Watching Me Watching You
By Ian Anderson from Jethro Tull's The Broadsword and the Beast
Transcription by Peter Dawson
6/4 timing


    D5
x x o     x
| | | | | |
| | | 2 | |
| | | | 3 |

hammer on open 3rd string to 2nd fret while strumming


[G]I sit by the cut[F]ting on the [D5]Beaconsfield line.
He's watch[C]ing me watching the trains go [D5]by.
[G]And they move so [F]fast - boy, they [D]really fly.
He's still [C]watching me watching you
 watching the trains go [D5]by.

[Asus2]And the way he [G]stares - feel like [Em]locking my door
[Bb]and pulling my[F] phone from the [C]wall.   [Em G]
[Asus2]His eyes, like [G]lights from a [Em]laser, burn
[F]making my hair stand - [C]making the goose-bumps [D5]crawl.

He's [C]watching me watching you watching him watching me[D5  F D]
I'm [C]watching you watching him watching me watching.[D5  F D5]
[D5  F D5   D5  F D5] Stares. [D5  F D5]Stares.

At the cocktail party with a Bucks Fizz in my hand
I feel him watching me watching the girls go by.
And they move so smooth without even trying.
He's still watching me watching you watching the trains go by.

And the crowd thins and he moves up close but he doesn't speak.
I have to look the other way.
But curiosity gets the better part of me and I peek:
Got two drinks in his hand - see his lips move -
what the hell's he trying to say?

He's watching me watching you watching him watching me.
I'm watching you watching him watching me watching.  Stares.

He's watching me watching you watching him watching me.
He's watching me watching you watching the trains go by.

He's watching me watching you watching him watching me. x2
He's watching me watching you watching him watching me watching him watching.
 

Watching Me Watching You
By Ian Anderson from Jethro Tull's The Broadsword and the Beast
Tablature fir 2 guitars and bass by Peter Dawson (note bass uses dropped D tuning)
6/4 timing

 Intro
 Guitar 1 |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |   |   | x3 |G  |   |   |   |   |   x4
|------------------------||------------------------||------------------------||
|----1-----1-----1-----1-||----1-----1-----1-----1-||----1-----1-----1-----1-||
|--0-----0-----0-----0---||--0-----0-----0-----0---||--0-----0-----0-----0---||
|3-----3-----3-----3-----||3-----3-----3-----3-----||3-----3-----3-----3-----||
|------------------------||------------------------||------------------------||
|------------------------||------------------------||------------------------||
|
|Guitar 2
|------------------------||----8-----8-----8-----8-||----8-----8-----8-----8-|
|------------------------||--8-----8-----8-----8---||--8-----8-----8-----8---|
|------------------------||10----10----10----10----||10----10----10----10----|
|------------------------||------------------------||------------------------|
|------------------------||------------------------||------------------------|
|------------------------||------------------------||------------------------|
|
|Bass (E string dropped to D)
|------------------------||------------------------||--1212--12----1212--1212|
|------------------------||------------------------||------------------------|
|------------------------||------------------------||10----------10----------|
|------------------------||------------------------||------------------------|




 |G  |   |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |   |   |    
|------------------------|13----------12----------|------------------------|
|15------------------1315|----------------------13|15----------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|--------------------1514|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|
|
|----8-----8-----8-----8-|----8-----8-----8-----8-|----8-----8-----8-----8-|
|--8-----8-----8-----8---|--8-----8-----8-----8---|--8-----8-----8-----8---|
|10----10----10----10----|10----10----10----10----|10----10----10----10----|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|
|bass (E string to D)
|--1212--12----1212--1212|--1212--12----1212--1212|--1212--12----1212--1212|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|10----------10----------|10----------10----------|10----------10----------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
 



 |G  |   |   |   |   |    |D5 |   |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |   |   |    
|------------------------|------------------------|13----------12----------|
|------------------------|15------------------1315|----------------------13|
|12----------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|
|
|----8-----8-----8-----8-|------------------------|------------------------|
|--8-----8-----8-----8---|------------------------|------------------------|
|10----10----10----10----|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|0-3-5-0-3-5-0-3-5-0-3-5-|0-3-5-0-3-5-0-3-5-0-3-5-|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|
| bass (E string to D)
|--1212--12----1212--1212|------------------------|------7-----------7-----|
|------------------------|----0---0-------0---0---|--0-0---0-0---0-0-----0-|
|10----------10----------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|0-----------0-----------|0-----------0-------0---|




