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].
🎸
Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -
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)
GDGGDG
Climbing ..
EmDEm
I ..
EmDEm
Wind ..
GDG
Eagle ..
GDG
He ..
EmDEm
Came ..
EmDEm
Standing ..
Cmaj7DCmaj7
Had ..
information
DCmaj7
[I] just ..
DCmaj7
My ..
"Son," ..
Instrumental: Section A (1X), then Section B (1X)
verse 2Instrumental: Section A (1X), then Section B (1X)
verse 3
etc.....
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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:
AE/AAAE/AA
Climbing ..
F#mE/F#F#m
I ..
F#mE/F#F#m
Wind ..
AE/AA
Eagle ..
AE/AA
He ..
F#mE/F#F#m
Came ..
F#mE/F#F#m
Standing..
Dmaj7E/DDmaj7
I ..
Dmaj7
I ..
E/DDmaj7F#m
Just ..
E(1) Dmaj7
My ..
Dmaj7E/DDmaj7DAEsus4E(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 jkr@ifi.uio.no
SOLSBURY HILL - Gabriel
=======================
Intro: AEAEA
Climbing...
F#mEF#m
I ..
F#mEF#m
Wind ..
AEA
Eagle ..
AEA
He ..
F#mEF#m
Came ..
F#mEF#m
Standing..
Dmaj7
I ..
(E) Dmaj7Dmaj7
I ..
(E) Dmaj7Hm9-7
Just ..
(E) Dmaj7
My ..
Dmaj7D(Hm) AEsus4E (D the intro)
Son..
verse 2verse 3
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VERSION 4
Solsbury Hill (Peter Gabriel)
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Intro:
------
E/BBE/BBGb/B
The Rest:
---------
........................
BGb/BB-B
Climbing ...
BGb/BB-B
I ..
AbmGb/AbAbm-AbmA ...
AbmGb/AbAbm-Abm
Eagle ..
BGb/BB-B
He ..
BGb/BB-B
Came ..
AbmGb/AbAbm-Abm
Standing ..
AbmGb/AbAbm-Abm
I had ..
Abm/E
I ..
Gb/EAbm/E-Abm/EAbm/E
I just ..
Gb/EAbm/E-Abm/EAbm/Db
My ...
Gb/DbAbm/Db-Abm/Db
"Son", he said,
Abm/DbGb/DbAbm/Db
"Grab ..
DbmEbmEDbE/B
[intro]
verse 2
[intro]
verse 3
[intro to end]
Ending:
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E/B-E/BB, DbmEbmEGbB
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