Solsbury Hill - Peter Gabriel

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                Solsbury Hill - Peter Gabriel
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Written by: Peter Gabriel
From: "Peter Gabriel" [a.k.a. 1 / Car] (1977)

Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

I included a basic tab for voicings and timing after the chord sheet.

Here's a quick demo recording of what this tab sounds like:
https://soundcloud.com/maguri/peter-gabriel-solsbury-hill-demo-1-guitar

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capo: 2nd fret
play: A
key: B

time signature: 7/4 
                except for the last two bars of the verses
                which are in 4/4

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CHORDS (tab for changes: see below)

        E-A-D-
[Intro]
D/A     x-0-4-
A       x-0-2-
E/A     x-0-2-

G-B-e
2-3(0)
2-2-0
1-0-0

[Verse]
A       x-0-2-
E/A     x-0-2-
F#m     2-4-4-
E/F#m   2-2-2-

2-2-0
1-0-0
2-2-2
2-x-x

Dmaj7   x-x-0-
E/D     x-x-0-
Dmaj7/B x-2-x-
E/B     x-2-x-

2-2-2
1-0-0
2-2(2)
1-0-0

Bm7     x-2-4-
A/C#    x-4-2-
D5      x-x-0-
E       0-2-2-

2-3-x
2-2-x
2-3-x
1-0-0

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[Intro]

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[Verse]

        
              

              
 Climbing up o

         [  ]
n Solsbury Hil

l
        
              

              
 I could see t

      [  ]
he city light
     
              

             
 Wind was blow

              
ing, time stoo

[  ]
d still
     
              

             
 Eagle flew ou

       [  ]
t of the night

        
              

              
 He was someth

       [  ]
ing to observe
        
              

              
 Came in close

          [ 
, I heard a vo

 ]
ice
     
              

             
 Standing stre

           [ 
tching every n

# ]
erve
     
              

             
 I had to list

        [ 
en had no choi

 ]
ce
      
      I did no

         
t believe the 

     [  ]
information
      
      Just had

         
 to trust imag

 [  ]
ination
    
 My     heart 

     
was going boom

 boom, boom
    
"Son,"   he sa

    
id,     "Grab 

          
your things, I

           
've come to ta

     [  ]
ke you home."


[Interlude]

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[Verse]

        
              

              
 To keep in si

        [  ]
lence I resign

ed
        
              

              
 My friends wo

    ´         
uld think I wa

  [  ]
s a nut
     
              

             
 Turning water

    [  ]
 into wine
     
              

             
 Open doors wo

          [  
uld soon be sh

]
ut

        
              

              
 So I went fro

       [  ]
m day to day
        
              

              
 Tho' my life 

       [  ]
was in a rut
     
              

             
 'Till I thoug

             [
ht of what I'd

  ]
 say
     
              

             
 Which connect

           [ 
ion I should c

 ]
ut
      
      I was fe

         
eling part of 

      [  ]
the scenery
      
      I walked

         
 right out of 

         [  ]
the machinery
    
 My     heart 

     
was going boom

 boom, boom
   
"Hey,"   he sa

     
id,     "Grab 

          
your things, I

           
've come to ta

     [  ]
ke you home."


[Interlude]

|     
              

  |    
     Yeah back

   |
 home


[Verse]

        
              

              
 When illusion

        [  ]
 spin her net
        
              

              
 I'm never whe

           [ 
re I want to b

# ]
e
     
              

             
 And liberty s

      [  ]
he pirouette
     
              

             
 When I think 

         [  ]
that I am free

        
              

              
 Watched by em

        [  ]
pty silhouette

s
        
              

              
 Who close the

              
ir eyes, but s

       [  ]
till can see
     
              

             
 No one taught

        [  
 them etiquett

]
e
     
              

             
 I will show a

     [  ]
nother me
    
      Today I 

          [
don't need a r

  ]
eplacement
      
      I'll tel

         
l them what th

              
e smile on my 

   [  ]
face meant
    
 My     heart 

     
was going boom

 boom, boom
   
"Hey,"  I said

        
,    "You can 

       
keep my things

            
, they've come

         [  
 to take me ho

]
me."


