Chords for Jethro Tull: Minstrel in the Gallery (07/31/1976)

The next song deals with the _ _ interesting subject of _ how you're all out there sitting down watching
and [G] _ we're standing up here _ watching like _ [C] none of us know which side we're on.
_ [F] _ _
[Fm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Cm]
In fact I really [N] enjoy being in the audience too.
This is a song _ sung about and by, if you like, the minstrel in the gallery.
[B] Yes, [C] yes, uh-huh.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] The minstrel [Eb] in the [Bb] gallery
Looked [F] down upon the [Bb] smiling [C] faces _
[Ab] [Eb] He met the gazes of soundless [Bb] faces
[F] In between the [Bb] old [C] man's knee
_ [C]
He brewed [Cm] a song [Eb] of love and [Bb]
hatred
_ Of [F] late suggestions [Bb] that [C] he waited
_ _ [Ab] He [Eb]
polarized _ [Bb] the [Eb] pumpkin ages
[Ab] _
[Eb] Static comic [Bb] ink panel [Eb] pages
_ [Ab] _
[Eb] Branchly dayglow [Bb] factory [Eb] cheaters
[Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ [Bb] Scandering, he caught the [Eb]
scrubbing
[Ab] Then he called [Eb] the band and they're [Ab] [Bb] on to [Eb] the stage
[Ab] And he loves [Gm] that our [Eb] _ [F] work _ [Eb] ends in May
_ _ [F] _
_ [Ab] The _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ [Em] _ _ [E] _ [B] _ [Gb] _
[A] _ _ [Gm] _ [A] _ [E] _ [B] _ _ [Gb] _
[A] _ [Gm] _ [A] _ [Ab] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _
[G] _ [D] _ [Bm] _ _ [Em] _ [D] _ _ [Dbm] _
[B] _ [Gb] _ _ [A] _ [C] _ [A] _ [Ab] _ _
[G] _ [Bm] _ _ [Em] _ [Bm] _ _ _ [Em] _
[D] _ _ [E] _ [B] _ [Gb] _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [Gb] _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ [Abm] _ _ _
[Gb] _ _ [Db] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [F] _ [Bbm] _ [E] _
[Em] _ [Am] _ [G] _ [Db] _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ [B] _ _ [Bb] _ [Ab] _ [Gb]
minstrel [A] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [D] _ [E] _ [F] _ [E] _ [B] _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ [Bm] _ [Gb] _ [A] _
_ [E] _ [Eb] _ [Gb] _ [Em] _ _ _ [B] _
[Gb] _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _
[E] _ [Eb] _ [A] _ [Em] _ [A] _ _ [Am] _ _
[D] _ [D] _ [C] _ [F] _ [Bb] _ [G] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [G] _ [A] _ [G] _ [A] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [G] _ [A] _ [Em] _ [A] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [D] _ in [A] the [C] gallery
_ Looked down [G] upon the smiling [D] faces
_ [G] He met the [A] gazes of [C] soundless faces
_ [G] In between the old man's _
_ [D] knee
Then [A] he brewed a [G] song [A] of [F] love and [C] hatred
[G] Of late suggestions that he waited
_ [D] He [G] [A] polarized [G] _ [A] the pumpkin [F] [C] ages
Static [G] comic ink panel [D]
pages
[E] _ _ [A] _ [D] In 21 [G] _
_ [Em] galleries
[C] _ [G] _ _ _ [E] _
_ Then [C] _ [D] he grew [G] a way of singing [Em] love
_ [C] As white [D] as [Em] space in the moon
[E] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _
[D] _ In [G] the [A] eyes of the damning [C]
suffering
[G] With the bleeding wine, the joking [D] face
The TV [G] dropped [A] humans in their [C] skin
On [Gm] a bed of not _ _ _
_ [D] _ sandy [G] papers
[A] _ [C] _ _
[F] _ [C] He [G] started waving his hazes
[D] [A] Then he called the [G] band [A] and they're on to the [F] [C] stage
And he [G] loved that our work [D] ends in May
[E] _ [A] The [D] minstrel [G] in the [Em] gallery
_ [C] Then [D] _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ [D] he grew [G] a way of singing love
[Em] _ [C] As white [D] as space [Em] in the moon
[E] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] The [G] minstrel in the [A] gallery
_ _ [G] _ [A] _ Looked _ _ _ [D] _ down upon the smiling [A] faces
_ _ [G] He [A] _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ met the [A] _ gazes of [G] _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ soundless _
[A] faces
_ _ [Em] _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] Oh, that he [A] waited, yes
_ _ _ [G] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ [Am] _ _ _
[D] _ [F] _ [C] _ [Bb] _ [A] _ _ _ _
[E] _ [Bb] _ [A] _ _ [Gbm] _ [F] _ [C] _ [F] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _