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Move On Alone Tabs

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Jethro Tull
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      JETHRO TULL - MOVE ON ALONE (M Abrahams) From THIS WAS 
                    album. Released on October 25th 1968.

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      I loved this song from the moment I heard it, although 
      Mick's guitar sounds a little square at the verse, as 
      if he was playing 3/4 time. But it is a great song with 
      a cool brass arrangement by David Palmer, a very smart 
      chord sequence, a fine bridge and interlude) and a very 
      good guitar coda no doubt played with Mick's Eko twelve 
      string guitar, strung as a nine string guitar (double 
      stringing for the high register e, B and G and single 
      stringing for low D, A and E).
     
 

   

  I feel so sad now that she's gone.
  I've been loving that woman too long.
  There's no place to go,
  Because my friends have all moved.
  Got nothing to sit in the sun.
  Got tired of crying.
  Guess I'll move on alone.

  My bed is so empty and my heart has grown cold.
  Guess I'll just die before I grow old.
  The place is untidy,
  That's cause I ain't done my dirt.
  I just grown tired of thinking.
  Got tired of crying.
  Guess I'll move on alone. 





      Tune Low E string to D and G string to G# 



     9/8 Time

     INTRO
                              
    E7                       
  e|--------- ------0-- ---------|------0-- --------- ---------|
  B|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
  G#------3-------------------3--|----------------3------------|
  D|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
  A|4/5-------5---------5--------|5-------------------5--------|
  D|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|


    C#m6                        
  e|--------- --------- ---------|--------- --------- ---------|
  B|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
  G#----------------2---------2--|----------------2------------|
  D|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
  A|4---------4---------4--------|4-------------------4--------|
  D|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|


    C6
  e|--------- --------- ------0--|--------- --------- ---------|
  B|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
  G#-----1----------1------------|------1----------------------|
  D|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
  A|3---------3---------3--------|----------3------------------|
  D|-----------------------------|---------------------0-------|


    E
  e|--------- --------- ------0--|--------- --------- ---------|
  B|----------------0------------|------0----------------------|
  G#------0----------------------|----------------0------------|
  D|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
  A|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
  D|2-------------------2--------|----------2---------2--------|

   
    00:08

  e|--------- ------0-- ---------|------0-- --------- ---------|
  B|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
  G#------3-------------------3--|----------------3------------|
  D|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
  A|4/5-------5---------5--------|5-------------------5--------|
  D|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|



  e|--------- --------- ------0--|--------- --------- ---------|
  B|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
  G#------2---------2------------|------2---------2------------|
  D|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
  A|4---------4---------4--------|4---------4---------4--------|
  D|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|



  e|--------- --------- ---------|------0-- --------- ---------|
  B|-----------------------------|------0----------------------|
  G#------1---------1---------1--|-----------------------------|
  D|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
  A|3---------3---------3--------|3----------------------------|
  D|-----------------------------|--------------------0--------|  



  e|--------- --------- ------0--|--------- --------- ---------|
  B|----------------0------------|------0----------------------|
  G#------0----------------------|-----------------------------|
  D|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
  A|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
  D|2-------------------2--------|----------2---------2--------|
                                                         I
    VERSE
    00:16
    E                             Esus4
  e|--------- --------- ---------|--------- --------- ---------|
  B|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
  G#------0---------0------------|------1---------1------------|
  D|2-------------------2--------|2-------------------2--------|
  A|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
  D|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
    feel                so        sad 

    Eb5                           E5
  e|--------- --------- ---------|--------- --------- ---------|
  B|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
  G#------2---------2------------|------3---------3------------|
  D|2-------------------2--------|2-------------------2--------|
  A|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
  D|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
    now  that      she's     gone.                    I've been 

                                  Eb5
  e|--------- --------- ---------|--------- --------- ---------|
  B|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
  G#------3---------3------------|------2---------2------------|
  D|2-------------------2--------|2-------------------2--------|
  A|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
  D|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
    loving         that      woman               too       long.

    Esus4                         E
  e|--------- --------- ---------|--------- --------- ---------|
  B|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
  G#------1---------1------------|------0---------0------------|
  D|2-------------------2--------|2-------------------2--------|
  A|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
  D|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
                                                           There's

    VERSE
    00:24                                                   
    no place to go,
    Because my friends have all moved.
    Got nothing to sit in the sun.
                                                           Got

    BRIDGE
    00:33
    B                             Bsus4
  e|--------- --------- ---------|--------- --------- ---------|
  B|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
  G#7---------7------------------|8-------------------8--------|
  D|9---------9------------------|9-------------------9--------|
  A|9---------9------------------11------------------11--------|
  D|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
    tired               of        crying.

