Slowburn chords by Peter Gabriel

Chords with lyrics

Slowburn


Key: E-flat major, Time: 4/4, Tempo: 135

Intro:
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||Eb MajorEb  ||


|Bb majorBb  ||Eb MajorEb  |  |Bb majorBb  |  /C /D || (X 2)

Verse 1: (0:28-)
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  ||Eb MajorEb            |
We're character actors from the Tower of Babel
 |Bb majorBb         |   /C /D
Be-wildered, burned out hard-ly able
 |Eb MajorEb        |        |
To  sit astride the high wire cable
|Bb majorBb            |     /C Bb majorBb ||
  It's hard to balance, a little un-sta-ble.

|Abmaj7Abmaj7            |AbAb       |
    Through broken eyes and contact lenses
    I Watched you draw your future tenses
|Bbmaj7Bbmaj7          |Bb majorBb
    See kisses of flame blow out of your lips
    |Bbmaj7Bbmaj7        |Bb majorBb     ||
 You're back telling me your A-pocalypse.


Chorus 1: (0:57-)
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|AbAb         |    Bb majorBb   |C minorCm
 Don't get me wrong, (yeah) I'll be strong
    |        |G minorGm    |FF Bb majorBb ||6/8
When the slowburn sunset come along
|AbAb       Bb majorBb ||4/4 Eb MajorEb    ||
  You've gotta stay    the night

|G minorGm  |FF  Bb majorBb ||6/8

|AbAb    Bb majorBb      ||4/4 C#C#    ||
  I gotta think that you    might.


Interlude: (1:18-)
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|Bb majorBb  ||Eb MajorEb  |   |Bb majorBb  |  /C /D || (X 2)

[Verse 2] (1:33-)

 We've tried a handful of bills and a handful of pills
 We've tried making movies from a volume of stills
 The words fell like hailstones, bouncing at our feet,
 Covering our feelings with a frozen sheet.

 A augmentedA chance to move, I take a shot
 I get cold - you get hot
 We look outside, lyin' awake
 See birds breaking surface on a silent lake.


[Chorus 2] (2:02-)

 But don't get me wrong, (yeah) I'll be strong
 When I'm back on the Isle of Avalon

 Dont get me wrong, (yeah) I'll be strong
 When the slow burn sunset come along
 You've got to stay the night
 I've got to think that you might.


Coda: (2:40-)
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|F minorFm   |G minorGm
  Don't try to make it easy,
   |AbAb       |Bb majorBb Bbsus4Bbsus4|3/4 ||4/4
It'll cut you down to size
|F minorFm       |G minorGm
  Darlin' we've got to trust in something
   |AbAb         |Bb majorBb Bbsus4Bbsus4|3/4 ||
We're  shooting down our skies


||3/4 AbAb  || (X 7 bars)

|4/4 AbmAbm    |C# minorC#m |AbmAbm     |C# minorC#m   ||
    Shooting down,   shooting down our


||F minorFm  |G minorGm  |AbAb  |Bb majorBb  || (X 2)
 Skies...

|F minorFm   |G minorGm  |AbAb  ||7/4 Bb majorBb Bbsus4Bbsus4 ||4/4

|F minorFm   |G minorGm  |AbAb        ||
        Shooting down our...