Peter Gabriel, Solsbury Hill (1977)
Key: :[F#] (w: Peter Gabriel)
INTRO: [C#]^
[C#sus4]^
[C#] [F#]^
[Am7]^
[F#]
VERSE 1:
[F#] [C#] [F#] Climbing up on solsbury
[F#] hill
[C#] [F#]
I could see the city
[Bmaj7] light
[C#] [Bmaj7]
Wind was blowing, time stood
[Bmaj7] still
[C#] [Bmaj7]
Eagle flew out of the
[F#] night
[C#] [F#]
VERSE 2:
He was something to ob-
[F#]-serve
[C#] [F#]
Came in close, I heard a
[Bmaj7] voice
[C#] [Bmaj7]
Standing stretching every
[Bmaj7] nerve
[C#] [Bmaj7]
I had to listen had no
[Bmaj7] choice
BRIDGE 1:
[Bmaj7] I
[C#] did not be-
[Bmaj7]-lieve the information
[Bmaj7] I
[C#] just had to
[Bmaj7] trust imagination
[Bmaj7] My
[C#] heart was going
[Bmaj7] boom boom, boom
[Bmaj7] Son, he
[C#] said,
[B] grab your
[F#] things
I've
[C#] come to
[C#] take you
[INTRO] home.
VERSE 3:
[F#] [C#] [F#] To keeping silence I re-
[F#]-signed
[C#] [F#]
My friends would think I was a
[Bmaj7] nut
[C#] [Bmaj7]
Turning water into
[Bmaj7] wine
[C#] [Bmaj7]
Open doors would soon be
[F#] shut
[C#] [F#]
VERSE 4:
So I went from day to
[F#] day
[C#] [F#]
Though my life was in a
[Bmaj7] rut
[C#] [Bmaj7]
Till I thought of what Id
[Bmaj7] say
[C#] [Bmaj7]
Which connection I should
[Bmaj7] cut
BRIDGE 2:
[Bmaj7] I
[C#] was feeling
[Bmaj7] part of the scenery,
[Bmaj7] I
[C#] walked right
[Bmaj7] out of the machinery
[Bmaj7] My
[C#] heart was going
[Bmaj7] boom boom, boom
[Bmaj7] Son, he
[C#] said,
[B] grab your
[F#] things
I've
[C#] come to
[C#] take you
[INTRO] home, yeah back home
VERSE 5:
[F#] [C#] [F#] When illusion spin her
[F#] net
[C#] [F#]
Im never where I want to
[Bmaj7] be
[C#] [Bmaj7]
And liberty she pirou-
[Bmaj7]-ette
[C#] [Bmaj7]
When I think that I am
[F#] free
[C#] [F#]
VERSE 6:
Watched by empty silhou-
[F#]-ettes
[C#] [F#]
Who close their eyes, but still can
[Bmaj7] see
[C#] [Bmaj7]
No one taught them eti-
[Bmaj7]-quette
[C#] [Bmaj7]
I will show another
[Bmaj7] me
BRIDGE 3:
[Bmaj7] Today
[C#] I dont
[Bmaj7] need a replacement,
[Bmaj7] I'll
[C#] tell them what the
[Bmaj7] smile on my face meant
[Bmaj7] My
[C#] heart was going
[Bmaj7] boom boom, boom
[Bmaj7] Hey, I
[C#] said,
[B] you can keep your
[F#] things
They've
[C#] come to
[C#] take me
[INTRO] home.