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Version 1[Intro] | 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 horse Am D Am D Am D Am C G/B And a fine coalminer for the NCB that was Am D Am D Am C D G A fallen angel and Jesus on the cross Am 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 draw D Am D Am C D G Harry had to work in clay and stone Am D Am Like the waves coming to the shore D Am D Am C G/B It was in his blood and in his bones Am D Am D Am It was ignored by all the trendy boys in London and in Leeds D Am G C G He might as well have been making toys or strings of beads C 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 all Am D Am D Am D Am C G/B He takes an empty canvas and sticks it on the wall Am D Am D The birds of a feather all the phonies and all of the fakes Am While the dealers they get together G C G And they decide who gets the breaks C 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 compromise D Am D Am C D G No junk, no bits of string Am D Am And all the lies we subsidise D Am D Am C G/B That just don't mean a thing Am D Am D I've got to say he passed away in obscurity Am G C G And now all the vultures are coming down from the tree C G D Am So he's going to be, so he's going to be ... in the gallery [Outro] | Am | Am D | Am | D | x16 (Fade out)