Solsbury Hill Peter Gabriel
From rpaley1@cc.swarthmore.edu (Bob Paley)
Subject: Improved Tab: Solsbury Hill; P. Gabriel
Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1993 18:28:39 GMT
Earlier this week I posted a request for Peter Gabriel's "Solsbury Hill",
and a number of folks either sent the "nevada" version or directed me
there. (Thanks everyone!) It turns out that though the chords on "nevada"
are basically right, the tab for the instrumental bits weren't even close.
Also, the display of the chords over the lyrics was misleading. So, I
worked on it in order to improve the tab. The lyrics come from
'/pub/music/lyrics/g/gabriel.peter/volume.1'....I made some real minor
modifications. I'll send this to nevada after I've posted it.
The song IS in the key of B, but the capo should be on the FOURTH fret
rather than the second. It makes it sound a lot better! The chords of the
instrumental bits tend to be rapidly arpeggiated (perhaps they're
finger-picked, but I do better flat-picking quickly...), and the chords of
the verses are strummed, with some light appregiation prior to each vocal
phrase. (The vertical bars represent phrases, not actual measures).
Intro:
Section A (1X) Section B (5X) to
Verse..
E||--------|-----------|-----------||--------|-----------|----------||--------- B||--------|-0---1---0-|-1---0---3-||--------|-1---3--0--|-1---0--3-||--------- G||----0-2-|--0---0--0-|--0---0--2-||----0-2-|--0-----0-0|--0--0--2-||----0-2-- D||--4-----|---0---2-0-|---2---0-0-||--4-----|---2----0--|---2-0--0-||--4------ A||--------|-----------|-----------||--------|-----------|----------||--------- E||--------|-----------|-----------||--------|-----------|----------||---------
[(G)] [(C)(G)] [(C)] [(G)(D)] [(C)] [(G)] [(C)(G)(D)]
[G] [D] [G] Climbing up on Solsbury H[G]ill[D] [G]
I could see the city lig[Em]hts[D] [Em]
Wind was blowing, time stood s[Em]till[D] [Em]
Eagle flew out of the n[G]ight[D] [G]
He was something to observe[G] [D] [G]
Came in close, I heard a v[Em]oice[D] [Em]
Standing stretching every nerve[Em] [D] [Em]
Had to listen[Cmaj7] had no[D] choice [Cmaj7]I did not believe the
information
([D]I) just had to t[Cmaj7]rust imagination
M[D]y heart g[Cmaj7]oing boom boom boom
"Son," he said "Grab your things, I've come to take you
home."
Instrumental: Section A (1X), then Section B (1X)
To keep in silence I resigned
My friends would think I was a nut
Turning water into wine
Open doors would soon be shut
So I went from day to day
Tho' my life was in a rut
'Til I thought of what I'd say
Which connection I should cut
I was feeling part of the scenery
I walked right out of the machinery
My heart going boom boom boom
"Hey" he said "Grab your things
I've come to take you home."
Instrumental: Section A (1X), then Section B (1X)
When illusion spin her net
I'm never where I want to be
And liberty she pirouette
When I think that I am free
Watched by empty silhouettes
Who close their eyes but still can see
No on taught them etiquette
I will show another me
Today I don't need a replacement
I'll tell them what the smile on my face meant
My heart going boom boom boom
"Hey" I said "You can keep my things,
they've come to take me home."
etc.....
Bob Paley
rpaley1@cc.swarthmore.edu
From: "Kean,John"
Well, here goes. There are two different E chord forms, marked as E(1) and
E(2), just to confuse you...
Solsbury Hill - Peter Gabriel
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>From the First Album.
Capo 2nd fret.
7/4 time
Guitar motif:
Beats 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 +
||------------------------------------------------------------|| ||---3-----5-----2-----------3-----2-----0---------------0----|| ||*----2---------2-------------2---------1-------1---2-------*|| ||*------4-------2---------------4-------2-------------------*|| ||---0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0--------|| ||------------------------------------------------------------||
In addition there is a simple melodic figure played at the start of each bar
throughout the verses over top of the chords:
Beats 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 +
||------------------------------------------------------------|| ||---2-----------0--------------------------------------------|| ||*----------------------2---2-------------------------------*|| ||*----------------------------------------------------------*|| ||------------------------------------------------------------|| ||------------------------------------------------------------||
Intro:
Guitar motif x6
Verse 1:
[A] [E/A] [A]
Climbing up on Solsbury [A]Hil[E/A]l[A]
I could see the city lig[F#m]hts[E/F#] [F#m]
Wind was blowing, time stood [F#m]still[E/F#] [F#m]
Eagle flew out of the [A]nig[E/A]ht[A]
He was something to ob[A]ser[E/A]ve[A]
Came in close; I heard a [F#m]voice[E/F#] [F#m]
Standing, stretching every [F#m]nerve[E/F#] [F#m]
I had to listen; had no [Dmaj7]choice[E/D] [Dmaj7]
I did not believe the informa[Dmaj7]tion
[E/D]Just had to [Dmaj7]trust imagina[F#m]tion
My [E(1)]heart going [Dmaj7]boom boom boom
[Dmaj7]Son, he [E/D]said,[Dmaj7] [D]grab your [A]things I've [Esus4]come to [E(2)]take you home
Guitar motif x2
Verse 2:
To keep in silence I resigned
My friends would think I was a nut
Turning water into wine
Open doors would soon be shut
So I went from day to day
Though my life was in a rut
Till I thought of what I'd say
And which connection I should cut
I was feeling part of the scenery
I walked right out of the machinery
My heart going boom boom boom
Son, he said, grab your things I've come to take you home
Guitar motif x4
Verse 3:
When illusion spin her net
I'm never where I want to be
And liberty she pirouette
When I think that I am free
Watched by empty silhouettes
Who close their eyes but still can see
No one taught them etiquette
So I will show another me
Today I don't need a replacement
I'll tell them what the smile on my face meant
My heart going boom boom boom
Hey, I said, you can keep my things they've come to take me home
Guitar motif to fade (x12)
Chords:
A: x02220 E/A: x02100
F#m: 244222 E/F#: 2x2100
Dmaj7: xx0222 E/D: xx0100
E(1): 022100 D: xx0232
Esus4: 0xx455 E(2): 0xx454
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