Peter Gabriel, Solsbury Hill (1977)
Key: :[C#] (w: Peter Gabriel)
INTRO: [G#]^
[G#sus4]^
[G#] [C#]^
[Em7]^
[C#]
VERSE 1:
[C#] [G#] [C#] Climbing up on solsbury
[C#] hill
[G#] [C#]
I could see the city
[F#maj7] light
[G#] [F#maj7]
Wind was blowing, time stood
[F#maj7] still
[G#] [F#maj7]
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
[F#maj7] voice
[G#] [F#maj7]
Standing stretching every
[F#maj7] nerve
[G#] [F#maj7]
I had to listen had no
[F#maj7] choice
BRIDGE 1:
[F#maj7] I
[G#] did not be-
[F#maj7]-lieve the information
[F#maj7] I
[G#] just had to
[F#maj7] trust imagination
[F#maj7] My
[G#] heart was going
[F#maj7] boom boom, boom
[F#maj7] 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
[F#maj7] nut
[G#] [F#maj7]
Turning water into
[F#maj7] wine
[G#] [F#maj7]
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
[F#maj7] rut
[G#] [F#maj7]
Till I thought of what Id
[F#maj7] say
[G#] [F#maj7]
Which connection I should
[F#maj7] cut
BRIDGE 2:
[F#maj7] I
[G#] was feeling
[F#maj7] part of the scenery,
[F#maj7] I
[G#] walked right
[F#maj7] out of the machinery
[F#maj7] My
[G#] heart was going
[F#maj7] boom boom, boom
[F#maj7] 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
[F#maj7] be
[G#] [F#maj7]
And liberty she pirou-
[F#maj7]-ette
[G#] [F#maj7]
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
[F#maj7] see
[G#] [F#maj7]
No one taught them eti-
[F#maj7]-quette
[G#] [F#maj7]
I will show another
[F#maj7] me
BRIDGE 3:
[F#maj7] Today
[G#] I dont
[F#maj7] need a replacement,
[F#maj7] I'll
[G#] tell them what the
[F#maj7] smile on my face meant
[F#maj7] My
[G#] heart was going
[F#maj7] boom boom, boom
[F#maj7] Hey, I
[G#] said,
[F#] you can keep your
[C#] things
They've
[G#] come to
[G#] take me
[INTRO] home.