Peter Gabriel, Solsbury Hill (1977)
Key: :[F] (w: Peter Gabriel)
INTRO: [C]^
[Csus4]^
[C] [F]^
[G#m7]^
[F]
VERSE 1:
[F] [C] [F] Climbing up on solsbury
[F] hill
[C] [F]
I could see the city
[A#maj7] light
[C] [A#maj7]
Wind was blowing, time stood
[A#maj7] still
[C] [A#maj7]
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
[A#maj7] voice
[C] [A#maj7]
Standing stretching every
[A#maj7] nerve
[C] [A#maj7]
I had to listen had no
[A#maj7] choice
BRIDGE 1:
[A#maj7] I
[C] did not be-
[A#maj7]-lieve the information
[A#maj7] I
[C] just had to
[A#maj7] trust imagination
[A#maj7] My
[C] heart was going
[A#maj7] boom boom, boom
[A#maj7] Son, he
[C] said,
[A#] 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
[A#maj7] nut
[C] [A#maj7]
Turning water into
[A#maj7] wine
[C] [A#maj7]
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
[A#maj7] rut
[C] [A#maj7]
Till I thought of what Id
[A#maj7] say
[C] [A#maj7]
Which connection I should
[A#maj7] cut
BRIDGE 2:
[A#maj7] I
[C] was feeling
[A#maj7] part of the scenery,
[A#maj7] I
[C] walked right
[A#maj7] out of the machinery
[A#maj7] My
[C] heart was going
[A#maj7] boom boom, boom
[A#maj7] Son, he
[C] said,
[A#] 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
[A#maj7] be
[C] [A#maj7]
And liberty she pirou-
[A#maj7]-ette
[C] [A#maj7]
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
[A#maj7] see
[C] [A#maj7]
No one taught them eti-
[A#maj7]-quette
[C] [A#maj7]
I will show another
[A#maj7] me
BRIDGE 3:
[A#maj7] Today
[C] I dont
[A#maj7] need a replacement,
[A#maj7] I'll
[C] tell them what the
[A#maj7] smile on my face meant
[A#maj7] My
[C] heart was going
[A#maj7] boom boom, boom
[A#maj7] Hey, I
[C] said,
[A#] you can keep your
[F] things
They've
[C] come to
[C] take me
[INTRO] home.