Minstrel in the gallery Chords
by Jethro Tull
Minstrel in the gallery by Jethro Tull is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, Am, C, F, G, D, Em, Dm, Am/G and Am/F#. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
A Am C F G D G A
The minstrel in the gallery looked down upon the smiling faces.
F C F G
He met the gazes --- observed the spaces
D G A
between the old men's cackle.
A Am C F G
He brewed a song of love and hatred
G D G A
--- oblique suggestions --- and he waited.
F C F G C F C G
He polarized the pumpkin-eaters --- static-humming
G C
panel-beaters ---
F C F G C
freshly day-glow'd factory cheaters
G D G A
(salaried and collar-scrubbing).
(REST THE SAME)
He titillated men-of-action --- belly warming, hands
still rubbing on the parts they never mention.
He pacified the nappy-suffering, infant-bleating
one-line jokers --- T.V. documentary makers
(overfed and undertakers).
Sunday paper backgammon players --- family-scarred
and women-haters.
F C F G C
Then he called the band down to the stage
F Em Dm Am Am/G Am/F# F A
and he looked at all the friends he'd made.