[Outro]

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(repeat and fa

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de)

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Whatever your strumming pattern, make sure to include 
the following changes:

[Intro]

        D/A   
  + x +  1 + 2
e|------|-----
B|----0-h3----
G|1-2---|2----
D|2-----h4----
A|------|0----
E|------|-----

 A    D/A  A E
 + 3 + 4 + 5 +
--------------
-2----h3--2--0
-2-----2--2--1
-2----h4--2--2
--------------
--------------

/A         D/A
 6 + 7 +  1 + 
---------|---0
-------0-h3---
---1-2---|2---
---2-----h4---
---------|0---
---------|----

    A  D/A   A
2 + 3 + 4 + 5 
--------------
--2----h3--2--
--2-----2--2--
--2----h4--2--
--------------
--------------

 E/A
+ 6 + 7 +
----------|
0-------0-|
1---1-2---|
2---2-----|
----------|
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[Verse]

  A    E/A  A 
  1 + 2 + 3 + 
e|0-----0-----
B|2-----0-----
G|2-----1---2-
D|2-----2---2-
A|0-----0---0-
E|------------

A             
4 + 5 + 6 + 7 
--------------
--------------
2-------------
2-------------
0-------------
--------------

   A    E/A  A
+  1 + 2 + 3 +
--|-----------
--|-----------
--|-----------
--|-----------
--|-----------
--|-----------

 A
 4 + 5 + 6 + 7
--------------
--------------
-%------------
--------------
--------------
--------------

 + 
---|
---|
---|
---|
---|
---|

  F#m   E/F#  
  1 + 2 + 3 + 
e|2---------2-
B|2---------2-
G|2---------2-
D|4----2----4-
A|4----2----4-
E|2----2----2-

F#m           
4 + 5 + 6 + 7 
2-------------
2-------------
2-------------
4-------------
4-------------
2-------------

   F#m   E/F# 
+  1 + 2 + 3 +
--|-----------
--|-----------
--|-----------
--|-----------
--|-----------
--|-----------

 F#m
 4 + 5 + 6 + 7
--------------
--------------
-%------------
--------------
--------------
--------------

 +  
---|
---|
---|
---|
---|
---|

  A    E/A  A 
  1 + 2 + 3 + 
e|0-----0-----
B|2-----0-----
G|2-----1---2-
D|2-----2---2-
A|0-----0---0-
E|------------

A             
4 + 5 + 6 + 7 
--------------
--------------
2-------------
2-------------
0-------------
--------------

   A    E/A  A
+  1 + 2 + 3 +
--|-----------
--|-----------
--|-----------
--|-----------
--|-----------
--|-----------

 A
 4 + 5 + 6 + 7
--------------
--------------
-%------------
--------------
--------------
--------------

 + 
---|
---|
---|
---|
---|
---|

  F#m   E/F#  
  1 + 2 + 3 + 
e|2---------2-
B|2---------2-
G|2---------2-
D|4----2----4-
A|4----2----4-
E|2----2----2-

F#m           
4 + 5 + 6 + 7 
2-------------
2-------------
2-------------
4-------------
4-------------
2-------------

   F#m   E/F# 
+  1 + 2 + 3 +
--|-----------
--|-----------
--|-----------
--|-----------
--|-----------
--|-----------

 F#m
 4 + 5 + 6 + 7
--------------
--------------
-%------------
--------------
--------------
--------------

 +  
---|
---|
---|
---|
---|
---|

 Dmaj7 E/D  Dm
  1 + 2 + 3 + 
e|2-----0---2-
B|2-----0---2-
G|2-----1---2-
D|0-----0---0-
A|------------
E|------------

aj7           
4 + 5 + 6 + 7 
2-------------
2-------------
2-------------
0-------------
--------------
--------------

   Dmaj7 E/D  
+  1 + 2 + 3 +
--|-----------
--|-----------
--|-----------
--|-----------
--|-----------
--|-----------

Dmaj7
 4 + 5 + 6 + 7
--------------
--------------
-%------------
--------------
--------------
--------------

 + 
---|
---|
---|
---|
---|
---|

Dmaj7/B E/B Dm
  1 + 2 + 3 + 
e|2-----0---2-
B|2-----0---2-
G|2-----1---2-
D|------------
A|2-----2---2-
E|------------

aj7/B         
4 + 5 + 6 + 7 
2-------------
2-------------
2-------------
--------------
2-------------
--------------

 Dmaj7/B E/B D
+  1 + 2 + 3 +
--|2-----0----
--|2-----0----
--|2-----1----
--|-----------
--|2-----2----
--|-----------

maj7/B Bm7 A/C
 4 +   1 + 2 +
-2----|-------
-2----|3---2--
-2----|2---2--
------|4---2--
-2----|2---4--
------|-------

# D5 E
 3 + 4 +
-----0----|
-3---0----|
-2---1----|
-0---2----|
-----2----|
-----0----|


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| x  Dead note
| h  Hammer-on

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