 |D5 |   |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |   |   |  x2
|------------------------|------------------------||------------------------||
|15------------------1312|------------------------||3-3-3---3-3-3---3-------||
|------------------------|14----------------------||2-2-2---2-2-2---2---2---||
|------------------------|------------------------||------------------------||
|------------------------|------------------------||------------------------||
|------------------------|------------------------||------------------------||
|
|
|------------------------|------------------------||------------------------||
|------------------------|------------------------||----3-----3-----3-----3-||
|------------------------|------------------------||--2-----2-----2-----2---||
|------------------------|------------------------||5-----5-----5-----5-----||
|0-3-5-0-3-5-0-3-5-0-3-5-|0-3-5-0-3-5-0-3-5-0-3-5-||------------------------||
|------------------------|------------------------||------------------------||
|
| bass (E string to D)
|--7---7---------7-------|------7-----------7-----||------7-----------7-----||
|----0---0-----0---0-0---|--0-0---0-----0-0-----0-||--0-0-----0---0-0-----0-||
|------------------------|------------------------||------------------------||
|0---------0-0---------0-|0---------0-0-------0---||0-------0---0-------0---||



 
 |G  |   |   |   |   |    |F  |   |   |   |   |    |D5 |   |   |   |   |    
|Melody------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|--------3---3---3---3---|3---1---------------3-3-|3---3---1p0-------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|--------------2---------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|Verse 1:I   sit by  the  cutting            on the Beaconsfield line
|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|----3-----3-----3-----3-|----3-----3-----3-----3-|----3-----3-----3-----3-|
|--2-----2-----2-----2---|--2-----2-----2-----2---|--2-----2-----2-----2---|
|5-----5-----5-----5-----|5-----5-----5-----5-----|5-----5-----5-----5-----|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|
| bass (E string to D)
|------------------------|------------------1010--|----7-------------7-7---|
|----5---------------5---|--3-----------3-3-------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|3h5---------3h5-5-------|
|5-5---------5-5-5-------|3-----------3-----------|------------------------|




 |   |   |   |   |   |    |C  |   |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |   |   |    
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|1---1---1---------------|
|--------------------2---|2---0---0---------------|------------2h0-0---1b2-|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|                    He's watching me              watching the trains go by
|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|----3-----3-----3-----3-|----3-----3-----3-----3-|----3-----3-----3-----3-|
|--2-----2-----2-----2---|--2-----2-----2-----2---|--2-----2-----2-----2---|
|5-----5-----5-----5-----|5-----5-----5-----5-----|5-----5-----5-----5-----|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|
| bass (E string to D)
|------------------7-7---|----5-------------5-5---|------------------5-5---|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|3h5-5-------3h5---------|3-------------3-3-------|1h3-3-------1h3-3-------|
|----------------0-------|------------5-----------|------------------------|



 
 |D5 |   |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |   |   |    |G  |   |   |   |   |    
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|3---------333b--6-----3b|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|                                                  Oh!       And they move so
|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|----3-----3-----3-----3-|----3-----3-----3-----3-|----3-----3-----3-----3-|
|--2-----2-----2-----2---|--2-----2-----2-----2---|--2-----2-----2-----2---|
|5-----5-----5-----5-----|5-----5-----5-----5-----|5-----5-----5-----5-----|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|
| bass (E string dropped to D)
|------------------7-7---|------------------7-7-7-|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|----5-5-----------5-5---|
|3h5-5-------3h5-5-------|3h5-5-------3h5-5-------|--------------5-5-------|
|------------------------|------------------------|3h5---------5-----------|




 |F  |   |   |   |   |    |D5 |   |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |   |   |    
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|1-----3p1-------1-3---3-|1b3---------1-----------|------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------2-------|----------------2---2---|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|fast  boy,      they  really         fly                         He's still
|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|----3-----3-----3-----3-|----3-----3-----3-----3-|----3-----3-----3-----3-|
|--2-----2-----2-----2---|--2-----2-----2-----2---|--2-----2-----2-----2---|
|5-----5-----5-----5-----|5-----5-----5-----5-----|5-----5-----5-----5-----|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|
| bass (E string to D)
|------------------1010--|------------------7-7---|----7-------------7-7---|
|----3---------3-3-------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|3h5-5-------3h5-5-------|3h5---------3h5-5-------|
|3-3---------3-----------|------------------------|------------------------|



