From Bob Paley
Solsbury Hill; P. Gabriel

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 arpeggiation 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
G||----0-2-|--
D||--4-----|--
A||--------|--
E||--------|--

---------|----
---1---0-|-1--
0---0--0-|--0-
-0---2-0-|---2
---------|----
---------|----

-------||-----
-0---3-||-----
--0--2-||----0
---0-0-||--4--
-------||-----
-------||-----

---|----------
---|-1---3--0-
-2-|--0-----0-
---|---2----0-
---|----------
---|----------

-|----------||
-|-1---0--3-||
0|--0--0--2-||
-|---2-0--0-||
-|----------||
-|----------||

---------|
---------|
----0-2--|
--4------|
---------|
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            ()  ()()  () ()()           ()    ()   ()()()


           
              

              
  Climbing up 

             
on Solsbury Hi

          
ll
              
              

              
  I could see 

            
the city light

          
s
              
          Wind

              
 was blowing, 

            
time stood sti

          
ll
              
              

              
   Eagle flew 

             
out of the nig

          
ht
              
              

              
   He was some

              
thing to obser

                
ve
              
              

              
Came in close,

            
 I heard a voi

          
ce
              
             S

              
tanding stretc

              
hing every ner

               
ve
              
              

              
             H

            
ad to listen h

          
ad no choice  


I did not beli

eve the inform

ation
              
              

             
[I] just had t

   
o trust imagin

ation
              
              

          
 My heart goin


g boom boom bo

om

              "Son," he said   "Grab your things, I've come to take you home."


[Instrumental]

Section A (1X), then Section B (1X)


[Verse]

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)


[Verse]

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."