    B
  e|--------- --------- ---------|--------- --------- ---------|
  B|-----------------------------|--H-P------------------------|
  G#7---------8---------10-------|7--8--7----------------------|
  D|9----------------------------|----------11--------9--------|
  A|9----------------------------|-----------------------------|
  D|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|


              E         B                   E         B
  e|--------- --------- ---------|--------- --------- ---------|
  B|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
  G#----------8---------7--------|----------8---------7--------|
  D|----------9---------9--------|----------9---------9--------|
  A|---------11---------9--------|-----------------------------|
  D|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|


    00:39
          A                       Asus4
  e|------0-- --------- 0--------|0-------- 0-------- 0--------|
  B|------5-------------5--------|5---------5---------5--------|
  G#------5-------------5--------|6---------6---------6--------|
  D|------7-------------7--------|7---------7---------7--------|
  A|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
  D|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|


    A                             Asus4               A
  e|0-------- ------0-- ------0--|0-------- 0-------- 0--------|
  B|5---------------5---------5--|5-------- 5-------- 5--------|
  G#5---------------5---------5--|6---------6---------5--------|
  D|7---------------7---------7--|7---------7---------7--------|
  A|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
  D|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
              Guess     I'll      move      on        alone.

    INTERLUDE
    E7                            C#m6
  e|--------- ------0-- ---------|--------- --------- ---------|
  B|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
  G#------3----------------------|------2---------2------------|
  D|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
  A|5---------5---------5--------|4---------4---------4--------|
  D|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|


    C6                            E
  e|--------- --------- ---------|------0-- --------- ---------|
  B|-----------------------------|------0---------0------------|
  G#------1----------------------|-----------------------------|
  D|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
  A|3---------------2------------|--------------------2------/-|
  D|--------------------5B6------|2----------------------------|



  e|--------- ------0-- ---------|--------- ------0-- ---------|
  B|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
  G#------3----------------------|------2----------------------|
  D|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
  A|5---------5---------5--------|4---------4---------4--------|
  D|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|



  e|--------- --------- ---------|--------- --------- ---------|
  B|----------------0------------|-----------------------------|
  G#------1----------------------|------0---------0------------|
  D|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
  A|3----------------------------|--------------------2--------|
  D|--------------------5B6------|2----------------------------|
                                                           My

    VERSE
    00:51
    bed is so empty and my heart has grown cold.
    Guess I'll just die before I grow old.

  
    VERSE                                                  The
    01:00
    place is untidy,
    That's cause I ain't done my dirt.
    I just grown tired of thinking.
  
                                                           Got
    BRIDGE                                                 
    01:08
    tired of crying.
    Guess I'll move on alone. 


    INTERLUDE
    01:19

  e|--------- ------0-- ---------|--------- ------0-- ---------|
  B|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
  G#------3----------------------|------2-------------------2--|
  D|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
  A|5---------5---------5--------|4---------4---------4--------|
  D|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|



  e|--------- --------- ---------|--------- ------0-- ---------|
  B|-----------------------------|------0----------------------|
  G#------1----------------------|------0----------------------|
  D|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
  A|3--------------2-------------|--------------------2--------|
  D|--------------------5B6------|2----------------------------|



  e|--------- ------0-- ---------|--------- ------0-- ---------|
  B|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
  G#------3----------------------|------2------------------2---|
  D|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
  A|5---------5---------5--------|4---------4---------4--------|
  D|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|



  e|--------- --------- ---------|------0-- --------- 0-----0--|
  B|-----------------------------|------0-------------0-----0--|
  G#------1----------------------|------0-------------0-----0--|
  D|-----------------------------|------0-------------0-----0--|
  A|3---------3-----2------------|-----------------------------|
  D|--------------------5B6------|2----------------------------|


    CODA
    01:27
            E                             A7        E
  e|--------/ 12----12- 12----12-|------0-- 9-------- 0--------|
  B|--------/-12----12--12----12-|------0---8---------0--------|
  G#--------/-12----12--12----12-|------0---8---------0--------|
  D|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
  A|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
  D|2----------------------------|-----------------------------|