 
 |C  |   |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |   |   |    |D5 |   |   |   |   |    
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|1---1---1---1---1-------|------------------------|
|2---0---0---------------|--------------------2p0-|0-----------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|--0---------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|watching me              watching the trains go by.
|
|------------------------|------------------------|----------------------8-|
|----3-----3-----3-----3-|----3-----3-----3-----3-|----3-------3---3---6---|
|--2-----2-----2-----2---|--2-----2-----2-----2---|--2-------2---2---5-----|
|5-----5-----5-----5-----|5-----5-----5-----5-----|5-------5---------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|
| bass (E string dropped to D)
|------------------5-5---|----5-----------5-5-----|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|--3-3-------1h3-3-------|1h3---------1h3---------|3h5-5-------3-5-5-------|
|2-----------------------|------------------------|------------------------|




 |   |   |   |   |   |    |Asus2  |   |   |   |    |G  |   |   |   |   
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|--------5-5-3---5~~~----|5~~~3-----------1---3---|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|                                 And the way he   stares          feel like
|
|--10--------------------|----------5-----5-----5-|----3-----3-----3-----3-|
|----------3-----3-----3-|----5---5-----5-----5---|--3-----3-----3-----3---|
|7---7---2-----2-----2---|0-2---2-----2-----2-----|0-----0-----0-----0-----|
|------5-----5-----5-----|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|
| bass (E string dropped to D)
|------7-7---------7-7---|----2-------------------|------------------------|
|--0-0-------------------|------------------------|----5-----------5-------|
|------------3h5-5-------|------------------------|------------------------|
|0-----------------------|5h7---------5h7-7-------|3h5-----5---3h5-----5---|



 
 |Em |   |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |   |   |    |Bb |   |   |   |   |    
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|3-5---0-----------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|----------2b4-2p0-------|------------------------|------------3-3-3-3b--5-|
|------------------2-----|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|locking my door                                              & pulling my phone
|
|----0-----0-----0-----0-|----0-----0-------------|------------------------|
|--0-----0-----0-----0---|--0-----0---0-----------|----------------------1-|
|2-----2-----2-----2-----|2-----2-------2-0-------|--3-3-----3-3---3-3-3---|
|------------------------|------------------4-0-4-|3-----1-3---3-----------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|
| bass (E string dropped to D)
|------------------------|------------------------|--------------3-3-------|
|0-2-2---------2-2p0h2---|0h2-2---------2-2p0h2---|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|0h1-1---1---1-----------|
|--------2---2-----------|------------2-----------|------------------------|




 |F  |   |   |   |   |    |C  |   |   |   |   |    |   |   |Em |   |G  |    
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|--------------3-2-0-----|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|             from the wall
|
|------------------------|------------0-1-0-------|----0-1-3-0-5---0-1-3-0-|
|----------------------6-|----------1-------3-1---|1-------------5---------|
|5-5-2-3-2-----------5---|--0-3---0-------------2-|------------------------|
|------------------3-----|3-----3-----------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|
| bass (E string dropped to D)
|------------------10----|--------------5-5-5-5---|----5-5---------9-------|
|--3-3---------3---------|----5-------------------|--------------2-------5-|
|------------------------|3-3---------3-----------|3-3-----------------3---|
|3-------3---3-----------|------------------------|----------0-2-----5-----|



 
 |Asus2  |   |   |   |    |G  |   |   |   |   |    |Em |   |   |   |   |    
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------5~~~------5b|3-----5b3-----------1-3-|3b5---5-----------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|----------2b3b2-0-------|
|--------2---------------|------------------------|------------------2-----|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|        His eyes     like      lights       from a laser burn
|
|----------------5-----5-|----3-----3-----3-----3-|------------------------|
|--------------5-----5---|--3-----3-----3-----3---|-------------55555555555|
|2-2-2---2---2-----2-----|0-----0-----0-----0-----|------------------------|
|2-2-2---2---------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|0-0-0---0---------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|
| bass (E string dropped to D)
|------------------------|------------------1212--|----------------9---9---|
|----2p0h2---0-2-2-------|--5-5-------------------|----2---------2---------|
|0-0---------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|5-------5---5---5-------|2-2---------2-----------|




