Peter Gabriel, Solsbury Hill (1977)
Key: :[A#] (w: Peter Gabriel)
INTRO: [F]^
[Fsus4]^
[F] [A#]^
[C#m7]^
[A#]
VERSE 1:
[A#] [F] [A#] Climbing up on solsbury
[A#] hill
[F] [A#]
I could see the city
[D#maj7] light
[F] [D#maj7]
Wind was blowing, time stood
[D#maj7] still
[F] [D#maj7]
Eagle flew out of the
[A#] night
[F] [A#]
VERSE 2:
He was something to ob-
[A#]-serve
[F] [A#]
Came in close, I heard a
[D#maj7] voice
[F] [D#maj7]
Standing stretching every
[D#maj7] nerve
[F] [D#maj7]
I had to listen had no
[D#maj7] choice
BRIDGE 1:
[D#maj7] I
[F] did not be-
[D#maj7]-lieve the information
[D#maj7] I
[F] just had to
[D#maj7] trust imagination
[D#maj7] My
[F] heart was going
[D#maj7] boom boom, boom
[D#maj7] Son, he
[F] said,
[D#] grab your
[A#] things
I've
[F] come to
[F] take you
[INTRO] home.
VERSE 3:
[A#] [F] [A#] To keeping silence I re-
[A#]-signed
[F] [A#]
My friends would think I was a
[D#maj7] nut
[F] [D#maj7]
Turning water into
[D#maj7] wine
[F] [D#maj7]
Open doors would soon be
[A#] shut
[F] [A#]
VERSE 4:
So I went from day to
[A#] day
[F] [A#]
Though my life was in a
[D#maj7] rut
[F] [D#maj7]
Till I thought of what Id
[D#maj7] say
[F] [D#maj7]
Which connection I should
[D#maj7] cut
BRIDGE 2:
[D#maj7] I
[F] was feeling
[D#maj7] part of the scenery,
[D#maj7] I
[F] walked right
[D#maj7] out of the machinery
[D#maj7] My
[F] heart was going
[D#maj7] boom boom, boom
[D#maj7] Son, he
[F] said,
[D#] grab your
[A#] things
I've
[F] come to
[F] take you
[INTRO] home, yeah back home
VERSE 5:
[A#] [F] [A#] When illusion spin her
[A#] net
[F] [A#]
Im never where I want to
[D#maj7] be
[F] [D#maj7]
And liberty she pirou-
[D#maj7]-ette
[F] [D#maj7]
When I think that I am
[A#] free
[F] [A#]
VERSE 6:
Watched by empty silhou-
[A#]-ettes
[F] [A#]
Who close their eyes, but still can
[D#maj7] see
[F] [D#maj7]
No one taught them eti-
[D#maj7]-quette
[F] [D#maj7]
I will show another
[D#maj7] me
BRIDGE 3:
[D#maj7] Today
[F] I dont
[D#maj7] need a replacement,
[D#maj7] I'll
[F] tell them what the
[D#maj7] smile on my face meant
[D#maj7] My
[F] heart was going
[D#maj7] boom boom, boom
[D#maj7] Hey, I
[F] said,
[D#] you can keep your
[A#] things
They've
[F] come to
[F] take me
[INTRO] home.