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Peter Gabriel
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D-DU-UDU
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 *SO*
 >1. RED RAIN
 >2. SLEDGEHAMMER
 >3. DON'T GIVE UP
 >4. THAT VOICE AGAIN
 >5. IN YOUR EYES
 >6. MERCY STREET
 >7. BIG TIME
 >8. WE DO WHAT WE'RE TOLD (MILGRAM'S 37)
 >9. THIS IS THE PICTURE (EXCELLENT BIRDS)
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 1...RED RAIN... by Peter Gabriel
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 Red rain  is coming down,  red rain.
 Red rain  is pouring down,
 Pouring down,  all over me.
 I am standing  up at the water's  edge, in my dream.
 I cannot make a single  sound, as you scream.
 It can't be that cold;
 The ground is still warm  to touch, and we touch.
 This place is so quiet;  sensing that storm.
 Red rain  is coming down,  red rain.
 Red rain  is pouring down,
 Pouring down,  all over me.
 Well, I've seen  them buried in a sheltered  place in this town.
 They tell you that this rain  can sting, and look down.
 There is no blood  around; see no sign  of pain, no pain.
 Seeing no red  at all, see no rain.
 Red rain  is coming down,  red rain.
 Red rain  is pouring down,
 Pouring down,  all over me.
 Putting the pressure on much harder now;
 To return again and again.
 Just let the red rain splash you;
 Let the rain fall on your skin.
 I come to you defences down; with the trust of a child.
 Red rain  is coming down,  red rain.
 Red rain  is pouring down,
 Pouring down,  all over me.
 And I can't watch  any more; no more  denial.
 It's so hard  to lay down, in all of this;
 Red rain  is coming down,  red rain.
 Red rain  is pouring down,
 Pouring down,  all over me.  (I see it);
 Red rain  is coming down,  red rain.
 Red rain  is pouring down,
 Pouring down,  all over me.  (I'm bathing in);
 Red rain  is coming down,  red rain.
 Red rain  is pouring down,
 Pouring down,  all over me.  (I'm begging you);
 Red rain  is coming down,
 Red rain  is coming down.
 Red rain  is coming down,
 Red rain  is coming down.
 Over me,  in the red,  red sea,
 Over me...
 Over me,  red rain.
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 2...SLEDGEHAMMER... by Peter Gabriel
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 (Original Key: )
  You  could have a stream  train,
 If you'd just  lay down  your tracks.
 You could have an aero-plane, flying,
 If you bring  your blue  sky back.
 All you do is call  me... I'll be anything you need.
  You  could have a big  dipper,
 Going up and down,  a-round  the bends.
 You could have a bumper car, bumping,
 This a-musement never ends.
 I wanna be,
 (Your Sledgehammer).
 Why don't you call  my name?
 Oh, let me be,  (your Sledgehammer),
 This will be  my testimony.
 Yeah,
 (Yeah).
  Show  me round your fruitcage,
 'Cos I will be  your honey bee.
 Open up your fruitcage,
 Where the fruit  is as sweet  as can be.
 I wanna be,
 (Your Sledgehammer).
 Why don't you call  my name?
 You'd better call,  (The Sledgehammer),
 Put your mind  at rest. I'm gonna be;
 (The Sledgehammer),
 This can be  my testimony, yeah!
 I'm your sledgehammer,
 Let there be  no doubt about it.
 Sledge, sledge, sledgehammer.
 Get ready!
 I've kicked the habit, (I've kicked the habit),
 Shed my skin,  (shed my skin).
 This is the new stuff, (this is the new stuff),
 I go dancing  in, we go dancing  in. Oh, won't you...
 Show for me, (show for me),
 I will show  for you,  (show for you).
 Show for me, (show for me),
 I will show  for you,  yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
 I do mean you,  only you,
 You've been coming  through, going to build that power,
 Build, build, build, build, build that power.
 I've been feeding my rhythm,
 I've been feeding the rhythm,  going to feel that power,  hey...
 Build in you.
 Come on, come on help me do, come on, come on help  me do.
 Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, you!
 I've been feeding my rhythm,
 I've been feeding my rhythm.
 It's what we're doing,  doing all day and night.
 (Fade)
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 3...DON'T GIVE UP... by Peter Gabriel/Kate Bush
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 (Original Key: )
 In this  proud land we grew  up strong;
 We were wanted  all a-long.
 I was taught to fight, taught  to win;
 I never thought  I could fail.
 No fight left, or so  it seems,
 I am a man  whose dreams  have all de-ser-ted.
 I've changed my face,  I've changed  my name,
 But no one wants  you when  you lose.
 Don't give up,  'cos you have  friends.
 Don't give up;  you're not beaten  yet.
 Don't give up;  I know  you can make  it good.
 Though I saw it all  a-round;
 Never thought  I could be af-fec-ted.
 Thought that we'd be  the last  to go;
 It is so strange  the way things turn.
 Drove the night to-ward  my home,
 The place that I  was born; on the lake-side.
