Here Comes The Flood
Peter GabrielVersion1
90
Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
( /7 ) 4x
When the night shows and signals grow on radios
All the strange things that come and go as early warnings
Stranded starfish have no place to hide
Still waiting for the swollen Easter tide
Theres no point in direction, we cannot even choose a side
I took the old track, the hollow shoulder, across the water,
On the tall cliffs, they were getting older, sons and daughters,
The jaded underworld was riding high,
And waves of steel hurled metal at the sky,
And as the nails sunk in the cloud, The rain was warm and soaked the crowd.
Lord, here comes the flood
We'll say goodbye, to flesh and blood
If again the seas are silent in any still alive
It'll be those who gave their island to survive
Drink up, dreamers, you're running dry
When the flood calls, you have no home, you have no walls,
In the thundercrash, you're a thousand minds within a flash,
Don't be afraid to cry at what you see,
The actor's gone, there's only you and me,
And if we break before the dawn, they'll use up what we used to be.
Lord, here comes the flood
We'll say goodbye, to flesh and blood
If again the seas are silent in any still alive
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It'll be those who gave their island to survive
Drink up, dreamers, you're running dry
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Readable chord sheet for Here Comes The Flood by Peter Gabriel
( [Csus4]/7 [Cm7] [Eb] [Ab] ) 4x [Cm]When the night [Bb6]shows and s[Ab]ignals grow on radios [Cm]All the strange [Bb6]things that c[Ab]ome and go as early warnings [Bb]Stranded starfish h[Gm7]ave no [Ab]place to hide Still [Ab]waiting f[F/A]or the[Bb] swollen [G/B]Easter[Cm] tide Theres [Cm7]no p[Bb]oint in direction, we [F/A]canno[Fm/Ab]t even[Ab] choose a [Eb]side [Cm]I took the old [Bb6]track, the h[Ab]ollow shoulder, across the water, [Cm]On the tall cliffs[Bb6], they were g[Ab]etting older, sons and daughters, [Bb]The jaded underw[Gm7]orld was [Ab]riding high, And [Ab]waves of st[F/A]eel hurled[Bb] metal [G/B]at the [Cm]sky, And [Cm7]as t[Bb]he nails sunk in the cloud, The [F/A]rain wa[Fm/Ab]s warm an[Ab]d soaked the c[Eb]rowd. [Eb]Lord, here [Bb/D]comes the [Cm]flood [Bb]We'll say good[G/B]bye, to flesh and b[Cm]lood If a[G/B]gain the seas are silent in[Cm] any still alive [G/B]It'll be[G/A] those w[G]ho gave th[G/F]eir i[Ab]sland to survive Drink [Abm]up, [Bbm] dr[B]eamers, [C#]you're running [Eb]dry [Cm]When the flood [Bb6]calls, you h[Ab]ave no home, you have no walls, [Cm]In the thundercras[Bb6]h, you're a t[Ab]housand minds within a flash, [Bb]Don't be afraid to c[Gm7]ry at w[Ab]hat you see, The [Ab]actor's g[F/A]one, there's[Bb] only [G/B]you and[Cm] me, And [Cm7]if w[Bb]e break before the dawn, they'll [F/A]use u[Fm/Ab]p what w[Ab]e used to [Eb]be. [Eb]Lord, here [Bb/D]comes the [Cm]flood [Bb]We'll say good[G/B]bye, to flesh and b[Cm]lood If [G/B]again the seas are silent in[Cm] any still alive [G/C] [Ab]]/[Bb] [Ab] [Ab]]/[F#] [A]] It'll be those who gave their island to survive Drink [Abm]up, [Bbm] dr[B]eamers, [C#]you're running [Eb]dry