Minstrel In The Gallery chords by Jethro Tull

Chords with lyrics

Minstrel in the Gallery acoustic portion
Ian Anderson
(transcribed by Paul Tarvydas [email protected])


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 DmDm to A7sus4. A minorAm to C, he plants the
1st finger. C majorC to Cadd9Cadd9 he lifts the 3rd and places 2nd on the 6th
string, keeping the 1st and 4th fingers planted.

  A augmentedA  Asus4Asus4  A minorAm  A7sus4A7sus4 C majorC  Cadd9/F# Dsus2Dsus2 Dsus4Dsus4 DmDm
-|--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----------------------

  FF   G+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 augmentedA        A minorAm   C majorC   o Dsus2Dsus2
  The minstrel ...

    /   /       / \
    A augmentedA   Dsus2Dsus2     o A augmentedA
looked down upon ...

  /    /    /    /  / \
  FF    C majorC    FF    FF  o G+G
He met the gazes - ...

/      /  /\  / \
Dsus2Dsus2         o A augmentedA
between the ...

  /    /    /  /  / \
  A augmentedA    A minorAm   C majorC    o Dsus2Dsus2
He brewed a song of ...

/ /\/ /\/ /\/
G+G

 /         /   / \
 G+G         Dsus2Dsus2 o A augmentedA
oblique ...

FF    C majorC     FF  G+G  C majorC
 He polarized the ...

FF    C majorC    FF G+G  C majorC
 static-humming ...

FF     C majorC     FF G+G  C majorC
 freshly day-glow'd ...

FF    C majorC    FF G+G  C majorC
 (salaried and collar-...

A augmentedA     A minorAm  C majorC   o Dsus2Dsus2
 He titillated ...

FF   C majorC    FF   FF   o G+G
belly warming, hands ...

G+G   Dsus2Dsus2      o A augmentedA
on the parts they ...

A augmentedA    A minorAm    C majorC   o Dsus2Dsus2    G+G
 He pacified the ...

G+G   Dsus2Dsus2    Dsus4Dsus4 o A augmentedA
infant-bleating one-...

FF  C majorC  FF G+G  C majorC
T.V. ...

FF  C majorC   FF G+G C majorC
(overfed and ...

A augmentedA   A minorAm  C majorC     o Dsus2Dsus2
Sunday paper ...

FF   C majorC      FF   C majorC
family-scarred and ...

    FF     C majorC     FF G+G    C majorC
Then he called the band ....

    FF     C majorC
and he looked ...

  DmDm A7sus4A7sus4    A minorAm C majorC Cadd9/F# FF
the friends   ...

(tr.) (tr.)
A augmentedA   Asus4Asus4

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