Minstrel In The Gallery Tab par Jethro Tull

A                Am     C      Dsus2
    The minstrel in the gallery
        A     Dsus2           A
looked down upon the smiling faces.
   F       C       F        F   o  G
He met the gazes - observed the spaces 
Dsus2                   A
between the old men's cackle.
      
   A        Am      C         Dsus2       
He brewed a song of love and hatred 

G

 G                  Dsus2     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       Dsus2
  He titillated men-of-action  

F     C        F     F        G
belly warming, hands still rubbing 

G      Dsus2               A
on the parts they never mention.

A        Am       C        Dsus2       G
  He pacified the nappy-suffering, 

G      Dsus2        Dsus4    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             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
the friends     he'd made.