Capo 2nd fret

Standard (EADGBE)

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The minstrel in the gallery

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looked down upon the smiling faces.

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He met the gazes - observed the spaces

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between the old men's cackle.

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He brewed a song of love and hatred -

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oblique suggestions and he waited.

He polarized the pumpkin eaters -

static-humming panel-beaters -

freshly day-glow'd factory cheaters

(salaried and collar-scrubbing).

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He titillated men-of-action -

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belly warming, hands still rubbing

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on the parts they never mention.

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He pacified the nappy-suffering,

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infant-bleating one-line jokers -

T.V. documentary makers

(overfed and undertakers).

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Sunday paper backgammon players -

family-scarred and women-haters.

 Then he called the band down to the the stage

 and he looked at all

 the friends he'd made.

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