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Date: Sat, 11 Mar 1995 07:04:13 -0500
From: BABubier@aol.com
To: tarvydas@tsctrl.guild.org
Subject: Nursie tablature

[disclaimer: This tab had to be re-formatted due to font
mismatches, which may have caused misalignment of words and
some phrases. PT]

NURSIE
Words and music by Ian Anderson
Tablature intrepretation by Bruce Bubier

Key Signature F
Time signature 6/8

Capo on 3rd fret - with capo on, it is played as though it were in a minor
Chords are marked in parentheses and are strummed lightly while the melody is
played.
"H" means hammer on between the two frets seperated by a "/"
"SL" means slide (your pinky) from frets 8 to 6

                                     H    H    H    H
_(0)_________________(0)_______2_____2____2____2____2___2__0__2__
_(1)__3__1__0________(0)_______3_____3____3____3____3___3__1__3__
_(0)___________2______0________2____0/2___0/2__0/2__0/2_2__0__2__
_(2)_______________________2___0_____0____0____0____0___0__2__0__
__________________3______________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
Tip   toes in silence     'round my bed

                                       H    H    H    H
_(0)_____________________(0)_____2_____2____2____2____2___2__0__2__
_(1)__3____1___0_________(0)_____3_____3____3____3____3___3__1__3__
_(0)_______________2______0______2___0/2___0/2__0/2__0/2__2__0__2__
_(2)_________________________2___0_____0____0____0____0___0__2__0__
_______________________3___________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
 and quiets the raindrops     over - head.
 
                          H
_2_______0_________2______2_____________
_3_______1_________3______3_____________
_2_______0_________2_____0/2____________
_0_______2_________0______0_____________
________________________________________
________________________________________
With her everlasting smile

                               H
______3________________2_______2__________
______0________________3_______3__________
______0________________2______0/2_________
______0________________0_______0__________
______2___________________________________
______3___________________________________
she stills my fever for a while.

_____3_____________2____________________
_____0_____________3____________________
_____0_____________2____________________
_____0_____________0____________________
_____2__________________________________
_____3__________________________________
Oh, nursie dear,

                            H    H
_____2_________0___________________________
_____3_________0___________________________
_____2_________0___________________________
_____0_________2________________0/2________
_______________2_____2_____0/2_____________
________________________0__________________
I'm glad you're here

                             SL
___0______________2___3__5___5____2____0________
___1______________3___3__6__8/6___3____1________
___0______________2___2__7___7____2____0________
___2______________0___0__0___0____0____2________
________________________________________________
________________________________________________
to brush away my pain.