 As daylight broke  I saw  the earth;
 The trees had burned  down to  the ground.
 Don't give up;  you still have  us.
 Don't give up;  we don't need  much of anything.
 Don't give up;
 'Cos somewhere  there's a place  where we  be-long.
 Rest your head,
 You worry too much.
 It's going to be al-right.
 When times  get rough, you can fall back  on us.
 Don't give up, please,  don't give up.
 Got to walk  out of here; I can't take  anymore.
 Going to stand  on that bridge; keep my eyes  down below.
 What-ever  may come and what-ever  may go;
 That river's flowing,  that river's flowing.
 Moved on to a-nother town;
 Tried hard  to settle down.
 For every job;  so many men,
 So many men  no-one needs.
 Don't give up,  'cos you have  friends.
 Don't give up;  you're not beaten  yet.
 Don't give up;  no reason to be  ashamed.
 Don't give up;  you still  have us.
 Don't give up  now; we're proud  of who you are,
 Don't give up;  you know it's never  been easy.
 Don't give up;
 'Cos I be-lieve  there's a place,
 There's a place where we be-long.
 Don't give up,  don't give up,  don't give up.
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 4...THAT VOICE AGAIN... by Peter Gabriel
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 I want  to be with you, I want  to be clear.
 But each  time I try, it's the voice  I hear.
 I hear  that voice  a-gain.
 I'm listening to the conversation,  judge and jury in  my head.
 It's colouring everything; all  we did  and said.
 And still I hear that sharp  tongue talking,  talking tangled  words.
 I can sense the danger;  just listen to  the wind.
 I want  you close, I want  you near,
 I can't  help but listen, but I don't want to  hear.
 Hear that voice  a-gain.
 I want  to be with you, I want  to be clear.
 But each  time I try, it's the voice  I hear.
 I hear  that voice  a-gain.
 I'm hearing right and wrong  so clearly,  there must be more  than this.
 It's only in uncertainty, that we're naked  and alive.
 I hear it through the rattle  of a streetcar,
 Hear it through the things  you said.
 I can get so scared; listen to  the wind.
 I want  you close, I want  you near,
 I can't  help but listen, but I don't want to  hear.
 Hear that voice  a-gain.
 What I carry  in my heart,
 Brings us so close,  or so far a-part.
 Only love  can make love...
 I want  to be with you, I want  to be clear.
 But each  time I try, it's the voice  I hear.
 I hear  that voice  a-gain.
 I want  to be with you, I want  to be clear.
 But each  time I try, it's the voice  I hear.
 I hear  that voice  a-gain.
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 5...IN YOUR EYES... by Peter Gabriel
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 Love...
 I get  so lost some-times.
 Days pass,
 And this emptiness fills  my heart.
 When I want to run  away,
 I drive  off in  my car.
 But which-ever way  I go,
 I come back  to the place  you are.
 All my instincts,  they return,
 And the grand facade,  so soon will burn.
 Without a noise,  without my pride,
 I reach out from the inside...
 In your eyes,  the light, the heat, (your  eyes), I am complete.
 (Your eyes), I see the doorway, (your  eyes), to a thousand churches.
 (Your eyes), the resolution, (your  eyes), to all the fruitless searches.
 (Your eyes), oh,  I see the light and the heat,
 (Your eyes), I  wanna be that com-plete.
 (Your eyes), I wanna touch  the light, the heat I see in your  eyes.
 Love...
 I don't like  to see so  much pain,
 So...much wasted,
 And this moment  keeps slipping  a-way.
 I get so tired,
 Of working  so hard  for our  sur-vival,
 I look to  the time  with you,
 To keep  me awake and  a-live.
 All my instincts,  they return,
 And the grand facade,  so soon will burn.
 Without a noise,  without my pride,
 I reach out from the inside...
 In your eyes,  (your  eyes),
 (Your eyes), in your eyes.
 In your eyes,  the light, the heat, (your  eyes), I am complete.
 (Your eyes), I see the doorway, (your  eyes), to a thousand churches.
 (Your eyes), the resolution, (your  eyes), to all the fruitless searches.
 (Your eyes), oh,  I see the light and the heat,
 (Your eyes), I  wanna be that com-plete.
 (Your eyes), I wanna touch  the light, the heat I see in your  eyes.
 (Your eyes), in your eyes,
 (In your  eyes), in your  eyes.
 (Repeat to Fade)
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 6...MERCY STREET... by Peter Gabriel
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 (Original Key: )
 Looking down on empty streets; all  she can see,
 Are the dreams  all made solid, are the dreams  made real.
 All of the buildings, all  of the cars.
 Were once  just a dream in somebody's  head.
 She pictures  the broken glass, pictures  the steam,
 She pictures  a soul with no  leak at the seam.
 With no  leak at the seam.
 Let's take the boat out, (wait until darkness).
 Let's take the boat out, (wait until darkness comes).
 Nowhere in the corridors of pale  green and grey.
