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Here Comes The Flood by Peter Gabriel
Here Comes The Flood
Put the capo on 2nd fret and go from there. If you want to simplify the chord
diagram, just use the base chords shown(without /extensions, which I think sounds good too).
[Intro]
(C4/7 Cm7 Eb/Bb G#) (x4)
[Verse 1]
Cm Bb6 G#
When the night shows and signals grow on radios
Cm Bb6 G#
All the strange things that come and go as early warnings
Bb Gm7 G#
Stranded starfish have no place to hide
G# F/A Bb G/B Cm
Still waiting for the swollen Easter tide
Cm7/Bb F/A Fm/G# G# Eb
Theres no point in direction, we cannot even choose a side
[Verse 2]
Cm Bb6 G#
I took the old track, the hollow shoulder, across the water,
Cm Bb6 G#
On the tall cliffs, they were getting older, sons and daughters,
Bb Gm7 G#
The jaded underworld was riding high,
G# F/A Bb G/B Cm
And waves of steel hurled metal at the sky,
Cm7/Bb F/A Fm/G# G# Eb
And as the nails sunk in the cloud, The rain was warm and soaked the crowd.
[Chorus]
Eb Bb/D Cm
Lord, here comes the flood
Bb G/B Cm
We'll say goodbye, to flesh and blood
G/B Cm
If again the seas are silent in any still alive
G/B G/A G G/F G#
It'll be those who gave their island to survive
G#m Bbm B C# Eb
Drink up, dreamers, you're running dry
[Verse 3]
Cm Bb6 G#
When the flood calls, you have no home, you have no walls,
Cm Bb6 G#
In the thundercrash, you're a thousand minds within a flash,
Bb Gm7 G#
Don't be afraid to cry at what you see,
G# F/A Bb G/B Cm
The actor's gone, there's only you and me,
Cm7/Bb F/A Fm/G# G# Eb
And if we break before the dawn, they'll use up what we used to be.
[Chorus]
Eb Bb/D Cm
Lord, here comes the flood
Bb G/B Cm
We'll say goodbye, to flesh and blood
G/B Cm
If again the seas are silent in any still alive
G/C Ab]/Bb Ab Ab]/F# A]
It'll be those who gave their island to survive
G#m Bbm B C# Eb
Drink up, dreamers, you're running dry
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version 2
A6 = x02222
B9/A = x07647 (no 5)
A6/9 = x02422
F#6 * = xx4x42
Chorus ending
e|-----------------|--------------------|
B|-1---3---5---7---|-9------------------|
G|-2---4---5---7---|-9------------------|
D|-----------------|--------------------|
A|-0---2---3---5---|-7------------------|
E|-----------------|--------------------|
Am Bm Am/C D E
ORDER: I V1 PC1 V2 PC2 C1 V3 PC3 C2
[INTRO]
C#m7 | | Aadd9 | |
C#m7 | | Aadd9 | |
C#m7 | | Amaj9 | |
C#m7 | | A6/9 | |
[VERSE 1]
C#m C#m7/B
When the night shows
Amaj9
the signals grow on radios
C#m7 Emaj7/B
All the strange things
Amaj9
they come and go, as early warnings
[PRE-CHORUS 1]
B E/G# Aadd9
Stranded starfish have no place to hide
Amaj7 F#7/A# B G#7/B# C#madd9
still waiting for the swollen Easter tide
B4
There's no point in direction
A#m7-5 A6 Aadd9 E
we can - not even choose a side.
[VERSE 2]
C#m7 Emaj7/B
I took the old track
B9/A
the hollow shoulder, across the waters
C#m9 E/B
On the tall cliffs
Amaj7
they were getting older, sons and daughters
[PRE-CHORUS 2]
B G#m7 Bsus4/G# Aadd9
The jaded underworld was riding high
Amaj7 F#7/A# B G#7/B# C#m
Waves of steel hurled metal at the sky
B4
and as the nail sunk in the cloud,
A#m7-5 A6 Aadd9 E
the rain was warm and soaked the crowd.
[CHORUS 1]
E Emaj7/B C#m C#m7
Lord, here comes the flood
B G#/B# C#m
We'll say goodbye to flesh and blood
G#/B#
If again the seas are silent
C#m C#m C#madd9
in a - ny still alive
G#/B# D#sus4/A# G#5 F#6 * Aadd9
It 'll be those who gave their is - land to survive
Am Bm Am/C D E
Drink up, dreamers, you're running dry.
[VERSE 3]
C#m7 Emaj7/B
When the flood calls
Amaj9
You have no home, you have no walls
C#m C#sus2 Emaj7/B
In the thun - der crash
Amaj9
You're a thousand minds, within a flash
[PRE-CHORUS 3]
B Eadd9/G# A
Don't be afraid to cry at what you see
Amaj7 F#7/A# B G#7/B# C#m
The actors gone, there's only you and me
B4
And if we break before the dawn,
A#m7-5 A6 Aadd9 E
they'll use up what we used to be.
[CHORUS 2]
E Emaj7/B C#m
Lord, here comes the flood
B G#/B# C#m
We'll say goodbye to flesh and blood
G#/B#
If again the seas are silent
C#m
in a - ny still alive
G#/B# D#sus4/A# G#5 F#6 * Aadd9
It 'll be those who gave their is - land to survive
Am Bm Am/C D E
Drink up, dreamers, you're running dry.
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version 3
TAB Legend:
h - Hammer-on
p - Pull-off
b - Bend note
r - Return from bend
s - Slide
\ - Slide down
~ - Vibrato
solo
e|--------------------------|---------------------|
B|--------------------------|---------------------|
G|--------------------------|-11b13-13r11-9-11----|
D|------6s4---------2s4-----|------------------11-|
A|-11s4-----2s4-2s4-----7s4-|---------------------|
E|--------------------------|---------------------|
e|----------------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-12b14r-9-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|----------11b12p9----9-11-------9-|------9-9----------11-11-|
D|------------------11------11-11---|-9s11-----11-11s13-------|
A|----------------------------------|-------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|-------------------------|
e|------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------9s10~~~\-|----------------9h10-10p9-9s14-14-14~~~~b16r14~~~~~~~\-|
G|------------------------|---------8-9-11----------------------------------------|
D|-11b13r11p9-------------|-9s11-11-----------------------------------------------|
A|------------11----------|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
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