Peter Gabriel – Here Comes The Flood tab
Chords:
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# ) 4x 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 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. 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 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. 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