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^Gill ^D ^G I could see the city lig^Emhts ^D ^Em Wind was blowing, time stood s^Emtill ^D ^Em Eagle flew out of the n^Gight ^D ^G He was something to observe ^G ^D ^G Came in close, I heard a v^Emoice ^D ^Em Standing stretching every nerve ^Em ^D ^Em Had to listen^Cmaj7 had no^D choice ^Cmaj7I did not believe the information [^DI] just had to t^Cmaj7rust imagination M^Dy heart g^Cmaj7oing 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." <Back 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" <KeanJ@agresearch.cri.nz> 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 ^AHil^E/Al ^A I could see the city lig^F#mhts ^E/F# ^F#m Wind was blowing, time stood ^F#mstill^E/F# ^F#m Eagle flew out of the ^Anig^E/Aht ^A He was something to ob^Aser^E/Ave ^A Came in close; I heard a ^F#mvoice^E/F# ^F#m Standing, stretching every ^F#mnerve^E/F# ^F#m I had to listen; had no ^Dmaj7choice ^E/D ^Dmaj7 I did not believe the informa^Dmaj7tion ^E/DJust had to ^Dmaj7trust imagina^F#mtion My ^E(1)heart going ^Dmaj7boom boom boom ^Dmaj7Son, he ^E/Dsaid,^Dmaj7 ^Dgrab your ^Athings I've ^Esus4come 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

Peter Gabriel - Solsbury hill