Minstrel In The Gallery chords by Jethro Tull

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 ...

    /   /       / \
    A   Dsus2     o A
looked down upon ...

  /    /    /    /  / \
  F    C    F    F  o G
He met the gazes - ...

/      /  /\  / \
Dsus2         o A
between the ...

  /    /    /  /  / \
  A    Am   C    o Dsus2
He brewed a song of ...

/ /\/ /\/ /\/
G

 /         /   / \
 G         Dsus2 o A
oblique ...

F    C     F  G  C
 He polarized the ...

F    C    F G  C
 static-humming ...

F     C     F G  C
 freshly day-glow'd ...

F    C    F G  C
 (salaried and collar-...

A     Am  C   o Dsus2
 He titillated ...

F   C    F   F   o G
belly warming, hands ...

G   Dsus2      o A
on the parts they ...

A    Am    C   o Dsus2    G
 He pacified the ...

G   Dsus2    Dsus4 o A
infant-bleating one-...

F  C  F G  C
T.V. ...

F  C   F G C
(overfed and ...

A   Am  C     o Dsus2
Sunday paper ...

F   C      F   C
family-scarred and ...

    F     C     F G    C
Then he called the band ....

    F     C
and he looked ...

  Dm A7sus4    Am C Cadd9/F# F
the friends   ...

(tr.) (tr.)
A   Asus4

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