Minstrel In The Gallery

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Verse 1 
(Esus4)-(E) (A)-(B) (G)-(D) (A) 
The minstrel in the gallery looked down upon the smiling faces 
(A)-(E) (A)-(B) (G)-(D) (A) 
He met the gazes observed the spaces between the old men‘s cackle 
(A)-(E) (A)-(B) (G)-(D) (A) 
Then he brewed a song of love and hatred obliquesuggestions and he waited 
(A)-(E) (A)-(B) (G)-(D) (A) 
He polarized the pumpkin-eaters static-humming panel-beaters 
 
 
(Bm) (E) (A) (F#m) (D) (E) (F#m) 
The minstrel in the gallery looked down on the rabbit-run. 
(D) (E) (A) (F#m) (D) (E) (F#m) (E) 
And threw away his looking-glass saw his face in everyone. 
 
 
Verse 2 
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. 
Then he called the band down to the stage 
and helooked at all the friends he‘d made. 
 
 
The minstrel in the gallery looked down on the rabbit-run. 
And threw away his looking-glass, saw his face in everyone. 
 
 
The minstrel in the gallery yea yes 
Looked down upon the smiling faces