Broadsword Chords

KeyB CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays486

Broadsword by Jethro Tull is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of B. It uses the chords C#, B, F#, A, E, G# and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
B
Text
16
Speed
  			 
Intro: C# C# C# B F# C# C# C# 
 
B  F#    C#       B   F#    C# 
I see a dark sail on the horizon 
    B  F#     A        E                C#      
set under a black cloud that hides the sun. 
B      F#     C#             B   F#     C# 
Bring me my broadsword and clear understanding. 
B     F#      A          E           F# 
Bring me my cross of gold as a talisman. 
                G#      E                   B 
Get up to the roundhouse on the cliff-top standing. 
                 F#    D              A     
Take women and children and bed them down. 
  B   F#      C#             B   F#     C# 
Bring me my broadsword and clear understanding. 
  B   F#      A          E         C# 
Bring me my cross of gold as a talisman. 
B      F#     C#          B   F#      C# 
Bless with a hard heart those who surround me. 
B          F#         A   E                F# 
Bless the women and children who firm our hands. 
                      G#       E                   B 
Put our backs to the north wind. Hold fast by the river. 
                    F#       D              A 
Sweet memories to drive us on for the motherland. 
 
 
B  F#    C#       B   F#    C# 
I see a dark sail on the horizon 
B   F#        A        E                C# 
set under a black cloud that hides the sun. 
      B   F#      C#             B   F#     C# 
So, bring me my broadsword and clear understanding. 
B     F#      A          E           F# 
Bring me my cross of gold as a talisman. 
      B   F#      C#             
So bring me my broadsword 
                    B     F#   C# 
And a cross of gold as a talisman. 
 
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Contribuição: Fernando Augusto Lopes Deckers([email protected]) 

    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante