Mother Of Violence tab by Peter Gabriel

Song:Mother of violence
Artist:Peter Gabriel
Album:Peter Gabriel II
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 :

   Emin7                       Bmin7    Emin7
E--------3-----|-------3-----|-2--------3---|
B----3-------3-|---3-------3-|-------3--3---|
G------4-------|-----4-------|-----2----4---| Repeat
D--2-----------|-2-----------|---4------2---|
A--------------|-------------|-2------------|
e--------------|-------------|--------------|


Verse 1: (The sequence Emin7 / Bmin7 / Emin7 is played
          with the same pattern as the intro)

Emin7                      Bmin7     Emin7
   Walking the street ...
Emin7                      Bmin7     Emin7
   ...
Emin7                      Bmin7     Emin7
   ...
Emin7
   Everybody

  F#/A#                        B
   knows...                            she goes
E--------2-----|-------2-----|--------------|-------------|
B------2---2---|-----2---2---|-------4------|-------4-----|
G----3-------3-|---3-------3-|-----4---4----|-----4---4---|
D--------------|-------------|---4-------4--|---4-------4-|
A--1-----------|-1-----------|-2------------|-2-----------|
e--------------|-------------|--------------|-------------|


   B/A
E--------------|-------------|
B--------4-----|-------4-----|
G------4---4---|-----4---4---|
D----4-------4-|---4-------4-|
A--0-----------|-0-----------|
e--------------|-------------|


Verse 2:
*
   G                           D/F#
1. Fear,                       fear          she's the ...
2. breed.                      fear          she's the ...
E--3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|-----2-----2-|-----2-----2--|
B------3-----3-|-----3-----3-|---3---3-5---|---3---3-5----|
G----4-----4---|---4-----4---|-2-----------|-2------------|
D--------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
A--------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
e--3-----------|-3-----------|-2-----------|-2------------|


   G       D                   C       G/B         Amin7
1. mother of violence          don't ...
2. mother of violence          you know ...
E--------4-2---|-------2---2-|-------0-----|-------------|
B------3-------|---3-5---3---|-----1---3---|-----0-1-----|
G----4-------2-|-2-----2-----|---0-----0-0-|---0---0-0---| x2
D--2-------0---|-0-----------|---------0---|-0---------2-|(Da *)
A--------------|-------------|-3-------2---|-------0-----|
e--------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|


Verse 3:
**
   D6/9
1. need
2. breathe
E--------0-----|-------2-----|-------0-----|-------2-----|
B------0---0---|-----0---0---|-----0---0---|-----0---0---|
G----2-------2-|---2-------2-|---2-------2-|---2-------2-|
D--0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|
A--------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
e--------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|


  Cmaj7/9

E--------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
B--------0-----|-------3-----|-------0-----|-------3-----|
G------0---0---|-----0---0---|-----0---0---|-----0---0---| x2
D----2-------2-|---2-------2-|---2-------2-|---2-------2-|(Da **)
A--3-----------|-3-----------|-3-----------|-3-----------|
e--------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|


   D6/9                        D     (Emin7)       D7
   believe                     to believe in anything at all
E--------0-----|-------2-----|-------------|-------5-----|
B------0---0---|-----0---0---|-----3-----3-|-----3---7---|
G----2-------2-|---2-------2-|---2-----0---|---0-------5-|
D--0-----------|-0-----------|-0-----2-----|-4-----7-----|
A--------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
e--------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|


   G             Gsus4         G

E--x-----------|-x-----------|-x-----------|------7-5-3--|
B--0-------0---|-1-------1---|-0-----------|------8-7-5--|
G--0-0---0---0-|-0-0---0---0-|-0-----------|-------------| (Da Capo)
D--0---0-------|-0---0-------|-0-----------|-------------| (Verse 1)
A--2-----------|-2-----------|-2-----------|-------------|
e--3-------3---|-3-------3---|-3-----------|-------------|