Chords with lyrics
4 VERSIONS#
From [email protected] (Bob Paley)
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 augmentedA (1X) Section 
BB (5X) to
Verse..
E MajorE||--------|-----------|-----------||--------|-----------|----------||---------
BB||--------|-0---1---0-|-1---0---3-||--------|-1---3--0--|-1---0--3-||---------
G+G||----0-2-|--0---0--0-|--0---0--2-||----0-2-|--0-----0-0|--0--0--2-||----0-2--
D MajorD||--4-----|---0---2-0-|---2---0-0-||--4-----|---2----0--|---2-0--0-||--4------
A augmentedA||--------|-----------|-----------||--------|-----------|----------||---------
E MajorE||--------|-----------|-----------||--------|-----------|----------||---------
(G+G) (
C majorC)(G+G) (C majorC) (G+G)(D MajorD) (C majorC) (G+G) (C majorC)(G+G)(D MajorD)
G+G D MajorD G+G G+G D MajorD G+G
Climbing ..
E minorEm D MajorD E minorEm
I ..
E minorEm D MajorD E minorEm
Wind ..
G+G D MajorD G+G
Eagle ..
G+G D MajorD G+G
He ..
E minorEm D MajorD E minorEm
Came ..
E minorEm D MajorD E minorEm
Standing ..
Cmaj7Cmaj7 D MajorD Cmaj7Cmaj7
Had ..
information
D MajorD Cmaj7Cmaj7
[I] just ..
D MajorD Cmaj7Cmaj7
My ..
"Son," ..
Instrumental: Section A augmentedA (1X), then Section BB (1X)
verse 2
Instrumental: Section A augmentedA (1X), then Section BB (1X)
verse 3
etc.....
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VERSION 2
Bob Paley
[email protected]
Well, here goes. There are two different E MajorE chord forms, marked as E(1) and
E(2), just to confuse you...
Solsbury Hill - Peter Gabriel
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>From the First Album.
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 augmentedA E/A A augmentedA
A augmentedA E/A A augmentedA
Climbing ..
F# minorF#m 
E/F#E/F# F# minorF#m
I ..
F# minorF#m E/F#E/F# F# minorF#m
Wind ..
A augmentedA E/A A augmentedA
Eagle ..
A augmentedA E/A A augmentedA
He ..
F# minorF#m E/F#E/F# F# minorF#m
Came ..
F# minorF#m E/F#E/F# F# minorF#m
Standing..
Dmaj7Dmaj7 E/D Dmaj7Dmaj7
I ..
Dmaj7Dmaj7
I ..
E/D Dmaj7Dmaj7 F# minorF#m
Just ..
E(1) Dmaj7Dmaj7
My ..
Dmaj7Dmaj7 E/D Dmaj7Dmaj7 D MajorD A augmentedA 
Esus4Esus4 E(2)
Son, ..
Guitar motif x2
Verse 2:
Guitar motif x4
Verse 3:
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
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VERSION 3
Submitted by [email protected]
SOLSBURY HILL - Gabriel
=======================
Intro: A augmentedA E MajorE
A augmentedA E MajorE A augmentedA
Climbing...
F# minorF#m E MajorE F# minorF#m
I ..
F# minorF#m E MajorE F# minorF#m
Wind ..
A augmentedA E MajorE A augmentedA
Eagle ..
A augmentedA E MajorE A augmentedA
He ..
F# minorF#m E MajorE F# minorF#m
Came ..
F# minorF#m E MajorE F# minorF#m
Standing..
Dmaj7Dmaj7
I ..
(E MajorE) Dmaj7Dmaj7 Dmaj7Dmaj7
I ..
(E MajorE) Dmaj7Dmaj7 Hm9-7
Just ..
(E MajorE) Dmaj7Dmaj7
My ..
Dmaj7Dmaj7 D(Hm) A augmentedA Esus4Esus4 E MajorE (D MajorD the intro)
Son..
verse 2
verse 3
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VERSION 4
Solsbury Hill (Peter Gabriel)
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Intro:
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E/B BB E/B BB Gb/B
The Rest:
---------
........................
BB Gb/B B-B
Climbing ...
BB Gb/B B-B
I ..
AbmAbm Gb/Ab Abm-Abm
A augmentedA ...
AbmAbm Gb/Ab Abm-Abm
Eagle ..
BB Gb/B B-B
He ..
BB Gb/B B-B
Came ..
AbmAbm Gb/Ab Abm-Abm
Standing ..
AbmAbm Gb/Ab Abm-Abm
I had ..
Abm/E
I ..
Gb/E Abm/E-Abm/E Abm/E
I just ..
Gb/E Abm/E-Abm/E Abm/Db
My ...
Gb/Db Abm/Db-Abm/Db
"Son", he said,
Abm/Db Gb/Db Abm/Db
"Grab ..
DbmDbm 
EbmEbm E MajorE 
DbDb E/B
[intro]
verse 2
[intro]
verse 3
[intro to end]
Ending:
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E/B-E/B B, DbmDbm EbmEbm E MajorE 
GbGb BB
Other versions of Solsbury Hill
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