{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":209979,"song":"Hanging In The Gallery","artist":"Strawbs","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11219477-hanging-in-the-gallery-chords-by-strawbs/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/209979?type=chord","rating":4.85692,"votes":6,"content":"song written by Dave Cousins\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIs it the painter or the picture[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHanging in the gallery?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAdmired by countless thousands[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWho attempt to read the secrets[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]     \r\nOf his vision of his very soul.[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIs it the painter or the picture[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHanging in the gallery?[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOr is it but a still life[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOf his own interpretation[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOf the way that God had made us[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]   \r\nIn the image of His eye?[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIs it the sculptor or the sculpture[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nstanding  in the gallery?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTouched by fleeting strangers[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWho desire to feel the strength of hands[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThat realised a form of life.[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIs it the sculptor or the sculpture[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nstanding in the gallery?[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOr is it but the tenderness[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWith which his hands were guided[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo discard the unessentials[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd reveal the perfect truth?[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIs it the actor or the drama[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nPlaying to the gallery?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHeard in every corner[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOf the theatre of cruelty\\par[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThat masks the humour in his speech.[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIs it the actor or the drama[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nPlaying to the gallery?[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOr is it but the character[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOf any single member of the audience[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThat forms the plot[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOf each and every play?[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIs it the singer or his likeness[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHanging in the gallery?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTongue black, still and swollen,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHis eyes staring from their sockets,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe is silent now, will sing no more.[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIs it the singer or his likeness[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHanging in the gallery?[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOr is it but his conscience,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nInsecurity, and loneliness,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen destiny becomes at last[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe cause of his demise?[/tab]","plain_text":"song written by Dave Cousins","chords":["D","G","Em","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}