 Nowhere in the suburbs, in the cold  light of day.
 There in the midst of it, so a-live  and alone,
 Words support like bone.
 Dreaming of Mer-cy Street; where  you're in-side out.
 Dreaming of mercy,  in your daddy's  arms a-gain.
 Dreaming of Mer-cy Street; swear  they moved that sign.
 Dreaming of mercy,  in your daddy's  arms...
 Pulling out the papers from the drawers  that slide smooth,
 Tugging at the darkness, word  upon word.
 Con-fessing  all the secret things, in the warm  velvet box,
 To the priest;  he's the doctor; he can handle  the shocks.
 Dreaming of the tenderness, the tremble  in the hips;
 Of kissing  Mary's lips.
 Dreaming of Mer-cy Street; where  you're in-side out.
 Dreaming of mercy,  in your daddy's  arms a-gain.
 Dreaming of Mer-cy Street; swear  they moved that sign.
 Dreaming of mercy,  in your daddy's  arms...
 Mercy...Mercy... Looking for mercy.
 Mercy...
 Looking for mercy...
 Looking for mercy...
 Looking for mercy...
 Anne, with her father, is out  in the boat,
 Riding the water,  riding the waves on the sea.
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 7...BIG TIME... by Peter Gabriel
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 (Original Key: Gm)
 I'm on my way,  I'm making  it.
 I've got to make  it show,  yeah!
So  much larger  than life.
 I'm going to watch  it growing.
 Oh......oh,
 Oh......oh.
 The place where I come from, is a small  town.
 They think so small, they use small words.
 But not me;  I'm smarter than that;  I worked it out.
 I've been stretching my mouth,
 To let those big  words come right out.
 I've had enough,  I'm getting out, to the city,  the big, big city.
 I'll be a big noise, with all the big boys,
 There's so  much stuff I will own.
 And I will pray to a big God,  as I kneel in the big church.
 (Big Time),  I'm on my way,  I'm making  it,
 (Big Time),  oh yes.
 (Big Time),  I've got to make  it show,  yeah!
 (Big Time), so  much larger  than life.
 (Big Time),  I'm going to watch  it growing.
 (Big Time).
 Oh-oh  oh, oh oh, oh-oh oh, oh oh.
 My parties have all the big  names,
 And I greet them with the widest smile.
 Tell them how my life is one big ad-venture.
 And always they're a-mazed,
 When I show them 'round my house,  to my bed.
 I had it made  like a mountain range,
 With a snow-white pillow  for my big fat head.
 And my Heaven will be a big Heaven,
 And I will walk through the front door.
 (Big Time),  I'm on my way,  I'm making  it,
 (Big Time),  oh yes.
 (Big Time),  I've got to make  it show,  yeah!
 (Big Time), so  much larger  than life.
 (Big Time),  I'm going to watch  it growing.
 (Big Time).
 (Big Time), my car is getting bigger,
 (Big Time), my house is getting bigger.
 (Big Time), my eyes are getting bigger,
 (Big Time)...and my mouth.
 (Big Time), my belly is getting bigger,
 (Big Time), and my bank account.
 (Big Time), look at my, circumstance,
 (Big Time), and the bulge  in my,
 Big, big, big, big, big, big, big.
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 8...WE DO WHAT WE'RE TOLD (MILGRAM'S 37)... by Peter Gabriel
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 (Synthesizer; Chords suggested)
 We do what we're told,
 We do what we're told.
 We do what we're told, told to do.
 We do what we're told,
 We do what we're told.
 We do what we're told, told to do.
 One doubt,  one voice,  one war,  one truth.
 One dream...
 (Fade)
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 9...THIS IS THE PICTURE (EXCELLENT BIRDS)... by Peter Gabriel
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 (Fades In)
 Flying birds, excellent birds. Watch them fly; there they go.
 Falling snow, excellent snow. Here it comes; watch it fall.
 Long words, excellent words. I can hear them now.
 This is the picture, this is the picture.
 This is the picture, this is the picture.
 I'm sitting by the window, watching the snow fall.
 I'm looking out and I'm moving, turning in time; catching up.
 Moving in, jump up! I can land on my feet. Look out!
 This is the picture, this is the picture.
 This is the picture, this is the picture.
 Looking out, watching out,
 When I see the future, I close my eyes. I can see it now.
 I see pictures  of people rising up, pictures of people falling down.
 I see pictures of people, they're standing on their heads; they're ready.
 I see pictures of people rising up, pictures of people falling down.
 I see pictures of people, they're standing on their heads; they're ready
 They're looking out, look out! They're watching out.
 They're looking out, look out! They're watching out, watch out!
 I see pictures  of people, I see pictures of people.
 I see pictures of people, I see pictures of people.
 I see pictures of people, I see pictures of people.
 I see pictures of people, I see pictures of people.
 (Repeat to Fade)
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Readable chord sheet for So by Peter Gabriel