          D#7 E7    E   D#7   E7  E ....
  e|------3-- 4-----0-- 3-----4--|0-----3-- 4-----0-- 3-----4--|
  B|------2---3-----0---2-----3--|0-----2---3-----0---2-----3--|
  G#------2---3-----0---2-----3--|0-----2---3-----0---2-----3--|
  D|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
  A|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
  D|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|



  e|0-------/ 12----12- 12----12-|------0-- 9-------- 0--------|
  B|0-------/-12----12--12----12-|------0---8---------0--------|
  G|0-------/-12----12--12----12-|------0---8---------0--------|
  D|2----------------------------|-----------------------------|
  A|2----------------------------|-----------------------------|
  D|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|



  e|------3-- 4-----0-- 3-----4--|0-----3-- 4-----0-- 3-----4--|
  B|------2---3-----0---2-----3--|0-----2---3-----0---2-----3--|
  G#------2---3-----0---2-----3--|0-----2---3-----0---2-----3--|
  D|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
  A|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
  D|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|



  e|0----0--/ 12----12- 12----12-|--------- 9-------- 0--------|
  B|0----0--/-12----12--12----12-|----------8---------0--------|
  G#0----0--/-12----12--12----12-|----------8---------0--------|
  D|2----------------------------|-----------------------------|
  A|2----------------------------|-----------------------------|
  D|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|



  e|--------- 4-----0-- 3-----4--|0-----3-- 4-----0-- 3-----4--|
  B|----------3-----0---2-----3--|0-----2---3-----0---2-----3--|
  G#----------3-----0---2-----3--|0-----2---3-----0---2-----3--|
  D|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
  A|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
  D|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|



  e|0----0--/ 12----12- 12----12-|--------- 9-------- 0--------|
  B|0----0--/-12----12--12----12-|----------8---------0--------|
  G#0----0--/-12----12--12----12-|----------8---------0--------|
  D|2----------------------------|-----------------------------|
  A|2----------------------------|-----------------------------|
  D|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|



  e|------3-- 4-----0-- 3-----4--|0-----3-- 4-----0-- 3-----4--|
  B|------2---3-----0---2-----3--|0-----2---3-----0---2-----3--|
  G#------2---3-----0---2-----3--|0-----2---3-----0---2-----3--|
  D|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
  A|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
  D|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|



  e|0-------/ 12----12- 12----12-|------0-- 9-------- 0--------|
  B|0-------/-12----12--12----12-|------0---8---------0--------|
  G#0-------/-12----12--12----12-|------0---8---------0--------|
  D|2----------------------------|-----------------------------|
  A|2----------------------------|-----------------------------|
  D|2----------------------------|-----------------------------|


                                  E7
  e|------3-- 4-----0-- 3-----4--|0-----3-- 4-----0-- 3-----4--|
  B|------2---3-----0---2-----3--|0-----2---3-----0---2-----3--|
  G#------2---3-----0---2-----3--|0-----2---3-----0---2-----3--|
  D|-----------------------------|0----------------------------|
  A|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
  D|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|



  e|0-----3-- 4-----0-- 3-----4--|0-----3-- 4-----0-- 3-----4--|
  B|0-----2---3-----0---2-----3--|0-----2---3-----0---2-----3--|
  G#0-----2---3-----0---2-----3--|0-----2---3-----0---2-----3--|
  D|0----------------------------|0----------------------------|
  A|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
  D|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
    ........................ Fade out .........................


  e|0-----3-- 4-----0-- 3-----4--|0-----3-- 4-----0-- 3-----4--|
  B|0-----2---3-----0---2-----3--|0-----2---3-----0---2-----3--|
  G#0-----2---3-----0---2-----3--|0-----2---3-----0---2-----3--|
  D|0----------------------------|0----------------------------|
  A|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
  D|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
    ...........................................................


  e|0-----3-- 4-----0-- 3-----4--|0-----3-- 4-----0-- 3-----4--|
  B|0-----2---3-----0---2-----3--|0-----2---3-----0---2-----3--|
  G#0-----2---3-----0---2-----3--|0-----2---3-----0---2-----3--|
  D|0----------------------------|0----------------------------|
  A|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
  D|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
    ...........................................................




