Minstrel in the Gallery acoustic portion
Ian Anderson

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.

AA Piano Chord 
   Asus4   AmAm Piano Chord 
   A7sus4  CC Piano Chord 
   Cadd9/F#Cadd9/F# Piano Chord 
 Dsus2 Dsus4  DmDm Piano Chord 

-|--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 -

/  /\/ /\/ /\/
GG Piano Chord 


/                  /      /  \
G                  Dsus2  o  A
oblique suggestions and he waited.

FF Piano Chord 
        CC Piano Chord 
         FF Piano Chord 
   GG Piano Chord 
   CC Piano Chord 

He polarized the pumpkin eaters -

FF Piano Chord 
        CC Piano Chord 
       FF Piano Chord 
 GG Piano Chord 
   CC Piano Chord 

static-humming panel-beaters -

FF Piano Chord 
         CC Piano Chord 
          FF Piano Chord 
  GG Piano Chord 
    CC Piano Chord 

freshly day-glow'd factory cheaters

FF Piano Chord 
       CC Piano Chord 
       FF Piano Chord 
  GG Piano Chord 
   CC Piano Chord 

(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 -

FF Piano Chord 
    CC Piano Chord 
   FF Piano Chord 
  GG Piano Chord 
    CC Piano Chord 

T.V. documentary makers

FF Piano Chord 
    CC Piano Chord 
      FF Piano Chord 
  GG Piano Chord 
  CC Piano Chord 

(overfed and undertakers).

A      Am    C          o  Dsus2
Sunday paper backgammon players -

FF Piano Chord 
      CC Piano Chord 
           FF Piano Chord 
     CC Piano Chord 

family-scarred and women-haters.

FF Piano Chord 
          CC Piano Chord 
         FF Piano Chord 
  GG Piano Chord 
       CC Piano Chord 

Then he called the band down to the the stage

FF Piano Chord 
         CC Piano Chord 

and he looked at all

DmDm Piano Chord 
  A7sus4       AmAm Piano Chord 
  CC Piano Chord 
  Cadd9/F#Cadd9/F# Piano Chord 
  FF Piano Chord 

the friends     he'd made.

(tr.)  (tr.)
AA Piano Chord 
      Asus4

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