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*SO*

>1. RED RAIN
>2. SLEDGEHAMMER
>3. DON'T GIVE UP
>4. THAT VOICE AGAIN
>5. IN YOUR EYES
>6. MERCY STREET
>7. BIG TIME
>8. WE DO WHAT WE'RE TOLD (MILGRAM'S 37)
>9. THIS IS THE PICTURE (EXCELLENT BIRDS)
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1...RED RAIN... by Peter Gabriel
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[D/C]

[Cmaj7]  Red [D]rain is coming [Cmaj7]down, red [D]rain.
[Cmaj7]  Red [D]rain is pouring [Cmaj7]down,
Pouring [D]down, all over [Em]me.

I am [Em]standing up at the [D/E]water's edge, in my [Em]dream.
I cannot make a [D/E]single sound, as you [Em]scream.
[Em7] It can't be that [A/E]cold;
The ground is still [Em]warm to touch, and we touch.
This place is so [D/E]quiet; sensing that [C]storm.

[Cmaj7]  Red [D]rain is coming [Cmaj7]down, red [D]rain.
[Cmaj7]  Red [D]rain is pouring [Cmaj7]down,
Pouring [D]down, all over [Em]me.

Well, I've [Em]seen them buried in a [D/E]sheltered place in this [Em]town.
They tell you that this [D/E]rain can sting, and look down.
[Em7] There is no [A/E]blood around; see no [Em]sign of pain, no pain.
Seeing no [D/E]red at all, see no [C]rain.

[Cmaj7]  Red [D]rain is coming [Cmaj7]down, red [D]rain.
[Cmaj7]  Red [D]rain is pouring [Cmaj7]down,
Pouring [D]down, all over [Em]me.

[D/E]  [G/E]  [Gsus4] [E]  [G/E]
[D/C]  [G/C]  [Gsus4] [C]  [G/C]
[D/A]  [G/A]  [Gsus4] [A]  [G/A]
[D/F#]  [G/F#]  [Gsus4] [F]  [G/F]

[G/F] Putting the pressure on much harder now;
To return again and again.
Just let the red rain splash you;
Let the rain fall on your skin.
I come to you defences down; with the trust of a [Em]child.

[Cmaj7]  Red [D]rain is coming [Cmaj7]down, red [D]rain.

[Cmaj7]  Red [D]rain is pouring [Cmaj7]down,
Pouring [D]down, all over [Em]me.

[Em] And I can't [C]watch any more; no [Em]more denial.
It's so [C]hard to lay down, in all of this;

[Cmaj7]  Red [D]rain is coming [Cmaj7]down, red [D]rain.
[Cmaj7]  Red [D]rain is pouring [Cmaj7]down,
Pouring [D]down, all over [Em]me. (I see it);

[Cmaj7]  Red [D]rain is coming [Cmaj7]down, red [D]rain.
[Cmaj7]  Red [D]rain is pouring [Cmaj7]down,
Pouring [D]down, all over [Em]me. (I'm bathing in);

[Cmaj7]  Red [D]rain is coming [Cmaj7]down, red [D]rain.
[Cmaj7]  Red [D]rain is pouring [Cmaj7]down,
Pouring [D]down, all over [Em]me. (I'm begging you);

[Cmaj7]  Red [D]rain is coming [Cmaj7]down,
[Cmaj7]  Red [D]rain is coming [Cmaj7]down.
[Cmaj7]  Red [D]rain is coming [Cmaj7]down,
[Cmaj7]  Red [D]rain is coming [Cmaj7]down.
Over [D]me, in the [Cmaj7]red, red [Dsus4]sea,
Over [Cmaj7]me...  [Dsus4]
Over [Em]me, red rain.

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  [D/F#]    [G/F#]   [Gsus4] [F]   [G/F]    [Dsus4]

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2...SLEDGEHAMMER... by Peter Gabriel
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(Original Key: [Ebm])

[Dm]  [Bb7]  [G7]  [A7]

[D]  [C]

 [C]You could have a [D]stream train,[C]   [D]      [C]
If you'd [D]just lay [C]down your [D]tracks.
[C] You could have an [D]aero-[C]plane, [D]flying,[C]
If you [D]bring your [C]blue sky [D]back.

[C] All you do is [Bm]call me... I'll be anything you [D]need.

[D]  [C]  [D]  [C]  [N.C.]

 [N.C.]You could have a b[D]ig dipper, [C]    [D]
[C] Going up and [D]down, a-[C]round the [D]bends.
[C] You could have a [D]bumper [C]car, [D]bumping,[C]
This a-[D]musement [C]never [D]ends.[C]

I wanna [Bm7]be,  [C]
[Em7] (Your Sledgehammer).[Bm7]     [C]
Why don't you [Em7]call my name? [Bm7]      [C]
Oh, let me [Em7]be, (your Sledgehammer),[Bm7]     [C]
This will [Em7]be my testimony.

[D] Yeah,[C]
[D] (Yeah).[C]

[D]  [C]  [D]  [C]  [N.C.]

 [N.C.]Show me round your f[D]ruitcage, [C]    [D]       [C]
'Cos I will [D]be your [C]honey [D]bee.
[C] Open up your [D]fruitcage, [C]    [D]       [C]
Where the [D]fruit is as [C]sweet as can [D]be.[C]

I wanna [Bm7]be,  [C]
[Em7] (Your Sledgehammer). [Bm7]      [C]
Why don't you [Em7]call my name? [Bm7]      [C]
You'd better [Em7]call, (The Sledgehammer),[Bm7]     [C]
Put your [Em7]mind at rest. I'm gonna [Bm7]be;  [C]

[Em7] (The Sledgehammer),[Bm7]     [C]
This can [Em7]be my testimony,[Bm7]     [C]yeah!
I'm your [Em7]sledgehammer,[Bm7]     [C]
Let there [Em7]be no doubt about it.

[Dm] Sledge, sledge, [A7]sledgehammer.

[Dm]  [Bb7]  [G7]  [Dm]  [Bb7]

[G7] Get ready!

[Dm] I've kicked the habit, (I've kicked the habit),
[Bb7] Shed my skin,[G7] (shed my skin).
[Dm] This is the new stuff, (this is the new stuff),
I go [Bb7]dancing in, we go [G7]dancing in. Oh, won't you...

