In The Gallery
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| C | C | C | C || G | G | D | D || Am | Am D | Am | D || Am | Am D | Am | D | [Verse 1]Am D Am D Am D Am C D G Harry made a bareback rider proud and free upon a horseAm D Am D Am D Am C G/B And a fine coalminer for the NCB that wasAm D Am D Am C D G A fallen angel and Jesus on the crossAm D Am D Am D Am C G/B A skating ballerina you should have seen her do the skater's waltz [Verse 2]Am D Am Some people have got to paint and drawD Am D Am C D G Harry had to work in clay and stoneAm D Am Like the waves coming to the shoreD Am D Am C G/B It was in his blood and in his bonesAm D Am D Am It was ignored by all the trendy boys in London and in LeedsD Am G C G He might as well have been making toys or strings of beadsContinues after the adC C G C D He could'nt be... He could'nt be.....in the gallery [Interlude]| Am | Am D | Am | D || Am | Am D | Am | D | [Verse 3]Am D Am D Am D Am C D G And then you get an artist says he doesn't want to paint at allAm D Am D Am D Am C G/B He takes an empty canvas and sticks it on the wallAm D Am D The birds of a feather all the phonies and all of the fakesAm While the dealers they get togetherG C G And they decide who gets the breaksC G C D And who's going to be, who's going to be in the gallery [Solo]| Am | Am D | Am | D || Am | Am D | Am | D || Am | Am D | Am | D || Am | Am D | Am C | D G || Am | Am D | Am | D || Am | Am D | Am C | G || Am | Am D | Am | D || Am | Am G | C | G || C | C | C | C || G | G | D | D || Am | Am D | Am | D || Am | Am D | Am | D | [Verse 4]Am D Am No lies he wouldn't compromiseD Am D Am C D G No junk, no bits of stringAm D Am And all the lies we subsidiseD Am D Am C G/B That just don't mean a thingAm D Am D I've got to say he passed away in obscurityAm G C G And now all the vultures are coming down from the treeC G D Am So he's going to be, so he's going to be ... in the gallery