PETER GABRIEL - "solsbury hill" Tablature

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 G D G
Climbing up on Solsbury Hill
Em D Em
I could see the city lights
Em D Em
Wind was blowing, time stood still
G D G
Eagle flew out of the night
G D G
He was something to observe
Em D Em
Came in close, I heard a voice
Em D Em
Standing stretching every nerve
Cmaj7 D Cmaj7
Had to listen had no choice I did not believe the
information
D Cmaj7
[I] just had to trust imagination
D Cmaj7
My heart going 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



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
~~~~~~~~~~~~~


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

A E/A A
Climbing up on Solsbury Hill
F#m E/F# F#m
I could see the city lights
F#m E/F# F#m
Wind was blowing, time stood still
A E/A A
Eagle flew out of the night
A E/A A
He was something to observe
F#m E/F# F#m
Came in close; I heard a voice
F#m E/F# F#m
Standing, stretching every nerve
Dmaj7 E/D Dmaj7
I had to listen; had no choice
Dmaj7
I did not believe the information
E/D Dmaj7 F#m
Just had to trust imagination
E(1) Dmaj7
My heart going boom boom boom
Dmaj7 E/D Dmaj7 D A Esus4 E(2)
Son, he said, grab your things I've come to 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