Jethro Tull - Minstrel In The Gallery Acustic guitar chord

MINSTREL IN THE GALLERY

ACUSTIC PART

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The minstrel in the gallery looked down upon the smiling faces.

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He met the gazes --- observed the spaces

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between the old men's cackle.

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He brewed a song of love and hatred

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--- oblique suggestions --- and he waited.

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He polarized the pumpkin-eaters --- static-humming

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panel-beaters ---

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freshly day-glow'd factory cheaters

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(salaried and collar-scrubbing).

(REST THE SAME)

He titillated men-of-action --- belly warming, hands

still rubbing on the parts they never mention.

He pacified the nappy-suffering, infant-bleating

one-line jokers --- T.V. documentary makers

(overfed and undertakers).

Sunday paper backgammon players --- family-scarred

and women-haters.

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Then he called the band down to the stage

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and he looked at all the friends he'd made.

Words and music by IAN ANDERSON

TRANSCRIPTION BY PACO JIMENEZ (SPAIN)

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