Two
Short Planks
Word
and Music by Ian Anderson
Tab by
Robert Walker
Capo 3
4/4
time throughout, except for a 6/4 bar in the last line of each verse.
the
"r" strum symbol below the tab staff is a light upstroke rake that
Ian
Anderson
is fond of using. The asterisk lines
divide the music into sections.
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INTRO -
8 bars
Dadd9,11 C
Cadd9 C Cadd9 C
-----------0--------------------------0----0--0----0------0--0--0--0----0-----
-------------3------3--------3--------1----3--3----1------3--3--3--3----1-----
--------0-------------0--------0------0----0--0----0------0--0--0--0----0-----
---0-h4-----------4--------4-----4----2----2--2----2------2--2--2--2----2-----
--------------------------------------3----3--3----3------3--3--3--3----3-----
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
^ ^
v ^ ^ v ^
v ^
*
(^=downstroke; v=upstroke)
Dadd9,11 C
Cadd9 C Cadd9 C
-----------0--------------------------0----0--0----0------0--0--0-------0-----
-------------3------3--------3--------1----3--3----1------3--3--3-------1-----
--------0-------------0--------0------0----0--0----0------0--0--0-------0-----
---0-h4-----------4--------4-----4----2----2--2----2------2--2--2-------2-----
--------------------------------------3----3--3----3------3--3--3-------3-----
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
^ ^
v ^ ^ v ^
v
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PRE-VERSE
- D Dsus2,4 strumming - 4 bars
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VERSE 1
- 15 bars, all 4/4 except 1 6/4 bar
D Asus4 Bm Csus2
D Dsus2,4 D
Dsus2,4
-2----2-----2-2-----|---------------------------|-2--2--0-0-0--|-2--2--0-0-0--
-3----3-----3-3-----|---------------------------|-3--3--3-3-3--|-3--3--3-3-3--
-2----2-------------|-----2----------------0----|-2--2--0-0-0--|-2--2--0-0-0--
-0------------------|---0-----------0----0------|-0------------|-0------------
--------------------|-0----------2-----3--------|--------------|--------------
--------------------|---------------------------|--------------|--------------
Find some
way to square the cir- cle
^ r ^ v ^ ^ r ^
v ^
* (r=rake)
C D Dsus2,4
D Dsus2,4
------0----0----0----0----|---------------------|-2--2--0-0-0--|-2--2--0-0-0--
------1----1----1----1----|---------------------|-3--3--3-3-3--|-3--3--3-3-3--
------0----0----0----0----|------0---2-0--------|-2--2--0-0-0--|-2--2--0-0-0--
------2----2----2----2----|-3--2---------2-0----|-0------------|-0------------
------3----3----3----3----|---------------------|--------------|--------------
--------------------------|---------------------|--------------|--------------
^
^ v v ^ r ^
v ^ ^ r ^ v ^
Feet
slip-ping slid-ding on the le- vel
C D Dsus2,4
D Dsus2,4
------0----0----0----0----|---------------------|-2--2--0-0-0--|-2--2--0-0-0---
------1----1----1----1----|----1----------------|-3--3--3-3-3--|-3--3--3-3-3---
------0----0----0----0----|-2-------------------|-3--2--0-0-0--|-2--2--0-0-0---
------2----2----2----2----|------------------0--|-0------------|-0-------------
------3----3----3----3----|----------0-2--3-----|--------------|---------------
--------------------------|---------------------|--------------|---------------
^
^ v v
^ r ^ v ^ ^
r ^ v ^
Con- nect to rea- son is there a-ny
bo-dy there
6/4 bar
G F
C
---------3--3--3--3--3--3-3-3-0--|-1-1-1-0-|------------
---------0--0--0--0--0--0-0-0-0--|-1-1-1-1-|------------
---------0-----0--------0--------|-2-----0-|------------
---------0-----0--------0--------|-3-----2-|-3-2-3-2-0--
---------2-----2--------2--------|-------3-|------------
---------3-----3--------3--------|---------|------------
^ ^ v
v ^ v v ^ v ^ ^ v ^
Drum it in to me now if you--ou da-----re...
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PRE-VERSE
- D Dsus2,4 strumming - 4 bars
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VERSE 2
(see Verse 1 tab above)
Triangles
by Isosceles.
Principles
by Archimedes.
Amo,
amas; even amat
Make
for one less way to skin the cat.
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PRE-CHORUS
- D Dsus2,4 strumming - 2 bars
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INITIAL
CHORUS - 8 bars
G D
A Asus2 A
Two
short planks
C G
Try my
luck on another day
G D A Asus2 A
Must be
thick as two short planks
C Dsus2,4
That’s
about all that I have to say.
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PRE-VERSE
- D Dsus2,4 strumming - 3 bars
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VERSE 3
(see Verse 1 tab above)
They
say truth comes flooding if you let it.
But what
happens if I just don’t get it?
I’m
blissful in my sweet ignorance
And
delight in my incompetence.
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PRE-CHORUS
- D Dsus2,4 strumming - 2 bars
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FULL
CHORUS - 16 bars
G D
A Asus2 A
Two
short planks
C G
Try my
luck on another day
G D A Asus2 A
Must be
thick as two short planks
C Dsus2,4
That’s
about all that I have to say.
G D
A Asus2 A
Two
short planks
C G
Pop the
question: I sit the test
G D A Asus2 A
Must be
thick as two short planks
C Dsus2,4
Spin me
round till I come to rest.
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POST-CHORUS
- D Dsus2,4 strumming - 2 bars
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Repeat
INTRO - 8 bars
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INSTRUMENTAL
- FLUTE SOLO - 17 bars
A Asus2
A Asus4 A Asus2 A G
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REPEAT
FULL CHORUS
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OUTRO -
25 bars
This
section consist of 3 parts - 2 guitar and 1 mandolin. I have rewritten
the
mando part for the guitar. Each part
consists of four repeating bars.
Parts 1
and 2 overlap, while part three is offset by one bar. I have placed
beat
numbers under the bars so you can get the timing correct. You can play
all
three parts if you have a looping device such as the Line 6 DL-4 or the
Boss
Loop Station. The total length of the
outro is 25 bars. The four bars
of part
1 are played first, then part 2 is added at bar 5, and part 3 at bar
6. These three parts continue to repeat until
bar 25, which consists of an
A chord
to end the piece.
Part 1
-------0------------|------------------|-----0------------|-------------------
-*-----------2------|-3----------------|-----------2------|-3---------------*-
---2----------------|-------0---2------|-2----------------|-------0---2-------
---2---2---2---2----|-2---2---2---2----|-2---2---2---2----|-2---2---2---2-----
-*------------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------*-
--------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------
1
2 3 4 1 2
3 4 1 2 3
4 1 2
3 4
Part 2
(mando)
--------------------|---2---3---5-3-5--|------------------|-------------------
-*-------0---2---3--|------------------|------------------|-----------------*-
-------2-----2------|------------------|------------------|-------------------
-------2------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------
-*---0--------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------*-
--------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------
1
2 3 4 1 2
3 4 1 2 3
4 1 2
3 4
Part 3
(offset by one bar; beat one of part 3, bar 4 is simultaneous with beat
one of parts 1 and 2.)
|------------------|------------------|-------------------
|*-----------------|------------------|-------------------
|------------------|------------------|-------------------
|------------------|------------------|-----420---0-2-4---
|*-----------------|------------------|---------4---------
|------------------|------------------|-------------------
1 2
3 4 1 2 3
4 1 2
3 4
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---2----------------|
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1
2 3 4
On the
last time
(bar
25) subtitute
an A
chord in this
bar to
end the piece.