From: [email protected] (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 [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 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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