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Solsbury Hill Tab

by Peter Gabriel


Arist: Peter Gabriel
Song: Solsbury Hill
Album: Peter Gabriel

Capo 4 version below.

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Capo 2 Version
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:      x02220
:    x02100
:    244222
:      022100
:  xx0222
:    xx0100
B7sus2: x24222


Guitar 1:                                          x5
e|----------------------------------------------|-------------------0-----------------------------|
B|-------0----2h3---3----2--------3-----2----0--|--------0----2h3--------2--------3-----2----0----|
G|--1--2-----------------2----2--------------1--|*--1--2-----------------2----2--------------1---*|
D|----------------------------------------------|*-----------------------------------------------*|
A|----------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 2:   
e|----------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
B|------------3-----3----2--------2-----2----0--|-------------2-----2----2--------2-----2----0----|
G|--------------2--------2----------2--------1--|*--------------2--------2----------2--------1---*|
D|----------------2------2-----2------2------2--|*----------------2------2-----2------2------2---*|
A|------------0-------0-----0-----0-------0-----|-------------0-------0-----0-----0-------0-------|
E|----------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|

    
           Climbing up on Solsbury Hill
    
           I could see the city light
    
           Wind was blowing, time stood still
    
           Eagle flew out of the night

    
           He was something to observe
    
           Came in close, I heard a voice
    
           Standing stretching every nerve
                           
           I had to listen had no choice

                                 
           I did not believe the information
                            B7sus2
           Just had to trust imagination
                   B7sus2
           My heart going boom boom, boom


           B7sus2 E       B7sus2
           Son,    he said
                                               (riff)
           Grab your things, I've come to take you home.

           Eh, don't quit

    
           To keeping 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
                              
           Which connection I should cut

                                   
           I was feeling part of the scenery
                 
           I walked right out of the machinery
    B7sus2 E        B7sus2
           My heart was going boom boom boom


           B7sus2 E       B7sus2
           Hey,    he said
                                               (riff)
           Grab your things, I've come to take you home.

           Yeah back home

    
           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
                        
           I will show another me

                                
           Today I don't need a replacement
                                            B7sus2
           I'll tell them what the smile on my face meant
                   B7sus2
           My heart going boom boom boom
           
           B7sus2 E       B7sus2
           Hey,    I said
                                                       (riff)
           You can keep my things, they've come to take me home




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Capo 4 Version
==============

:      320003
:    3x0232
:     022000
:      022100
:  x32000
:    x30232
A7sus2: x02000


Guitar 1:
              
e|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------0h1-1--0----1--0-----------0h1-1--0----1--0-----|
G|---0-2-0---0--0-0--0--0--3----0-2-0---0--0-0--0--0--3--|
D|-4-----0---0--0----------4--4-----0---0--0----------4--|
A|-------------------------5--------------------------5--|
e|-------3-----------------------------------------------|
Guitar 2:                                                        x3
e|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------1---1--0----1---0----------1---3--0---1---0-----|
G|---0-2--0-------0---0----2----0-2--0-------0--0-----2--|
D|-4-------0-----------0------4-------0----------0-------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|

    
           Climbing up on Solsbury Hill
    
           I could see the city light
    
           Wind was blowing, time stood still
    
           Eagle flew out of the night

    
           He was something to observe
    
           Came in close, I heard a voice
    
           Standing stretching every nerve
                             
           I had to listen had no choice

                                 
           I did not believe the information
                            A7sus2
           Just had to trust imagination
                   A7sus2
           My heart going boom boom, boom


           A7sus2 D       A7sus2
           Son,    he said
                                                (riff)
           Grab your things, I've come to take you home.

           Eh, don't quit

    
           To keeping 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
                                
           Which connection I should cut

                                   
           I was feeling part of the scenery
                 
           I walked right out of the machinery
    A7sus2 D        A7sus2
           My heart was going boom boom boom


           A7sus2 D       A7sus2
           Hey,    he said
                                                (riff)
           Grab your things, I've come to take you home.

           Yeah back home

    
           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
                          
           I will show another me

                                
           Today I don't need a replacement
                                            A7sus2
           I'll tell them what the smile on my face meant
                   A7sus2
           My heart going boom boom boom
           
           A7sus2 D       A7sus2
           Hey,    I said
                                                        (riff)
           You can keep my things, they've come to take me home.