Biography:
Peter Brian Gabriel (born 13 February 1950) is an English singer-songwriter, record producer and humanitarian who rose to fame as the original lead singer and flautist of the progressive rock band Genesis. After leaving Genesis in 1975, Gabriel launched a successful solo career with "Solsbury Hill" as his first single. His 1986 album, So, is his best-selling release and is certified triple platinum in the UK and five times platinum in the U.S. The album's most successful single
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Other songs:
- Big Time
- Blood Of Eden
- Book Of Love
- In Your Eyes
- Solsbury Hill
- The Book Of Love
- A Wonderful Day In A One Way World
- Altus Silva
- And Through The Wire
- Apres Moi
- Big Blue Ball
- Biko
- Burn You Up Burn You Down
- Come Talk To Me
- Digging In The Dirt
- Diy
- Dont Give Up
- Down The Dolce Vita
- Down To Earth
- Excuse Me
- Family Snapshot
- Father Son
- Flotsam And Jetsam
- Flume
- Games Without Frontiers
- Growing Up
- Here Comes The Flood
- Heroes
- Humdrum
- I Grieve
- I Have The Touch
- I Think Its Gonna Rain Today
- Kiss That Frog
- Listening Wind
- Love To Be Loved
- Lovetown
- Mercy Street
- Mirrorball
- Modern Love
- Moribund The Burgermeister
- Mother Of Violence
- My Body Is A Cage
- On The Air
- Red Rain
- Secret World
- Shaking The Tree
- Shock The Monkey
- Sky Blue
- Sledgehammer
- Slowburn
- So
- Spiel Ohne Grenzen
- Street Spirit Fade Out
- That Voice Again
- Thatll Do
- The Boy In The Bubble
- The Power Of The Heart
- Waiting For The Big One
- Washing Of The Water
- When Youre Falling
- Whole Thing
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From rpaley1@cc.swarthmore.edu (Bob Paley)
Subject: Improved Tab: Solsbury Hill; P. Gabriel
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)
[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."
Subject: Improved Tab: Solsbury Hill; P. Gabriel
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)
[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."
