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Solsbury Hill by Peter Gabriel - Guitar Chords

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            From Bob Paley
Solsbury Hill; P. Gabriel

The chords of the instrumental bits tend to be rapidly arpeggiated
(perhaps they're finger-picked, but I do better flat-picking quickly...),
and the chords of the verses are strummed, with some light arpeggiation prior
to each vocal phrase.  (The vertical bars represent phrases, not actual measures.)


[Intro]

   Section A (1X)                    Section B (5X)                  to


[Verse]

e||--------|-----------|-----------||--------|-----------|----------||---------|
B||--------|-0---1---0-|-1---0---3-||--------|-1---3--0--|-1---0--3-||---------|
G||----0-2-|--0---0--0-|--0---0--2-||----0-2-|--0-----0-0|--0--0--2-||----0-2--|
D||--4-----|---0---2-0-|---2---0-0-||--4-----|---2----0--|---2-0--0-||--4------|
A||--------|-----------|-----------||--------|-----------|----------||---------|
E||--------|-----------|-----------||--------|-----------|----------||---------|
            (G)  (C)(G)  (C) (G)(D)           (C)    (G)   (C)(G)(D)


G     D    G                             G     D     G
                Climbing up on Solsbury Hill
                                        Em     D     Em
                I could see the city lights
                                        Em     D     Em
          Wind was blowing, time stood still
                                        G      D     G
                 Eagle flew out of the night
                                               G      D     G
                 He was something to observe
                                        Em     D     Em
              Came in close, I heard a voice
                                               Em     D     Em
             Standing stretching every nerve
                                        Cmaj7  D        Cmaj7
                           Had to listen had no choice  I did not believe the information
               D               Cmaj7
              [I] just had to trust imagination
                D        Cmaj7
               My heart going boom boom boom

              "Son," he said   "Grab your things, I've come to take you home."


[Instrumental]

Section A (1X), then Section B (1X)


[Verse]

To keep in silence I resigned
My friends would think I was a nut
Turning water into wine
Open doors would soon be shut
So I went from day to day
Tho' my life was in a rut
'Til I thought of what I'd say
Which connection I should cut
I was feeling part of the scenery
I walked right out of the machinery
My heart going boom boom boom
"Hey" he said "Grab your things
         I've come to take you home."


[Instrumental]

Section A (1X), then Section B (1X)


[Verse]

When illusion spin her net
I'm never where I want to be
And liberty she pirouette
When I think that I am free
Watched by empty silhouettes
Who close their eyes but still can see
No on taught them etiquette
I will show another me
Today I don't need a replacement
I'll tell them what the smile on my face meant
My heart going boom boom boom
"Hey" I said "You can keep my things,
they've come to take me home." 
        

We also have 15 songs by Peter Gabriel

• Big Time
• Biko
• Come Talk To Me
• Digging In The Dirt
• Dont Give Up
• Games Without Frontiers
• Here Comes The Flood
• In Your Eyes
• Mercy Street
• Red Rain
• Shock The Monkey
• Sledgehammer
• Solsbury Hill
• The Book Of Love
• Washing Of The Water

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