Peter Gabriel, Solsbury Hill (1977)
Key: :[D] (w: Peter Gabriel)
INTRO: [A]^
[Asus4]^
[A] [D]^
[Fm7]^
[D]
VERSE 1:
[D] [A] [D] Climbing up on solsbury
[D] hill
[A] [D]
I could see the city
[Gmaj7] light
[A] [Gmaj7]
Wind was blowing, time stood
[Gmaj7] still
[A] [Gmaj7]
Eagle flew out of the
[D] night
[A] [D]
VERSE 2:
He was something to ob-
[D]-serve
[A] [D]
Came in close, I heard a
[Gmaj7] voice
[A] [Gmaj7]
Standing stretching every
[Gmaj7] nerve
[A] [Gmaj7]
I had to listen had no
[Gmaj7] choice
BRIDGE 1:
[Gmaj7] I
[A] did not be-
[Gmaj7]-lieve the information
[Gmaj7] I
[A] just had to
[Gmaj7] trust imagination
[Gmaj7] My
[A] heart was going
[Gmaj7] boom boom, boom
[Gmaj7] Son, he
[A] said,
[G] grab your
[D] things
I've
[A] come to
[A] take you
[INTRO] home.
VERSE 3:
[D] [A] [D] To keeping silence I re-
[D]-signed
[A] [D]
My friends would think I was a
[Gmaj7] nut
[A] [Gmaj7]
Turning water into
[Gmaj7] wine
[A] [Gmaj7]
Open doors would soon be
[D] shut
[A] [D]
VERSE 4:
So I went from day to
[D] day
[A] [D]
Though my life was in a
[Gmaj7] rut
[A] [Gmaj7]
Till I thought of what Id
[Gmaj7] say
[A] [Gmaj7]
Which connection I should
[Gmaj7] cut
BRIDGE 2:
[Gmaj7] I
[A] was feeling
[Gmaj7] part of the scenery,
[Gmaj7] I
[A] walked right
[Gmaj7] out of the machinery
[Gmaj7] My
[A] heart was going
[Gmaj7] boom boom, boom
[Gmaj7] Son, he
[A] said,
[G] grab your
[D] things
I've
[A] come to
[A] take you
[INTRO] home, yeah back home
VERSE 5:
[D] [A] [D] When illusion spin her
[D] net
[A] [D]
Im never where I want to
[Gmaj7] be
[A] [Gmaj7]
And liberty she pirou-
[Gmaj7]-ette
[A] [Gmaj7]
When I think that I am
[D] free
[A] [D]
VERSE 6:
Watched by empty silhou-
[D]-ettes
[A] [D]
Who close their eyes, but still can
[Gmaj7] see
[A] [Gmaj7]
No one taught them eti-
[Gmaj7]-quette
[A] [Gmaj7]
I will show another
[Gmaj7] me
BRIDGE 3:
[Gmaj7] Today
[A] I dont
[Gmaj7] need a replacement,
[Gmaj7] I'll
[A] tell them what the
[Gmaj7] smile on my face meant
[Gmaj7] My
[A] heart was going
[Gmaj7] boom boom, boom
[Gmaj7] Hey, I
[A] said,
[G] you can keep your
[D] things
They've
[A] come to
[A] take me
[INTRO] home.