hanging in the gallery chords by Dave Cousins
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Intro 1
(D major) (G major) (D major) (G major) (D major) (G major) (D major)
Verse 1
Is it the painter (G major)
or (D major) the picture
Hanging in (E minor) the gallery? (D major)
Ad (E minor) mired by countless (D major) thousands
Who at (E minor) tempt to read the secrets (D major)
Of his (E minor) vision of his (A major) very soul
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Verse 2
[Verse 2 Is it the painter (G major)
or the (D major) picture
Hanging (E minor) in the gallery? (D major)
Or (E minor) is it but a still (D major) life
Of his (E minor) own interpreta (D major) tion
Of the way (G major) that god (D major) had made us
In the (G major) image of (A major) (D major) his eye?
Interlude 1
(G major) (D major) (G major) (D major) (A major) (D major)
Verse 3
Is it the sculptor (G major) or the sculp (D major) ture
Stand (E minor) ing in the gal (D major) lery?
(E minor) Touched by fleeting stranger (D major) s
Who de (E minor) sire to feel
the strength (D major) of hands
That (E minor) realised a form (A major) of life
Verse 4
Is it the sculptor (G major) or the sculpture (D major)
Stand (E minor) ing in the gallery? (D major)
Or (E minor) is it but the tender (D major) ness
With (E minor) which his hands (G major) (D major) were guided
To dis (E minor) card the unessentials
(D major) And re (E minor) veal the perfect (A major) (D major) truth?
Interlude 2
(G major) (E minor) (G major) (D major) (G major) (A major) (G major) (D major) (E minor) (D major)
Verse 5
Is it the (G major) actor or the drama (D major)
Play (E minor) ing to the gal (D major) lery?
Heard (E minor) in every corner (D major)
Of the (E minor) theatre of cruelty (D major)
That masks (E minor) the humour (A major) in his speech
Verse 6
Is it the (G major) actor or the (D major) drama
Playing (E minor) to the gal (D major) lery?
Or (E minor) is it but (G major) the (D major) character
Of (E minor) any single mem (D major) ber of the audi (G major) ence
That form (D major) s the plot
Of each and (E minor) (A major) every (D major) (G major) (D major) (E minor) (D major) (E minor)
(D major) (E minor) (D major) (E minor)
(A major) (G major) (D major) (E minor) (D major) (E minor)
(D major) (E minor) (D major) (E minor) (G major) (D major) (G major) (A major) (D major) play?
Verse 7
Is it the singer (G major) or his (D major) likeness
Hanging (E minor) in the gallery? (D major)
(E minor) Tongue black, still and swollen (D major)
His eyes (E minor) staring from their sock (D major) ets
He is (E minor) silent now, will sing (A major) no more
Verse 8
Is it the sing (G major) er or his (D major) likeness
Hanging (E minor) in the gallery? (D major)
Or (E minor) is it but his conscience (D major)
In (E minor) security, (G major) and loneliness (D major)
When des (G major) tiny be (D major) comes at last
The cause (G major) of (A major) his demise?
(D major)
Outro 1
hanging in the gallery
Dave Cousins
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