North Sea Oil Chords by Jethro Tull

Tempo:
139.1 bpm
Chords used:

F

Bb

Ab

G

C

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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JETHRO TULL - North Sea Oil chords
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[F]
[Bb]
[F] [Bb]
[Ab] [Bb]
[Ab] [Bb]
Black and viscous, bound [Ab] to cure [F] blue [C] lethargy.
[F]
[Bb] Sugar, plum, petroleum, [F] for energy.
[C] [F]
[G] Science, proof, and [D] balance, famously,
[Am] That's more a breed,
[Em] Oh please believe,
[G] It's who we want to be.
In North Sea,
[D] In North [Bbm] Sea [F]
Isle,
[Bb]
[Ab] [Bb]
[Bb]
[Ab] [Bb] A new [F] found wealth [Bb] sits on [Ab] the [F] shelf of yesterday.
[C] [F]
[Bb] Of gambling, [Ab] [Bb] and for [Ab] legends, [F] someone make you [C] pay.
[F]
[G] Rakers, [Dm] rake, and diggers, [Am] make that shallow grave.
[Em] But we'll be safe, [G] and what we'll pray.
In North Sea,
In North [Bbm] Sea [F]
Isle,
[Bb]
[Ab]
[D] [C]
[Dm] [D]
[C] [D]
[Dm]
[D] [Dm]
[G] [Bb]
[Ab] [Bb] [Fm]
[Bb] Life's [Bb] simple, may it never [Ab] be.
[F] London [C] town,
[F]
Ten more [Eb] years till [Ab] later,
Fee [F] is the race of [C] brown.
[F]
No!
[G] Oh, we are all nuclear,
[F] And [Am] a better way,
[Em] For let us pray,
[G] For we want to stay.
[D] In [G] North Sea,
[D] In North [G] Sea,
In North [Bbm] Sea Isle.
[F] [Bb]
[Eb] [Ab]
[Bbm]
[Bb]
[Bbm] [F]
[Ab] [Bb]
Key:  
F
134211111
Bb
12341111
Ab
134211114
G
2131
C
3211
F
134211111
Bb
12341111
Ab
134211114
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To learn Jethro Tull - (2004 Remaster) North Sea Oil chords, grasp the musical fabric of the song with this sequence - F, Bb, Bb, Ab, F, C and F of chords. Set your pace at 69 BPM initially and then sync up with the song's BPM of 139. With the song's key of F Major, set your capo to fit your vocal range and chord choice.

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_ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Bb] _
Black and viscous, bound [Ab] to cure [F] blue _ [C] lethargy.
_ [F] _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ Sugar, plum, _ petroleum, _ [F] for energy.
[C] _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ [G] Science, proof, and [D] balance, _ famously,
[Am] That's more a breed,
[Em] Oh please believe,
[G] It's who we want to be.
_ _ _ In North _ Sea, _
_ [D] In North [Bbm] Sea _ _ [F] _ _
Isle,
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ [Bb] A new [F] found wealth [Bb] sits on [Ab] the [F] shelf of yesterday.
[C] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[Bb] Of gambling, [Ab] _ [Bb] and for [Ab] legends, [F] someone make you [C] pay.
_ [F] _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ Rakers, [Dm] rake, and diggers, [Am] make that shallow grave.
[Em] But we'll be safe, [G] and what we'll pray.
_ _ _ In North Sea, _ _ _
_ In North [Bbm] Sea _ _ [F] _ _ _
Isle,
_ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ [D] _ _ [C] _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ [G] _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Fm] _
_ _ [Bb] Life's [Bb] simple, may it never [Ab] be.
[F] London _ [C] town,
[F] _ _
_ _ _ Ten more [Eb] years till [Ab] later,
Fee [F] is the race of [C] brown.
_ [F] _
No!
_ _ [G] Oh, we are all nuclear,
[F] And [Am] a better way, _
[Em] For let us pray,
[G] For we want to stay. _ _
[D] In [G] North Sea, _
[D] _ _ _ _ In North [G] Sea, _ _ _
In _ North [Bbm] Sea Isle.
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _

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It's Ian Anderson who authored this song.

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