varies)
G |----------9-----------------||
D |-7-7----7-----5-5----4------.||
A |------7------------5---5-5--.||
E |-----------------------------||
Chorus X 3 !!(on the third time leave out the
last two notes and go to the Interlude)!!
G ----------------------||
D -----x-x-x-x-3-3-----.||
A -5-5-------------3-3-.||
E ----------------------||
Interlude (again, leave the last 5 notes off and go to the main riff)
G -------7h9------------------||
D -7h9-9-------------7h9 9-9-.||
A ------------7h9-9----------.||
E ----------------------------||
***An a lot more fun way to play the Interlude is as follows:
G ----------15/17---------------------||
D -15/17-17-13/15---------------------||
A -13/15-15----------------13h15-1515-||
E ----------------13h15-15------------||
It's just the Interlude with the fifths that the flute plays. Play it the third time through
the interlude.
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
Alex Average |
#1 by Alex Tachauer at May 19, 2006 at 10:49 PM EST |
| This tune is a classic. This is a great song about how finding things in life is ultimately meaningless. The purpose of life is too live it and not worry about the small things. Many songs have this meanings and this is one of the better ones. | |
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Justin Average |
#2 by Justin Dosser at Aug 15, 2006 at 1:56 AM EST |
| I agree that this is about life teaching you, the individual a lesson. but Ian anderson was famously anti-religion. He makes many sarcastic references to gods in his songs, and was mostly against the catholic church. So i don't think he's referring to god, more like just life in general | |
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Corey Wanna Be |
#3 by Corey at Dec 26, 2006 at 4:20 PM EST |
| Though Ian Anderson was anti-religion, he was a very spiritual person. I believe that most people who are spiritually in tune tend to frown upon our organized religious systems in the same way that Mr. Anderson does in so many of Jethro Tull's work. His frustrations with the church are frustrations with the way that men bastardize the spirit for the good of themselves. If the teacher is God, then the song is about a struggle to break from social isolation, a struggle that many who suffer from depression encounter. The speaker allows the Teacher (God) to show him the way, yet is turned off by the idealistic nature of his teachings, and ultimately they part ways. This is all too common for those who seek out God and don't get the immediate results they expected. If the teacher is an actual human, I would have to agree with mycroft45 in full. Partying, drinking, extraverted socialization has become the status quo. Many people who don't derive pleasure from these activities often feel like an outcast, and attempt to live that lifestyle. As an artist, Mr. Anderson probably had to struggle between his introverted artistic spirit which fulfilled him and his constant interaction with the large scale public as a rock star. | |
Matt Rhythm Player |
#4 by Matt quinn at Mar 4, 2007 at 5:32 PM EST |
| "No man's an island" words from the 18th century English poet Jone Donne. | |
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