x#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## 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 [eof]
