Dark Ages Chords by Jethro Tull

[Start]

[Intro]

[Verse]
E                        Gb7 E                       D   
■ Darlings are you ready ■   ■ for the long winter's fall
G               F            
■ Said the lady in her parlor
Am                    C   Gb   E Gb7
■  Said the butler in the hall ■ ■  


[Intro]

[Verse]
E               B7  Gb7     E
■ Is there time for another ■
                          D    
Cried the drunkard in his sleep
G           
■ Not likely
     F                Am            
Said the little child ■  What's done
             C   
The Lord can keep


[Inst]
Gb E D Db7 Gb7 E
■  ■ ■ ■   ■   ■


[Verse]
        G            B7      
And the vicar stands apraying
E                    D   
■ And the television dies
G                  F                    D
■ As the white dot flickers and is gone ■
                   Am  Bm A
And noone stops to cry ■  ■


[Chorus]
G    F7  
Dark ages
C7          D7   G7
Shaking the dead ■ 
A7 A      G     F
■  Closed pages ■
C7     F7  D7   G7 A
Better not read ■  ■
G    F    
Dull rages
F                     
They burn in your head


[Inst]
D B G7 C7 G7 F E E7
■ ■ ■  ■  ■  ■ ■ ■ 
E A E7 E E7
■ ■ ■  ■ ■ 


[Verse]
E                                    
The big jet rumbles over runway miles
              A         E A    
That scar the patchwork ■ green
E                                    
Where slick tycoons and rich buffoons
D                  E   
Have opened up the seam


[Chorus]
A                    G         D      
Of golden nights and champagne flights
      E       
Adman overkill
A              
And in the haze
G        D     
Consumer crazed
                  Bm   D
We take the sugar pill ■
G7          
■  Dark ages
C               
Shaking the dead
G7     Eb   
Closed pages
Bb     C        G7
Better not read ■ 
     Eb   
Dull rages
             C    Eb  
They burn in your head


[Inst]
F G G7 F C7 G7 G F
■ ■ ■  ■ ■  ■  ■ ■
E D E E7 Em7
■ ■ ■ ■  ■  


[Verse]
E                                 
Jagged fires mark the picket lines
E7  D7          G7  
The politicians weep
E               
And mealymouthed
                     D7              G    
Through corridors of power on tiptoe creep
A              G           D
■ Come and see bureaucracy ■
               E7    G
Make its final heave ■
E       A7  A   G               
And let the new disorder through
D                 Bm    D G G7      
While senses take their ■ ■ ■  leave


[Chorus]
C7       
Dark ages
C                G7
Shaking the dead ■ 
       G7   
Closed pages
Eb     C G F       
Better ■ ■ not read
     Eb   
Dull rages
             C    Eb  
They burn in your head


[Inst]
F G F G F E A E
■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■
G G7 Gm7 E7 D7 E7 C D
■ ■  ■   ■  ■  ■  ■ ■


[Solo]
E D C D Cmaj7 E D C
■ ■ ■ ■ ■     ■ ■ ■


[Inst]
Bm D Cmaj7 D Em7 G
■  ■ ■     ■ ■   ■
Cmaj7 Gb7 C D
■     ■   ■ ■


[Verse]
E                                  
Families screaming line the streets
        D           E      
And put the windows through
G    E           
■ In corner shops
      E7          
Where keepers kept
    D7                  E7   G
The country's lifeblood blue ■
     A         
Take their pick
    G            
And try the trick
D                      A     
With loaves and fishes shared
        A           
And the vicar shouts
              G     
As the lights go out
    D            G    
And noone really cares


[Chorus]
E      Eb  
■ Dark Ages
C       G       
Shaking the dead
       G    
Closed pages
       C       
Better not read
G         
Cold rages
G7   Eb      C    Eb  
They burn in your head


[Inst]
F G G7 C7 E D E7 C7
■ ■ ■  ■  ■ ■ ■  ■ 
Bb Am E
■  ■  ■


[Verse]
                       E             
Darlings are you ready ■ for the long
         D   
Winter's fall
G               D      F     
■ Said the lady in her parlor
         Am        E       
Said the butler in the hall


[Inst]
D C Bm A G
■ ■ ■  ■ ■


[Chorus]
     F   
Dark ages
F               
Shaking the dead
A G      G7    F
■ Closed pages ■
C          Am  
Better not read
G    F    
Dull rages
C        
They burn
        C   
In your head
G7 D7 D B Gb7 D Asus4
■  ■  ■ ■ ■   ■ ■    


[Outro]

[End]