[Dm] Show for me, (show for me),
I will [Bb7]show for you,[G7] (show for you).
[Dm] Show for me, (show for me),
I will [Bb7]show for you,[G7] yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

I do mean [Dm]you, only you,
You've been [Bb7]coming through, going to build that [G7]power,
Build, build, build, build, build that power.
[Dm] I've been feeding my rhythm,
I've been feeding the [Bb7]rhythm, going to feel that [G7]power, hey...

Build in [Dm]you.
Come on, come on help me do, come on, come on [Bb7]help me do.
[G7] Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, you!

[Dm] I've been feeding my rhythm,
I've been feeding my [Bb7]rhythm.
It's what we're [G7]doing, doing all day and night.

(Fade)

CHORD DIAGRAMS:

   [Dm]      [Bb7]     [G7]      [D]       [C]       [Bm]      [Bm7]     [Em7]     [A7]

 [E][A][D][G][B][E]  [E][A][D][G][B][E]  [E][A][D][G][B][E]  [E][A][D][G][B][E]  [E][A][D][G][B][E]  [E][A][D][G][B][E]  [E][A][D][G][B][E]  [E][A][D][G][B][E]  [E][A][D][G][B][E]
 xx0231  x13131  323000  xx0232  x32010  x24432  x24232  022030  x02223

3...DON'T GIVE UP... by Peter Gabriel/Kate Bush
--------------------...........................

(Original Key: [Cm])

In [Am]this proud land we [G/A]grew up [Am]strong;
[G/B] We were [C]wanted all a-[F]lon[C]g.
I was taught to [G]fight, [C/G]taught to [G]win;
I never [Am]thought I [G/A]could [Am]fail.

[Am] No fight left, or [G/A]so it [Am]seems,
I am a [G/B]man whose [C]dreams have all de-[F]se[C]r-ted.
I've changed my [G]face, I've [C/G]changed my [G]name,
But no one [Am]wants you [G/A]when you [Am]lose.

[F/D] Don't give [C/E]up, 'cos you [Am7]have[F] friends.
[F/D] Don't give [C/E]up; you're not [Am/F]beaten yet.
[F/D] Don't give [C/E]up; I [F]know you can [G]make it good.

[Am] Though I saw it [G/A]all a-[Am]round;
[G/B] Never [C]thought I could be af-[F]fe[C]c-ted.
Thought that we'd [G]be the [C/G]last to [G]go;
It is so [Am]strange the way [G/A]things [Am]turn.

[Am] Drove the night to-[G/A]ward my [Am]home,
[G/B] The place that [C]I was born; on the [F]lak[C]e-side.
As daylight [G]broke I [C/G]saw the [G]earth;
The trees had [Am]burned down [G/A]to the [Am]ground.

[F/D] Don't give [C/E]up; you still [Am7]have[F] us.
[F/D] Don't give [C/E]up; we don't [Am7]need[F] much of anything.
[F] Don't give up;
'Cos [Abm]somewhere there's a [C]place where [F]we b[C]e-long.

Rest your [G]head,[C/G]     [G]
You worry too [C]much.[F]   [C]
It's going to be al-[G]right.[C/G]     [G]

When [C]times get rough, you can fall [F]back on [C]us.
Don't give [C]up, [G]please, don't give [C]up.[F]  [C]     [C]

Got to [C]walk out of here; I can't [G]take anymore.
Going to [C]stand on that bridge; keep my [F]eyes down below.
What-[C]ever may come and what-[G]ever may go;
That river's [C]flowing, [G] that river's [C]flowing.[F]  [C]     [C]

[Am] Moved on to a-[G/A]nother [Am]town;
[G/B] Tried [C]hard to settle [F]dow[C]n.
For every [G]job; so [C/G]many [G]men,
So many [Am]men no-[G/A]one [Am]needs.

[F/D] Don't give [C/E]up, 'cos you [Am7]have[F] friends.
[F/D] Don't give [C/E]up; you're not [Am/F]beaten yet.
[F/D] Don't give [C/E]up; no reason to [Am/F]be ashamed.
[F/D] Don't give [C/E]up; you [Am/F]still have us.

[F/D] Don't give [C/E]up now; we're [Am7]prou[F]d of who you are,
[F/D] Don't give [C/E]up; you know it's [Am7]neve[F]r been easy.
[F/D] Don't give [C/E]up;
'Cos I be-[F]lieve there's a [G]place,
[G] There's a place where we be-[C]long.

Don't give [C]up, don't give [D]up, don't give [Am]up.

CHORD DIAGRAMS:

   [Am]     [G/A]      [G/B]     [C]       [F]     [G]       [C/G]

 [E][A][D][G][B][E]  [E][A][D][G][B][E]  [E][A][D][G][B][E]  [E][A][D][G][B][E]  [E][A][D][G][B][E]  [E][A][D][G][B][E]  [E][A][D][G][B][E]
 x02210  x00003  x20033  x32010  x33210  320003  332010

   [F/D]     [C/E]    [Am7] [F]    [F]       [Abm]     [D]

 [E][A][D][G][B][E]  [E][A][D][G][B][E]  [E][A][D][G][B][E]  [E][A][D][G][B][E]  [E][A][D][G][B][E]  [E][A][D][G][B][E]
 133211  466444  xx0232  xx0211  032010  102013

4...THAT VOICE AGAIN... by Peter Gabriel
-----------------------.................

