Brian Esq.: I must agree -- 100% "Fantastic!" And Lord Wood of Anfield: U have so superbly persisted and indeed succeeded in your investigation of the several quintessional or quintessential attributes of your & my perchance favorite Tull single/song, well among my top 4ish! Brian -- as a gesture of greatest respect and appreciation from each/both of us I have meant to gift our most valued friend Stewart one of your Great Books from my bombshelter archive. Just maybe we may each/both receive post-pandenic backstage passes to the House of Lords next London visit?✈🇬🇧 On another note Stewart I very much enjoy following you in other media venues like your recent participation on the BBC(?) panel on a certain minority no longer attributed as one? Brian I will share/forward it to you if I can find it. Cheers!

That's really kind of you, thanks Bob

Thanks so much Andy

@@DailySporran could you make a driving song cover? great song from stand up album!

Also I just love your breakdown and genuine appreciation of the music at the end of this video!

I know exactly what you mean…!

Thanks very much Tom. Never visited Ultimate Guitar & dont use tabs, but will check it out.

You are absolutely spot on. I thought that myself.

Many thanks for your helpful comments. I’ve tried both your suggestions. The second one - you’re right, it does sound better with a D as a 6th added to the F chord. Thanks! And that is a lovely chord I agree. The first one I don’t think I agree with you on, though. I think that chord is a Fmaj7, with an E at the top. I don’t think it is an Am because the F is important to it. As I play it on the video I am a bit lazy with the top E, though my finger isn’t on the top string. If I did it again I would bring out the major 7th ness much more. Many thanks again for your kind words!

@@DailySporran It's amusing that we're disagreeing over a semi-tone, but please Stu, listen again. The bass guitar rolls on the low E throughout the progression at the start of the song and on the first repeat and on later repeats resolves the progression on A. (No F) The penultimate chord is an F, so there has to be a resolving chord and resolving from F to Fmajor7 isn't great. The lead guitar doesn't play the final resolve, it ends on the penultimate F - maybe that's what's throwing you, but listen to the Bursting Out Live version where Martin resolves on an A C double stop - there's no F. So we've got instruments resolving on notes A and C and E (No F) I've got the sheet music and there's no F in the resolve. Also, check out kzfaq.info/get/bejne/l72JiKeB3qi2fg.html This man being a medical doctor is a perfectionist for accuracy (even more so than I am) and I played in a Tull cover band. If you're still not satisfied with Am then might I suggest muting the 4th string X0X210 - that works.

@@taab7 Its odd that I still hear that F. As you say it may be a carry-over from the previous chord, and I hear it as a drone F continuing into the ACE. But when I play it on a single guitar, taking the F out loses something for me from what I hear in the recorded version. Maybe it's my ear at fault. The only solution to this is for us to continue the discussion over a pint some time when Covid allows! Hope all is well & thanks again for engaging with this.

@@DailySporran Cool Stu, would be awesome to have a pint with you but I live some 9000 km away from the UK. Came up with this variation this morning for added bottom end for single acoustic guitar for the verse progression. Em Dadd2add4 554030 Fmaj13 133200 Am. (Yeah, i'm sticking with an ACE resolve or even Am add2/E 007500). Let me know what you think.

Thanks Karl. Funny you should ask - I did try it on the 12 string yesterday. The opening riff works well, the rockier bits less well. I have a recording of me doing it that way too. Maybe one for the Daily Sporran outtakes in 10 years (for an audience of 6).

Hi there. I don’t use tabs, but there are some already available - I wanted to make the fingering clear on camera so guitarists could copy how i do it, with the ornamentals etc that tabs don’t show. But do email me if you have any specific questions. Happy to help.