Here Comes The Flood tab by Peter Gabriel

Song:Here comes the flood
Artist:Peter Gabriel
Album:Peter Gabriel I
Transcribed by: Andrea Baroncini (a.baro@tiscali.it)

Note:This transcription in far from being exact,
     it's only my own interpretation for acoustic guitar
     of the song.

     This work is dedicated to my daughter Laura,
     lamb for whom time had not a fold.
                       Scandicci, March 2006

Intro :

    C#min             B/D#      Aadd9/C#
E----------------------------|---------------------------|
B-----------4--5--------4----|-----------0---------------|
G--------6-------------4-----|--------2------------------|
D-----6---------------4------|-----2---------------------|
A--4-----------------6-------|--4------------------------|
e----------------------------|---------------------------|


    C#min             B/D#     Aadd9/C#
E----------------------------|-----------0000------------|
B-----------4--5--------4----|-----------2222------------|
G--------6-------------4-----|--------2--4444------------|
D-----6---------------4------|-----2---------------------|
A--4-----------------6-------|--4------------------------|
e----------------------------|---------------------------|


Verse 1:

1.When the night ...           signal grows ...
2.All the strange ...          they come and ...
   C#min             B          A
E--4-----------------x-------|---------------------------|
B--5-----------------4-------|--2------------------------|
G--6-----------------4-------|--2------------------------| x2
D--6-----------------4-------|--2------------------------|
A--4-----------------6-------|--0------------------------|
e--x-----------------7-------|--x------------------------|


Stranded starfish ...                              still
   B            G#/C            A
E----------------------------|---------------------------|
B-----------4-----------4----|--2------------------------|
G--------4-----------1-------|--2------------------------|
D-----4-----------1----------|--2------------------------|
A--2-----------3-------------|--0------------------------|
e----------------------------|--x------------------------|


waiting for the ...             tide.
   A     F#/A# B  G#/C          C#min
E----------------------------|--9------------------------|
B-----5-----7-----7-----9----|--9------------------------|
G--6-----6-----8-----8-------|--9------------------------|
D----------------------------|--11-----------------------|
A----------------------------|--11-----------------------|
e--5-----6-----7-----8-------|--9------------------------|

There's no ...                 we cannot ...
   Aadd9/B                      F#/A#        A
E--0-------------------------|--2------------------------|
B--0-------------------------|--2------------2--020------|
G--6-------------------------|--3------------2------2----|
D--7-------------------------|--x------------2-----------|
A--0-------------------------|--1------------0------0----|
e--7-------------------------|--x------------------------|

   E
E--0-------|
B--0-------|
G----------|
D----------|
A----------|
e--0-------|



Verse 2:

Lord,     here comes ...                           We'll
   E             E/D#       C#min
E--4-------------4-------|--4----------------------------|
B--5-------------5-------|--5----------------------------|
G--4-------------4-------|--6----------------------------|
D--6-------------6-------|--6----------------------------|
A--7-------------6-------|--4----------------------------|
e--x---------------------|--x----------------------------|

  say goodbye ...
   B         G#/C           C#min
E--2---------x-----------|--4----------------------------|
B--4---------4-----------|--5----------------------------|
G--4---------1-----------|--6----------------------------|
D--4---------1-----------|--6----------------------------|
A--2---------3-----------|--4----------------------------|
e--x---------x-----------|--x----------------------------|


If again ...
   G#/C                     C#min
E--x---------------------|--4----------------------------|
B--4---------------------|--5----------------------------|
G--1---------------------|--6----------------------------|
D--1------------------1--|--6----------------------------|
A--3---------1-----------|--4----------6---7---4---------|
e--x--------------4------|--x----------------------------|


It'll be those who ...
                            A
E--4----2----0-----------|--x----------------------------|
B-----------------4------|--2----------------------------|
G--5----3----1-----------|--2------------2---------------|
D-----------------4------|--2------------2---------------|
A------------------------|--0----------0-----------------|
e------------------------|--x----------------------------|


Drink up, dreamers...
   A                       Esus4 E
E--x---------------------|-------------------------------|
B--x---------0-----------|-------0-----------------------|
G--2--------------2------|--2----1-----------------------|
D--2--------------0------|--2----2-----------------------|
A--0----2----3-----------|--2----2-----------------------|
e--x---------------------|--0----0-----------------------|


An alternative arpeggio for Verse 1:

1.I took the old track...
2.On the tall cliffs...
    C#min            B          A
E------04---04----04----04---|-----04----04----04----04--|
B----4-----4-----4-----4-----|----4-----4-----4-----4----|
G----------------------------|---------------------------| x2
D----------------------------|---------------------------|
A--4-----4-----4-----2-------|--0-----0-----0-----0------|
e----------------------------|---------------------------|