Solsbury Hill - Peter Gabriel

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[Intro]

      


[Verse 1]

     
           Cli

mbing up on So

lsbury Hill
     
           I c

ould see the c

ity light
    
           Win

d was blowing,

 time stood st

ill
    
           Eag

le flew out of

 the night
 
     
           He 

was something 

to observe
     
           Cam

e in close, I 

heard a voice
    
           Sta

nding stretchi

ng every nerve
       
           I h

              
ad to listen h

      
ad no choice


[Chorus 1]

  
           I d

       
id not believe

 the informati

on
  
           Jus

         
t had to trust

         
 imagination
    
        My hea

        
rt going boom 

boom, boom

        
Son,    he sai

   
d
            
Grab your thin

             
gs, I've come 

  
to take you ho

me.


[Post-Chorus 1]

      
              


  Eh, don't qu

it

      


[Verse 2]

    
           To 

keeping silenc

e I resigned
    
           My 

friends would 

think I was a 

nut
    
           Tur

ning water int

o wine
    
           Ope

n doors would 

soon be shut

    
           So 

I went from da

y to day
    
           Tho

ugh my life wa

s in a rut
    
           'ti

ll I thought o

f what I'd say
       
           Whi

              
ch connection 

         
I should cut


[Chorus 2]

  
           I w

       
as feeling par

t of the scene

ry
  
           I w

         
alked right ou

  
t of the machi

nery
    
           My 

       
heart was goin

g boom boom bo

om

    
Hey,    he sai

  
d
            
Grab your thin

             
gs, I've come 

   
to take you ho

me.


[Post-Chorus 2]

      
              


  Yeah back ho

me

      
      
      


[Verse 3]

    
           Whe

n illusion spi

n her net
    
           I'm

 never where I

 want to be
    
           And

 liberty she p

irouette
    
           Whe

n I think that

 I am free

    
           Wat

ched by empty 

silhouettes
    
           Who

 close their e

yes, but still

 can see
    
           No 

one taught the

m etiquette
    
           I w

ill show anoth

er me


[Chorus 3]

  
           Tod

       
ay I don't nee

d a replacemen

t
  
           I'l

         
l tell them wh

  
at the smile o

n my face mean

t
    
           My 

       
heart going bo

om boom boom

    
Hey,    I said

  
            
You can keep m

             
y things, they

  
've come to ta

ke me home


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