 |Em |   |   |   |   |    |F  |   |   |   |   |    |C  |   |   |   |   |    
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------5-5-5-5---5b|0-----------5-5-5-5---5-|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|                                     making my hair stand  making the goose
|                                                                        bumps
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|555555555---------------|1-------1-------------1-|------------------6-6-6-|
|------------4-4-4-4-2-0-|--2---2-----5-3-2-------|5-5-2-3-2---------------|
|------------------------|----3-------------3-----|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|
| bass (E string dropped to D)
|----9h10--------9-9-9---|------------------------|----------------5-5-----|
|--2-----------2---------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|3-3-3-------3-3---------|
|2-------2---2-----------|1-1-1-------1---1-------|------------------------|



 
 |D5 |   |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |   |   |    |C  |   |   |   |   |    
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|--2---------------------|--------------------2---|2---0---0---------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| crawl                                       He's watching me(watching you)
|
|----------------------5-|------------------------|--3-----3---------------|
|3-----------------------|----3-----3-----3-----3-|6-----6---------1-----1-|
|2-----------2-2-2-2-2---|--2-----2-----2-----2---|----5-----5---0-----0---|
|------------------------|5-----5-----5-----5-----|------------3-----3-----|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|
| bass (E string dropped to D)
|------------------7-7-7-|------------------7-7-7-|----10----------5-5-5---|
|0-0-0---0---------------|------------------------|0h3---------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------1h3---------|
|------------0-0-0-------|0-0-0---0---0-0-0-------|------------------------|




 |   |   |   |   |   |    |D5 |   |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |   |   |    
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|0---0---0---0---0---0b2-|------------------------|--------------------2b0-|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|watching him watching me                                              I'm
|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|----1-----1-----1-----1-|----3-----3-----------6-|----3-----3-----3-----3-|
|--0-----0-----0-----0---|--2-----2-----2-----5---|--2-----2-----2-----2---|
|3-----3-----3-----3-----|5-----5-----5-----3-----|5-----5-----5-----5-----|
|------------------------|----------------3-------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|
| bass (E string dropped to D)
|----5---------------5---|------------------------|------------------7-7---|
|------------------------|------------0-0---------|--------------0-0-------|
|1h3-----3---3-3-3-------|3h5-5-------------------|3h5-5-------------------|
|------------------------|--------0---------------|--------0---0-----------|



 
 |C  |   |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |   |   |    |D5 |   |   |   |F  |    
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|2---0---0---------------|5---5---5---0---0b2-----|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|watching you(watching him)watching me watching
|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|----1-----1-----1-----1-|----1-----1-----1-----1-|----3-----3-----------6-|
|--0-----0-----0-----0---|--0-----0-----0-----0---|--2-----2-----2-----5---|
|3-----3-----3-----3-----|3-----3-----3-----3-----|5-----5-----5-----3-----|
|------------------------|------------------------|----------------3-------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|
| bass (E string dropped to D)
|----5-------------5-5---|5-5-5-----------5-5-5---|------7-----------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|3-3---------1h3-3-------|--------3---1h3---------|3h5-5-------3h5---------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|





 |D5 |   |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |   |F  |    |D5 |   |   |   |F  |    
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|
|
|----10------------------|------------------------|----10------------------|
|----------3-----3-----3-|----3-----3-----------6-|----------3-----------6-|
|7-7-----2-----2-----2---|--2-----2-----2-----5---|7-7-----2-----2-----5---|
|------5-----5-----5-----|5-----5-----5-----3-----|------5-----5-----3-----|
|------------------------|----------------3-------|----------------3-------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|
| bass (E string dropped to D)
|------------------7-7---|------------------------|------------------5h7---|
|0-0---------------------|------------------------|0-0---------------------|
|------------3/5/3-------|3h5-5---5---3h5---------|------------3h5---------|
|------------------------|------------------------|--------0---------------|



 
 |D5 |   |   |   |F  |    |D5 |   |   |   |F  |    to verse 2
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------3b5---------------|------------3b5---------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|      Stares                         Stares
|
|--10--------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------6-|----3-1-3-------------6-|
|7---7---------------5---|--2-------2---------5---|
|------------------3-----|5-----------------3-----|
|----------------3-------|----------------3-------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|
| bass (E string dropped to D)
|------------------------|------------------------|
|0-0-----0---------------|------------------------|
|------------3h5---------|------------3h5-5-------|
|------------------------|--------0---------------|

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