                             * * * *




             Maybe you'd also like to try the following:


    9/8

    E7
  e|--------- ------0-- ---------|--------- ------0-- ---------|
  B|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
  G#------3----------------------|------3----------------------|
  D|------2----------------------|------2----------------------|
  A|5-------------------5--------|5-------------------5--------|
  D|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
 
    C#m6
  e|--------- ------0-- ---------|--------- ------0-- ---------|
  B|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
  G#------2----------------------|-----2-----------------------|
  D|------2----------------------|-----2-----------------------|
  A|4-------------------4--------|4-------------------4--------|
  D|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|

    C6
  e|--------- ------0-- ---------|--------- ------0-- ---------|
  B|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
  G#------1----------------------|------1----------------------|
  D|------2----------------------|------2----------------------|
  A|3-------------------3--------|3-------------------3--------|
  D|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|

    E
  e|--------- --------- ------0--|--------- --------- ---------|
  B|----------------0------------|------0----------------------|
  G#------0----------------------|----------------0------------|
  D|------2----------------------|-----------------------------|
  A|2-------------------2--------|2---------2---------2--------|
  D|-----------------------------|-----------------------------| 



     Or this different bass note (In this case you musn't tune 
     low E string to D.):


    E                             
  e|--------- ------0-- ---------|--------- ------0-- ---------|
  B|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
  G#------3----------------------|------3----------------------|
  D|------2----------------------|------2----------------------|
  A|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
  E|4-------------------4--------|4-------------------4--------|

    Edim
  e|--------- ------0-- ---------|--------- ------0-- ---------|
  B|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
  G#------2----------------------|-----2-----------------------|
  D|------2----------------------|-----2-----------------------|
  A|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
  E|3--------------------3-------|3-------------------3--------|

    F#m7
  e|--------- ------0-- ---------|--------- ------0-- ---------|
  B|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
  G#------1----------------------|------1----------------------|
  D|------2----------------------|------2----------------------|
  A|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
  E|2-------------------2--------|2-------------------2--------|

    E
  e|--------- --------- ------0--|--------- --------- ---------|
  B|----------------0------------|------0----------------------|
  G#------0----------------------|----------------0------------|
  D|------2----------------------|-----------------------------|
  A|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
  E|0-------------------0--------|0---------0---------0--------|





    E                             F#m7
  e|--------- --------- ---------|--------- --------- ---------|
  B|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
  G#------0---------0------------|------1--------1-------------|
  D|------2---------2------------|------2--------2-------------|
  A|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
  E|0-------------------0--------|2-------------------2--------|

    Edim                          E
  e|--------- --------- ---------|--------- --------- ---------|
  B|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
  G#------2---------2------------|------3---------3------------|
  D|------2---------2------------|------2---------2------------|
  A|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
  E|3-------------------3--------|4-------------------4--------|


                                
  e|--------- --------- ---------|--------- --------- ---------|
  B|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
  G#------3---------3------------|------2---------2------------|
  D|------2---------2------------|------2---------2------------|
  A|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
  E|4-------------------4--------|3-------------------3--------|


                                                     (.
  e|--------- --------- ---------|--------- --------- ---------|
  B|-----------------------------|------0----------------------|
  G#------1---------1------------|------1----------------------|
  D|------2---------2------------|------2----------------------|
  A|-----------------------------|2-------------P-0------------|
  E|2-------------------2--------|--------------------2--------|






     9/8 time has three beats per measure, nine eighth notes.
     (three per beat). You can give the notes that jazzy feel 
     by making the first note in each beat sound as if it had 
     the length of two leaving the second note of the beat as
     it is, in a long-short fashion, as follows:

     ----- --  ----- -- ----- --
     1  2  3   4  5  6  7  8  9
    |--------- --------- ---------|--------- --------- ---------|
    |-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
    |-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
    |-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
    |-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
    |-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
     1         2        3


     3/4 time has also three beats per measure, six eighth notes, 
     two per beat with the same duration each.

     ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
     1    2    1    2    1    2
    |--------- --------- ---------|--------- --------- ---------|
    |-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
    |-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
    |-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
    |-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
    |-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
     1         2         3






        B  Bend
        R  Release
        /  Slide up
        \  Slide down
        H  Hammer-on
        P  Pull-off
        ~  Vibrato
        +  Harmonic
        x  Mute note
        .  Play note like a dot in standard notation
        ^  Ties two notes together
        (. Pause



  
            
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