Peter Gabriel, Solsbury Hill (1977)
Key: :[B] (w: Peter Gabriel)
INTRO: [F#]^
[F#sus4]^
[F#] [B]^
[Dm7]^
[B]
VERSE 1:
[B] [F#] [B] Climbing up on solsbury
[B] hill
[F#] [B]
I could see the city
[Emaj7] light
[F#] [Emaj7]
Wind was blowing, time stood
[Emaj7] still
[F#] [Emaj7]
Eagle flew out of the
[B] night
[F#] [B]
VERSE 2:
He was something to ob-
[B]-serve
[F#] [B]
Came in close, I heard a
[Emaj7] voice
[F#] [Emaj7]
Standing stretching every
[Emaj7] nerve
[F#] [Emaj7]
I had to listen had no
[Emaj7] choice
BRIDGE 1:
[Emaj7] I
[F#] did not be-
[Emaj7]-lieve the information
[Emaj7] I
[F#] just had to
[Emaj7] trust imagination
[Emaj7] My
[F#] heart was going
[Emaj7] boom boom, boom
[Emaj7] Son, he
[F#] said,
[E] grab your
[B] things
I've
[F#] come to
[F#] take you
[INTRO] home.
VERSE 3:
[B] [F#] [B] To keeping silence I re-
[B]-signed
[F#] [B]
My friends would think I was a
[Emaj7] nut
[F#] [Emaj7]
Turning water into
[Emaj7] wine
[F#] [Emaj7]
Open doors would soon be
[B] shut
[F#] [B]
VERSE 4:
So I went from day to
[B] day
[F#] [B]
Though my life was in a
[Emaj7] rut
[F#] [Emaj7]
Till I thought of what Id
[Emaj7] say
[F#] [Emaj7]
Which connection I should
[Emaj7] cut
BRIDGE 2:
[Emaj7] I
[F#] was feeling
[Emaj7] part of the scenery,
[Emaj7] I
[F#] walked right
[Emaj7] out of the machinery
[Emaj7] My
[F#] heart was going
[Emaj7] boom boom, boom
[Emaj7] Son, he
[F#] said,
[E] grab your
[B] things
I've
[F#] come to
[F#] take you
[INTRO] home, yeah back home
VERSE 5:
[B] [F#] [B] When illusion spin her
[B] net
[F#] [B]
Im never where I want to
[Emaj7] be
[F#] [Emaj7]
And liberty she pirou-
[Emaj7]-ette
[F#] [Emaj7]
When I think that I am
[B] free
[F#] [B]
VERSE 6:
Watched by empty silhou-
[B]-ettes
[F#] [B]
Who close their eyes, but still can
[Emaj7] see
[F#] [Emaj7]
No one taught them eti-
[Emaj7]-quette
[F#] [Emaj7]
I will show another
[Emaj7] me
BRIDGE 3:
[Emaj7] Today
[F#] I dont
[Emaj7] need a replacement,
[Emaj7] I'll
[F#] tell them what the
[Emaj7] smile on my face meant
[Emaj7] My
[F#] heart was going
[Emaj7] boom boom, boom
[Emaj7] Hey, I
[F#] said,
[E] you can keep your
[B] things
They've
[F#] come to
[F#] take me
[INTRO] home.