[B]  [F#]

[C#]  [F#]  [B]

I [C#]want to be with you, I [F#]want to be [B]clear.
But [C#]each time I try, it's the [F#]voice I [B]hear.
[C#] I [F#]hear that [B]voice a-[C#]gain.[F#]    [B]       [C#]

[Cm] I'm listening to the [Ab]conversation,[Cm] judge and jury [Ab]in my head.
[Cm] It's colouring [Ab]everything; [Cm]all we [Bb]did and [Ab]said.
[Cm] And still I hear that [Ab]sharp tongue talking,[Cm] talking [Ab]tangled words.
[Cm] I can sense the [Ab]danger; just [Cm]listen [Bb]to the [Ab]wind.

[Eb]  [B]

I [C#]want you close, I [F#]want you [B]near,
I [C#]can't help but listen, but I [F#]don't [B]want [C#]to hear.
[F#] Hear that [B]voice a-[C#]gain.[F#]    [B]

I [C#]want to be with you, I [F#]want to be [B]clear.
But [C#]each time I try, it's the [F#]voice I [B]hear.
[C#] I [F#]hear that [B]voice a-[C#]gain.[F#]    [B]       [C#]

[Cm] I'm hearing right and [Ab]wrong so clearly,[Cm] there must be [Ab]more than this.
[Cm] It's only in [Ab]uncertainty, [Cm]that [Bb]we're [Ab]naked and alive.
[Cm] I hear it through the [Ab]rattle of a streetcar,
[Cm] Hear it through the [Ab]things you said.
[Cm] I can get so [Ab]scared; [Cm]listen [Bb]to the [Ab]wind.

[Eb]  [B]

I [C#]want you close, I [F#]want you [B]near,
I [C#]can't help but listen, but I [F#]don't [B]want [C#]to hear.
[F#] Hear that [B]voice a-[C#]gain.[F#]    [B]

What I [F#]carry in my [B]heart,
Brings us so [F#]close, or so far a-[B]part.
Only [F#]love can make [C#]love..[F#].   [B]

[C#]  [F#]  [B]

I [C#]want to be with you, I [F#]want to be [B]clear.
But [C#]each time I try, it's the [F#]voice I [B]hear.
[C#] I [F#]hear that [B]voice a-[C#]gain.[F#]    [B]       [C#]

I [C#]want to be with you, I [F#]want to be [B]clear.
But [C#]each time I try, it's the [F#]voice I [B]hear.
[C#] I [F#]hear that [B]voice a-[C#]gain.[F#]    [B]       [C#]

[C]

CHORD DIAGRAMS:

   [B]       [F#]      [C#]      [Cm]      [Ab]      [Bb]      [Eb]

 [E][A][D][G][B][E]  [E][A][D][G][B][E]  [E][A][D][G][B][E]  [E][A][D][G][B][E]  [E][A][D][G][B][E]  [E][A][D][G][B][E]  [E][A][D][G][B][E]
 x24442  244322  x46664  x35543  466544  688766  x68886

5...IN YOUR EYES... by Peter Gabriel
-------------------.................

[D]  [Bm]  [D]  [G]

[D]   [Bm] Love..[D].  [G]
I [D]get so [Bm]lost [D]some-[G]times.
[D]   [Bm] Days pass,[D]   [G]
And [D]this [Bm]emptiness [G]fills my [D]heart.

[D]   [Bm] When I want [G]to [D]run away,
[D] I [Bm]drive off [G]in my [D]car.
[D]   [Bm] But which-[D]ever [G]way I go,
[D] I come [Bm]back to the [D]place you [G]are.

[A] All my instincts,[G] they return,
[A] And the grand facade,[G] so soon will burn.
[A] Without a noise,[D]   [G] without my pride,
[A] I reach out from the [G]inside..[Bm].

[Bm]

In your [E]eyes, the light, the heat, ([A]your eyes), I am complete.
[E] (Your eyes), I see the doorway, ([A]your eyes), to a thousand churches.
[E] (Your eyes), the resolution, ([A]your eyes), to all the fruitless [E]searches.
(Your eyes), [A]oh, I see the light and the [E]heat,
(Your eyes), [A]I wanna be that com-[E]plete.
(Your eyes), I wanna [A]touch the light, the heat I see in [E]your eyes.

[E]

[D]  [Bm]  [D]  [G]

[D]   [Bm] Love..[D].  [G]
[D] I don't [Bm]like to see [D]so much [G]pain,
[D]   [Bm] So...[D]much [G]wasted,
[D] And this [Bm]moment keeps [D]slipping a-[G]way.

[D]   [Bm] I get [D]so [G]tired,
Of [D]working so [Bm]hard for [D]our sur-[G]vival,
[D]   [Bm] I look [D]to the [G]time with you,
[D] To [Bm]keep me awake [D]and a-[G]live.

[A] All my instincts,[G] they return,
[A] And the grand facade,[G] so soon will burn.
[A] Without a noise,[D]   [G] without my pride,
[A] I reach out from the [G]inside..[Bm].

