Solsbury Hill Chords

4 VERSIONS# From rpaley1@cc.swarthmore.edu (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 (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 .. Em D Em I .. Em D Em Wind .. G D G Eagle .. G D G He .. Em D Em Came .. Em D Em Standing .. Cmaj7 D Cmaj7 Had .. information D Cmaj7 [I] just .. D Cmaj7 My .. "Son," .. Instrumental: Section A (1X), then Section B (1X) verse 2 <Back home.> Instrumental: Section A (1X), then Section B (1X) verse 3 etc..... ------- VERSION 2 Bob Paley rpaley1@cc.swarthmore.edu Well, here goes. There are two different E 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 E/A A A E/A A Climbing .. F#m E/F# F#m I .. F#m E/F# F#m Wind .. A E/A A Eagle .. A E/A A He .. F#m E/F# F#m Came .. F#m E/F# F#m Standing.. Dmaj7 E/D Dmaj7 I .. Dmaj7 I .. E/D Dmaj7 F#m Just .. E(1) Dmaj7 My .. Dmaj7 E/D Dmaj7 D A Esus4 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 ------ VERSION 3 Submitted by jkr@ifi.uio.no SOLSBURY HILL - Gabriel ======================= Intro: A E A E A Climbing... F#m E F#m I .. F#m E F#m Wind .. A E A Eagle .. A E A He .. F#m E F#m Came .. F#m E F#m Standing.. Dmaj7 I .. (E) Dmaj7 Dmaj7 I .. (E) Dmaj7 Hm9-7 Just .. (E) Dmaj7 My .. Dmaj7 D(Hm) A Esus4 E (D the intro) Son.. verse 2 verse 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- VERSION 4 Solsbury Hill (Peter Gabriel) ----------------------------- Intro: ------ E/B B E/B B Gb/B The Rest: --------- ........................ B Gb/B B-B Climbing ... B Gb/B B-B I .. Abm Gb/Ab Abm-Abm A ... Abm Gb/Ab Abm-Abm Eagle .. B Gb/B B-B He .. B Gb/B B-B Came .. Abm Gb/Ab Abm-Abm Standing .. Abm 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 .. Dbm Ebm E Db E/B [intro] verse 2 [intro] verse 3 [intro to end] Ending: ------- E/B-E/B B, Dbm Ebm E Gb B