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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.
-|--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 Dsus2 o A
oblique suggestions and he waited.
He polarized the pumpkin eaters -
static-humming panel-beaters -
freshly day-glow'd factory cheaters
(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 -
T.V. documentary makers
(overfed and undertakers).
A Am C o Dsus2
Sunday paper backgammon players -
family-scarred and women-haters.
Then he called the band down to the the stage
and he looked at all
the friends he'd made.
(tr.) (tr.)
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See all →These need nothing beyond A, Asus4, Am, A7sus4, C, Cadd9/F#, Dsus2, Dsus4, Dm, F, G, Em, Am/G, Am/F#, Asus2.