[Bm]

In your [E]eyes, ([A]your eyes),
[E] (Your eyes), in your [A]eyes.

In your [E]eyes, the light, the heat, ([A]your eyes), I am complete.
[E] (Your eyes), I see the doorway, ([A]your eyes), to a thousand churches.
[E] (Your eyes), the resolution, ([A]your eyes), to all the fruitless [E]searches.
(Your eyes), [A]oh, I see the light and the [E]heat,
(Your eyes), [A]I wanna be that com-[E]plete.
(Your eyes), I wanna [A]touch the light, the heat I see in [E]your eyes.

[E] (Your eyes), in your [A]eyes,
(In [E]your eyes), in [A]your eyes.

[E]  [A]

(Repeat to Fade)

CHORD DIAGRAMS:

   [D]       [Bm]      [G]       [A]       [Bm]      [E]

 [E][A][D][G][B][E]  [E][A][D][G][B][E]  [E][A][D][G][B][E]  [E][A][D][G][B][E]  [E][A][D][G][B][E]  [E][A][D][G][B][E]
 xx0232  x24432  320003  x02220  x24432  022100

6...MERCY STREET... by Peter Gabriel
-------------------.................

(Original Key: [C#m])

[Am]

[Am] Looking down on empty streets; [Am7]all she can see,
Are the [F]dreams all made solid, are the [Dm7]dreams made real.
[Am] All of the buildings, [Am7]all of the cars.
Were [F]once just a dream in [Dm7]somebody's head.
She [Am]pictures the broken glass, [Am7]pictures the steam,
She [F]pictures a soul with [Dm7]no leak at the [Am]seam.
With [Dm7]no leak at the [Am]seam.

[Am] Let's take the boat out, (wait until darkness).
Let's take the boat out, (wait until darkness comes).

[Am] Nowhere in the corridors of [Am7]pale green and grey.
[F] Nowhere in the suburbs, in the [Dm7]cold light of day.
[Am] There in the midst of it, so a-[Am7]live and alone,
[F] Words support like [G]bone.

Dreaming of [C]Mer-[F]cy [G]Street; [Am]where you're in-[Em]side [F]out.
Dreaming of [C]mercy,[F]   [G] in your [Am]daddy's arms a-[G]gain.
Dreaming of [C]Mer-[F]cy [G]Street; [Am]swear they moved [Em]that [F]sign.
Dreaming of [C]mercy,[F]   [G] in your [Am]daddy's arms...

[Am7]  [F]       [Am]

[Am] Pulling out the papers from the [Am7]drawers that slide smooth,
[F] Tugging at the darkness, [Dm7]word upon word.
Con-[Am]fessing all the secret things, in the [Am7]warm velvet box,
To the [F]priest; he's the doctor; he can [Dm7]handle the shocks.
[Am] Dreaming of the tenderness, the [Am7]tremble in the hips;
Of [F]kissing Mary's [G]lips.

Dreaming of [C]Mer-[F]cy [G]Street; [Am]where you're in-[Em]side [F]out.
Dreaming of [C]mercy,[F]   [G] in your [Am]daddy's arms a-[G]gain.
Dreaming of [C]Mer-[F]cy [G]Street; [Am]swear they moved [Em]that [F]sign.
Dreaming of [C]mercy,[F]   [G] in your [Am]daddy's arms...

[Am7]  [F]      [Am]

[Am] Mercy...Mercy... Looking for mercy.

[Am] Mercy..[G].
Looking for [Am]mercy..[G].
Looking for [Am]mercy..[F].
Looking for [Am]mercy...

[Am] Anne, with her father, is [Am7]out in the boat,
[F] Riding the water,[Dm7] riding the waves on the [Am]sea.

CHORD DIAGRAMS:

   [Am]      [Am7]      [F]      [Dm7]     [G]       [C]       [Em]

 [E][A][D][G][B][E]  [E][A][D][G][B][E]  [E][A][D][G][B][E]  [E][A][D][G][B][E]  [E][A][D][G][B][E]  [E][A][D][G][B][E]  [E][A][D][G][B][E]
 x02210  x02013  133211  xx0221  320003  x32010  022000

7...BIG TIME... by Peter Gabriel
---------------.................

(Original Key: G

[Gm]    [Bb] I'm on my [C]way, I'm [F]making it.[Gm]    [Bb]        [C]           [F]
[Gm]    [Bb] I've got to [C]make it [F]show, yeah![Gm]    [Bb]        [C]           [F]
[Gm]    [Bb]    [C]So much [F]larger than [Gm]life.[Bb]    [C]       [F]
[Gm]    [Bb] I'm going to [C]watch it [F]growing.[Gm]    [Bb]        [C]           [F]

[Bb] Oh......[Gm]oh,
[Bb] Oh......[Gm]oh.

[C7] The place where I come from, is a [Gm]small town.
[Cm] They think so small, they use small [Gm]words.
But not [C7]me; I'm smarter than that;[Gm] I worked it out.
[Cm] I've been stretching my mouth,
To let those [Gm]big words come right out.

I've had e[C7]nough, I'm getting out, to the [Gm]city, the big, big city.
[Cm] I'll be a big noise, with all the big boys,
There's [Gm]so much stuff I will own.

