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Family Snapshot – Peter Gabriel
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Peter Gabriel
Family Snapshot (1980)
(Gabriel)
From: "Peter Gabriel [3/Melt]
Some parts are difficult to reproduce on a guitar. This is my reading –
comments and suggestions highly welcome!
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capo: 1st fret
play: F#m
key: Gm
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
Asus4/E x-x-2-2-3-0
Dsus2/F# x-x-4-2-3-0
Dadd#11/F# x-x-4-2-3-4
Gmaj7/B x-2-0-0-3-2
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INTRO (freely)
Asus4/E Dsus2/F# Asus4/E
The streets are lined with camera crews
Asus4/E D add#11/F# Asus4/E D
Everywhere he goes is news
C Gmaj7/B
Today is different
C Gmaj7/B
Today is not the same
C add#11 G/B
Today I make the action
Am G/B C
Take snapshot into the light
Am G/B C
Snapshot into the light
Am G/B C
I'm shooting into the light
VERSE
F#m F#sus4 F#m F#sus4
Four miles down the cavalcade moves on
E Esus4 E Esus4
Driving into the sun
A Asus4 A Asus4
If I worked it out right
A Asus4 A Asus4
They won't see me or the gun
F#m F#sus4 F#m F#sus4
Two miles to go, they're clearing the road
E Esus4 E Esus4
The cheering has really begun
A Asus4 A Asus4
I've got my radio
A Asus4 A Asus4
I can hear what's going on
BRIDGE
| C#m D | E F#m
I've been waiting for this
| C#m D | E F#m
I have been waiting for this
C#m D
All you people in TV land
E F#m
I will wake up your empty shells
C#m D
Peak-time viewing blown in a flash
E F#m
As I burn into your memory cells
| C#m D | E | F#m | % |
'Cos I'm alive
VERSE
F#m
They're coming 'round the corner with the bikers at the front
E
I'm wiping the sweat from my eyes
A Asus4 A Asus4
It's a matter of time,
A Asus4 A Asus4
It's a matter of will
F#m
And the governor's car is not far behind
E
He's not the one I've got in mind
A Asus4 A Asus4
'Cos there he is - the man of the hour
A Asus4 A Asus4
Standing in the limousine
BRIDGE
| C#m D | E
"I don't really hate you
F#m C#m
I don't care what you do
D E
We were made for each other
F#m
Me and you
C#m D
I want to be somebody
E F#m
You were like that too
C#m D
If you don't get given you learn to take
E F#m
And I will take you."
TURNING POINT
G F#m
Holding my breath
G F#m
Release the catch
G G A C/D
And I let the bullet fly
CODA (freely; letters not capitalized indicate single notes only)
b c c# d
Em
All turned quiet - I have been here before
e c f# g d b a g b (triplets)
C G Am G/B C
A lonely boy hiding behind the front door
Am G/B C
Friends have all gone home
C/D G
There's my toy gun on the floor
G Bm Em
Come back Mum and Dad
C G/B
You're growing apart
Am G/B C
You know that I'm growing up sad
Am C
I need some attention
D Dsus4 D Dsus4 G
I shoot into the light
