First Snow on Brooklyn
By Ian Anderson from The Jethro Tull Christmas Album
Transcribed by Peter Dawson
Capo 3
Not sure of the timing - I've put it down as 8 beats to the bar.

Intro
 Flute (but transcribed for guitar with capo on third fret)
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|Guitar
|C                       D                               G open
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|Guitar
|G                       Am
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[Em]I flew in [Cmaj7]on the evening p[D]lane.
[Em]Is it such a [G]good idea that I'm [D]here again? [A]
[Bm]And I could [D]cut my cold breath [A]with a knife [A,Asus4,A]
[Bm]and taste the [D]winter of an[A]other [Bm]life. [notes d c# b a]


[Em]A yellow cab from [Cmaj7]JFK, the [D]long way round, [notes g a d]
I didn't [Em]mind: it gave me [G]thinking time be[D]fore I ran a[A]ground [notes b c# e c# b a]
[Bm]on rocky [D]memories and [A]choking tears.
I be[Bm]lieve it only [D]rained round here these [A]30 [Bm]years.


Now, it's the [C]first snow on [G]Brooklyn and my [Bm]cold feet are [A]drumming.
[Am]You don't see me in the [Em]shadows from your [G]cosy window [D]frame.
And last night, [C]who was in your [G]parlour wrapping [Bm]presents in the [Em]late hour
[Dsus2]to place [Am]upon your [Cmaj7]pillow as [C]the morning [D]came?


[Em]The thin wind [Cmaj7]stings my face: pull [D]collar up.
[Em]I could murder [G]coffee in a [D]grandē cup.[A]
[Bm]No welcome [D]deli.  There's no [A]Starbucks here. [Asus4,A
[Bm]A dime for a [D]quick phone call could [A]cost me [Bm]dear.


And the [C]first snow of [G]Brooklyn paints a [Bm]Christmas card upon the [A]pavement.
[Am]The cab leaves a disa[Em]ppearing trace [G]and then it's gone. [D]
And the [C]snow covers my [G]footprints, deep [Bm]regrets and heavy [Em]heartbeats.
[Am]When you wake you'll never [C]see the spot that I was [D]standing on.


Instrumental (verse & chorus)
Intro


Verse 1

Chorus

(Next sung to Chorus tune)
Some [C]things are best [G]forgotten, some are [Bm]better half-re[A]membered.
I just [Am]thought that I might [Em]be there on your, on [G]your Christmas night. [D]
And the [C]first snow on [G]Brooklyn makes a [Bm]lonely road to [Em]travel
[Dsus2]cold crunch [Am]steps that [Cmaj7]echo as the [C]blizzard [D]bites.



Tablature for chorus showing strumming rhythm and possible linking-chords used between
the main chords shown in the text above

 C                       C/D     G                       G open
 First   |       snow    on      | Brook | lyn   |       and my  
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|0---------------0-------0-------0---------------0-------0-------|
|2---------------2-------0-------0---------------0-------0-------|
|3---------------3---------------2---------------2---------------|
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 Bm                      G open  A                       A2sus4
 cold    |       feet    are     druming |       |       |       
|2---------------2---------------0---------------0---------------|
|3---------------3-------0-------2---------------2-------0-------|
|4---------------4-------0-------2---------------2-------0-------|
|4---------------4-------0-------2---------------2-------2-------|
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 Am                              Em                      G open
 |       You don'see me  in  the shadows |       |   fromyour  co
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 G                       D
 |   sy  win dow |   frame       |       |   and last    night   
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 C                       C/D     G                          G open
 |   who |   was in      your  par   lour|       |       wrapping
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|1---------------1-------1-------3---------------3-------3---0---|
|0---------------0-------0-------0---------------0-------0---0---|
|2---------------2-------0-------0---------------0-------0---0---|
|3---------------3---------------2---------------2-------2-------|
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 Bm                              Em                          G open
 |   pres|   ents|   in  the     late    hour    |       |       
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 Dsus2           Am              Cmaj7           C
 |   to  placeup | onyour|     pill  ow  as      |   the morning...
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