[F#] And I will pray to a big God,[C7] as I kneel in the big church.

[Gm] (Big Time),[Bb] I'm on my [C]way, I'm [F]making it,
[Gm] (Big Time),[Bb]  oh [C]yes.[F]
[Gm] (Big Time),[Bb] I've got to [C]make it [F]show, yeah!

[Gm] (Big Time),[Bb]    [C]so much [F]larger than [Gm]life. [Bb]     [C]        [F]
[Gm] (Big Time),[Bb]  I'm going to [C]watch it [F]growing.
[Gm] (Big Time).[Bb]

Oh-[F]oh oh, oh oh, oh-oh oh, oh oh.

[C7] My parties have all the [Gm]big names,
And I greet them with the widest [Cm]smile.
Tell them how my life is one big ad-[Gm]venture.
And always they're a-[C7]mazed,
When I show them 'round my [Gm]house, to my bed.
I had it [Cm]made like a mountain range,
With a snow-white [Gm]pillow for my big fat head.

[F#] And my Heaven will be a big Heaven,
[C7] And I will walk through the front door.

[Gm] (Big Time),[Bb] I'm on my [C]way, I'm [F]making it,
[Gm] (Big Time),[Bb]  oh [C]yes.[F]
[Gm] (Big Time),[Bb] I've got to [C]make it [F]show, yeah!

[Gm] (Big Time),[Bb]    [C]so much [F]larger than [Gm]life. [Bb]     [C]        [F]
[Gm] (Big Time),[Bb]  I'm going to [C]watch it [F]growing.
[Gm] (Big Time).[Bb]
[Gm] (Big Time), my car is getting bigger,
[Cm] (Big Time), my house is getting bigger.
[Gm] (Big Time), my eyes are getting bigger,
[Cm] (Big Time)...and my [Bb]mouth.

[Gm] (Big Time), my belly is getting bigger,
[Cm] (Big Time), and my bank account.
[Gm] (Big Time), look at my, circumstance,
[Cm] (Big Time), and the [Bb]bulge in my,
Big, big, big, big, big, big, [Gm]big.

CHORD DIAGRAMS:

   [Gm]      [Bb]      [C]       [F]       [C7]      [Cm]      [F#]

 [E][A][D][G][B][E]  [E][A][D][G][B][E]  [E][A][D][G][B][E]  [E][A][D][G][B][E]  [E][A][D][G][B][E]  [E][A][D][G][B][E]  [E][A][D][G][B][E]
 355333  x13331  x35553  133211  x35353  x35543  244322

8...WE DO WHAT WE'RE TOLD (MILGRAM'S 37)... by Peter Gabriel
-------------------------------------------.................

(Synthesizer; Chords suggested)

[A]  [C#m]

[Bbm]  [Ebm7]  [Ab]  [Ab7]  [F#]

[A]  [G]  [D]  [C#m]

[A] We do what we're told,
[G] We do what we're told.
[D] We do what we're told, told to [C#m]do.

[A] We do what we're told,
[G] We do what we're told.
[D] We do what we're told, told to [C#m]do.

One [A]doubt, one [G]voice, one [D]war, one [C#m]truth.

One [A]dream...[G]   [D]      [C#m]

(Fade)

CHORD DIAGRAMS:

   [A]       [C#m]     [Bbm]    [Ebm7]     [Ab]      [Ab7]     [F#]      [G]       [D]

 [E][A][D][G][B][E]  [E][A][D][G][B][E]  [E][A][D][G][B][E]  [E][A][D][G][B][E]  [E][A][D][G][B][E]  [E][A][D][G][B][E]  [E][A][D][G][B][E]  [E][A][D][G][B][E]  [E][A][D][G][B][E]
 x02220  x46654  688666  x68676  466544  464544  244322  320003  xx0232

9...THIS IS THE PICTURE (EXCELLENT BIRDS)... by Peter Gabriel
--------------------------------------------.................

(Fades In)

[Fm]

[Fm] Flying birds, excellent birds. Watch them fly; there they go.
Falling snow, excellent snow. Here it comes; watch it fall.
Long words, excellent words. I can hear them now.

[Fm] This is the picture, this is the picture.
This is the picture, this is the picture.

[Fm]

[Fm] I'm sitting by the window, watching the snow fall.
I'm looking out and I'm moving, turning in time; catching up.
Moving in, jump up! I can land on my feet. Look out!

[Fm]

[Fm] This is the picture, this is the picture.
This is the picture, this is the picture.

[Fm]

[Fm] Looking out, watching out,
When I see the future, I close my eyes. I can see it now.

[Fm]

I see [Fm]pictures of people rising up, pictures of people falling down.
I see pictures of people, they're standing on their heads; they're ready.
I see pictures of people rising up, pictures of people falling down.
I see pictures of people, they're standing on their heads; they're ready

[Fm] They're looking out, look out! They're watching out.
They're looking out, look out! They're watching out, watch out!

I see [Fm]pictures of people, I see pictures of people.
I see pictures of people, I see pictures of people.
I see pictures of people, I see pictures of people.
I see pictures of people, I see pictures of people.

[Fm]

(Repeat to Fade)

CHORD DIAGRAMS:

   [Fm]

 [E][A][D][G][B][E]
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