Peter Gabriel, Solsbury Hill (1977)
Key: :[C] (w: Peter Gabriel)
INTRO: [G]^
[Gsus4]^
[G] [C]^
[D#m7]^
[C]
VERSE 1:
[C] [G] [C] Climbing up on solsbury
[C] hill
[G] [C]
I could see the city
[Fmaj7] light
[G] [Fmaj7]
Wind was blowing, time stood
[Fmaj7] still
[G] [Fmaj7]
Eagle flew out of the
[C] night
[G] [C]
VERSE 2:
He was something to ob-
[C]-serve
[G] [C]
Came in close, I heard a
[Fmaj7] voice
[G] [Fmaj7]
Standing stretching every
[Fmaj7] nerve
[G] [Fmaj7]
I had to listen had no
[Fmaj7] choice
BRIDGE 1:
[Fmaj7] I
[G] did not be-
[Fmaj7]-lieve the information
[Fmaj7] I
[G] just had to
[Fmaj7] trust imagination
[Fmaj7] My
[G] heart was going
[Fmaj7] boom boom, boom
[Fmaj7] Son, he
[G] said,
[F] grab your
[C] things
I've
[G] come to
[G] take you
[INTRO] home.
VERSE 3:
[C] [G] [C] To keeping silence I re-
[C]-signed
[G] [C]
My friends would think I was a
[Fmaj7] nut
[G] [Fmaj7]
Turning water into
[Fmaj7] wine
[G] [Fmaj7]
Open doors would soon be
[C] shut
[G] [C]
VERSE 4:
So I went from day to
[C] day
[G] [C]
Though my life was in a
[Fmaj7] rut
[G] [Fmaj7]
Till I thought of what Id
[Fmaj7] say
[G] [Fmaj7]
Which connection I should
[Fmaj7] cut
BRIDGE 2:
[Fmaj7] I
[G] was feeling
[Fmaj7] part of the scenery,
[Fmaj7] I
[G] walked right
[Fmaj7] out of the machinery
[Fmaj7] My
[G] heart was going
[Fmaj7] boom boom, boom
[Fmaj7] Son, he
[G] said,
[F] grab your
[C] things
I've
[G] come to
[G] take you
[INTRO] home, yeah back home
VERSE 5:
[C] [G] [C] When illusion spin her
[C] net
[G] [C]
Im never where I want to
[Fmaj7] be
[G] [Fmaj7]
And liberty she pirou-
[Fmaj7]-ette
[G] [Fmaj7]
When I think that I am
[C] free
[G] [C]
VERSE 6:
Watched by empty silhou-
[C]-ettes
[G] [C]
Who close their eyes, but still can
[Fmaj7] see
[G] [Fmaj7]
No one taught them eti-
[Fmaj7]-quette
[G] [Fmaj7]
I will show another
[Fmaj7] me
BRIDGE 3:
[Fmaj7] Today
[G] I dont
[Fmaj7] need a replacement,
[Fmaj7] I'll
[G] tell them what the
[Fmaj7] smile on my face meant
[Fmaj7] My
[G] heart was going
[Fmaj7] boom boom, boom
[Fmaj7] Hey, I
[G] said,
[F] you can keep your
[C] things
They've
[G] come to
[G] take me
[INTRO] home.