Ladies Chords
by Jethro Tull
Ladies by Jethro Tull is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of B. It uses the chords F, A, F#m, B, Asus4 and E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro:
I think the intro is played by two guitars, but it may be played
something like below. It is around the Am chord.
Each 3 notes and Am is repeated some times, with some small changes in
the Am chord (the "melody"). The chord is strummed a few times.
Bold notes should be emphasized.
-------0 -------0 -------3 -------1
-------1 -------1 -------1 -------1
-------2 -------2 -------2 -------2
-0-2---2 -0-2---2 -0-2---2 -0-2---2
-----0-0 -----0-0 -----0-0 -----0-0
-------- -------- -------- --------
After that, continue with:
-----0-------0---------0
-----1-------1---------1
-----2-------2---------2
-----0-------0---------2
-0-2-0---0-2-0---2-0---0
---------------------3--
F A F#m, F A F#m
B A B A
Ladies of leisure, with their eyes on the back roads ---
Asus4 E Asus4 E
All looking for strangers, to whom they extend welcomes
B A B B
With a smile and a glimpse of pink knees and elbows;
Asus4 E Asus4 E
Of satin and velvet --- good ladies, good fortune.
F E F E
Ladies. Ladies.
B A B A
They sing of their heroes: of solitary soldiers
Asus4 E Asus4 E
Invested in good health and manner most charming.
B A B A
Whose favors are numbered (none the less well intended)
Asus4 E Asus4 E
By hours in a minute; by those ladies who bless them.
F E
Ladies.