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Slowburn

Peter Gabriel
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
 <piano and="" organ="" fade="" in="">
 ~~~~~~
 ||
 
 
  <enter drums="" and="" others="">
 |
 
 
 
 
 
 (0:28-)
 ~~~~~~~
  ||
 We're  character actors from the Tower of Babel
  |
 
 
 Be-wildered,  burned out hard-ly able
  |
 To  sit astride the high wire cable
 |
 
 
  It's  hard to balance, a little un-sta-ble.
  <enter strings="">
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   Through broken eyes and contact lenses
  I Watched you draw your future tenses
 |
 
   See kisses of flame blow out of your lips
  |
 
  You're  back telling me your A-pocalypse.
 (0:57-)
 ~~~~~~~~
 |
 
 
  Don't  get me wrong, (yeah) I'll be strong
  | |
 
 
   ||6/8
 When the slowburn sunset come along
 |
 
   ||4/4
  You've  gotta stay the night
 |
 
 
   ||6/8
 |
 
   ||4/4
  I  gotta think that you might.
 (1:18-)
  <guitar solo="">
 ~~~~~~~~~
 |
 
 
 
 
 
 (1:33-)
  We've tried a handful of bills and a handful of pills
  We've tried making movies from a volume of stills
  The words fell like hailstones, bouncing at our feet,
  Covering our feelings with a frozen sheet.
  A chance to move, I take a shot
  I get cold - you get hot
  We look outside, lyin' awake
  See birds breaking surface on a silent lake.
 (2:02-)
  But don't get me wrong, (yeah) I'll be strong
  When I'm back on the Isle of Avalon
  Dont get me wrong, (yeah) I'll be strong
  When the slow burn sunset come along
  You've got to stay the night
  I've got to think that you might.
 (2:40-)
 ~~~~
 |
 
  Don't  try to make it easy,
  |
 
 
  |3/4  ||4/4
 It'll cut you down to size
 |
 
  Darlin'  we've got to trust in something
  |
 
 
  |3/4  ||
 We're shooting down our skies
  <piano solo="" freely="">
 ||3/4 Ab || (X 7 bars)
 |4/4
 
 
 
   Shooting down, shooting down our
  <enter guitar="" solo="">
 ||
 
 
 
  Skies...
 |
 
 
   ||7/4
 
   ||4/4
 |
 
 
   Shooting down our...
   <piano &="" synth="" freely="" to="" fade="">

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Readable chord sheet for Slowburn by Peter Gabriel

<piano and="" organ="" fade="" in="">

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||
 [Eb]
 

  <enter drums="" and="" others="">

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   [Bb]
   [Eb]
   [Bb]
   [C]
   [D]

(0:28-)
~~~~~~~
    ||
We'[Eb]re character actors from the Tower of Babel
  |
   [Bb]
   [C]
Be-[D]wildered, burned out hard-ly  able
  |
To [Eb]  sit astride the high wire cable
|
   [Bb]
   [C]
   [Bb]It's hard to balance, a little un-sta-ble.

   <enter strings="">

|
    [Abmaj7]
    [Ab]   Through broken eyes and contact lenses
       I Watched you draw your future tenses
|
    [Bbmaj7]
    [Bb]   See kisses of flame blow out of your lips
       |
    [Bbmaj7]
 You[Bb]'re back telling me your A-pocalypse.

(0:57-)
~~~~~~~~
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    [Ab]
    [Bb]
 Don[Cm]'t get me wrong, (yeah) I'll be strong
        |               |
    [Gm]
    [F]
    [Bb] ||6/8
When the slowburn sunset come along
|
    [Ab]
    [Bb]  ||4/4
   Y[Eb]ou've gotta stay        the night

|
    [Gm]
    [F]
    [Bb]  ||6/8

|
    [Ab]
    [Bb]            ||4/4
   I[C#] gotta think that you       might.

(1:18-)
    <guitar solo="">

~~~~~~~~~
|
     [Bb]
     [Eb]
     [Bb]
     [C]
     [D]

(1:33-)

 We've tried a handful of bills and a handful of pills
 We've tried making movies from a volume of stills
 The words fell like hailstones, bouncing at our feet,
 Covering our feelings with a frozen sheet.

 A chance to move, I take a shot
 I get cold - you get hot
 We look outside, lyin' awake
 See birds breaking surface on a silent lake.

(2:02-)

 But don't get me wrong, (yeah) I'll be strong
 When I'm back on the Isle of Avalon

 Dont get me wrong, (yeah) I'll be strong
 When the slow burn sunset come along
 You've got to stay the night
 I've got to think that you might.

(2:40-)
~~~~
|
     [Fm]
    D[Gm]on't try to make it easy,
     |
     [Ab]
     [Bb]
     [Bbsus4]|3/4  ||4/4
It'll cut you down to size
|
     [Fm]
    D[Gm]arlin' we've got to trust in something
     |
     [Ab]
     [Bb]
     [Bbsus4]|3/4  ||
We're   shooting down our skies

     <piano solo="" freely="">

||3/4 Ab   || (X 7 bars)

|4/4
      [Abm]
      [C#m]
      [Abm]
      [C#m]  Shooting down,     shooting down our

      <enter guitar="" solo="">

||
       [Fm]
       [Gm]
       [Ab]
  Skies[Bb]...

|
       [Fm]
       [Gm]
       [Ab]   ||7/4
       [Bb]
       [Bbsus4] ||4/4

|
       [Fm]
       [Gm]
       [Ab]         Shooting down our...

  [Bb7]     <piano &="" synth="" freely="" to="" fade="">

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