Jethro Tull — Minstrel In The Gallery Tab

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From: tarvydas@turing.toronto.edu (Paul Tarvydas)
Date: 19 Jul 95 19:22:14 GMT
Subject: CRD: Jethro Tull, Minstrel in the Gallery (acoustic)


Minstrel in the Gallery acoustic portion
Ian Anderson
(transcribed by Paul Tarvydas tarvydas@tsctrl.guild.org)


capo 2nd fret

all chords relative to capo

/ = down strum

 = up strum

o = all strings open (if preceding Dsus2, then strings 1—4 open,
    if preceding A, then strings 1—5 open, if preceding G, then 1—6
    open)

note: The last line "the friends he'd made" is a typical Andersonian
chord—morph.  You should play with the fingering until you find
a combination which moves the fewest fingers at one time.  Anderson
likes to keep one finger planted and change the chords around it.  In
this case, I think he does the following.  He plants the 3rd finger of
the left hand as he changes from Dm to A7sus4.  Am to C, he plants the
1st finger.  C to Cadd9 he lifts the 3rd and places 2nd on the 6th
string, keeping the 1st and 4th fingers planted.


    A   Asus4   Am   A7sus4  C   Cadd9/F# Dsus2 Dsus4  Dm
—|——0—————0—————0—————0—————0—————0————————0—————3—————1—|
—|——2—————3—————1—————3—————1—————1————————3—————3—————3—|
—|——2—————2—————2—————0—————0—————0————————2—————2—————2—|
—|——2—————2—————2—————2—————2—————0————————0—————0—————0—|
—|——0—————0—————0—————0—————3—————3——————————————————————|
—|——————————————————————————3—————2——————————————————————|

    F     G        o—Dsus2  o—A      o—G
—|——1—————3————————0——0—————0——0—————0——3————————————————|
—|——1—————3————————0——3—————0——2—————0——3————————————————|
—|——2—————0————————0——2—————0——2—————0——0————————————————|
—|——3—————0————————0——0—————0——2—————0——0————————————————|
—|——3—————2—————————————————0——0—————0——2————————————————|
—|——1—————3——————————————————————————0——3————————————————|

/                /      /     / 
A                Am     C     o Dsus2
    The minstrel in the gallery

        /     /              / 
        A     Dsus2          o A
looked down upon the smiling faces.

   /       /       /        /   /  
   F       C       F        F   o  G
He met the gazes — observed the spaces

/           /    /   / 
Dsus2                 o A
between the old men's cackle.

   /        /       /    /   / 
   A        Am      C        o Dsus2
He brewed a song of love and hatred —

/  // // //
G

 /                  /      /  
 G                  Dsus2  o  A
oblique suggestions and he waited.

F        C         F   G   C
  He polarized the pumpkin eaters —

F        C       F G   C
  static—humming panel—beaters —

F         C          F  G    C
  freshly day—glow'd factory cheaters

F       C       F  G   C
  (salaried and collar—scrubbing).

A         Am    C      o Dsus2
  He titillated men—of—action —

F     C        F     F     o  G
belly warming, hands still rubbing

G      Dsus2            o  A
on the parts they never mention.

A        Am       C     o  Dsus2       G
  He pacified the nappy—suffering,

G      Dsus2        Dsus4  o A
infant—bleating one—line   jokers —

F    C   F  G    C
T.V. documentary makers

F    C      F  G  C
(overfed and undertakers).

A      Am    C          o  Dsus2
Sunday paper backgammon players —

F      C           F     C
family—scarred and women—haters.

        F          C         F  G       C
Then he called the band down to the the stage

       F         C
and he looked at all

    Dm  A7sus4       Am  C  Cadd9/F#  F
the friends     he'd made.

(tr.)  (tr.)
A      Asus4

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