Here Comes The Flood tab by Peter Gabriel

Song:Here comes the flood
Artist:Peter Gabriel
Album:Peter Gabriel I
Transcribed by: Andrea Baroncini (a.baro@tiscali.it)

Note:This transcription in far from being exact,
   it's only my own interpretation for acoustic guitar
   of the song.

   This work is dedicated to my daughter Laura,
   lamb for whom time had not a fold.
            Scandicci, March 2006

Intro :

  C#min       B/D#   Aadd9/C#
E----------------------------|---------------------------|
B-----------4--5--------4----|-----------0---------------|
G--------6-------------4-----|--------2------------------|
D-----6---------------4------|-----2---------------------|
A--4-----------------6-------|--4------------------------|
e----------------------------|---------------------------|


  C#min       B/D#   Aadd9/C#
E----------------------------|-----------0000------------|
B-----------4--5--------4----|-----------2222------------|
G--------6-------------4-----|--------2--4444------------|
D-----6---------------4------|-----2---------------------|
A--4-----------------6-------|--4------------------------|
e----------------------------|---------------------------|


Verse 1:

1.When the night ...      signal grows ...
2.All the strange ...     they come and ...
  C#min       B     A
E--4-----------------x-------|---------------------------|
B--5-----------------4-------|--2------------------------|
G--6-----------------4-------|--2------------------------| x2
D--6-----------------4-------|--2------------------------|
A--4-----------------6-------|--0------------------------|
e--x-----------------7-------|--x------------------------|


Stranded starfish ...               still
  B      G#/C      A
E----------------------------|---------------------------|
B-----------4-----------4----|--2------------------------|
G--------4-----------1-------|--2------------------------|
D-----4-----------1----------|--2------------------------|
A--2-----------3-------------|--0------------------------|
e----------------------------|--x------------------------|


waiting for the ...       tide.
  A   F#/A# B G#/C     C#min
E----------------------------|--9------------------------|
B-----5-----7-----7-----9----|--9------------------------|
G--6-----6-----8-----8-------|--9------------------------|
D----------------------------|--11-----------------------|
A----------------------------|--11-----------------------|
e--5-----6-----7-----8-------|--9------------------------|

There's no ...         we cannot ...
  Aadd9/B           F#/A#    A
E--0-------------------------|--2------------------------|
B--0-------------------------|--2------------2--020------|
G--6-------------------------|--3------------2------2----|
D--7-------------------------|--x------------2-----------|
A--0-------------------------|--1------------0------0----|
e--7-------------------------|--x------------------------|

  E
E--0-------|
B--0-------|
G----------|
D----------|
A----------|
e--0-------|



Verse 2:

Lord,   here comes ...              We'll
  E       E/D#    C#min
E--4-------------4-------|--4----------------------------|
B--5-------------5-------|--5----------------------------|
G--4-------------4-------|--6----------------------------|
D--6-------------6-------|--6----------------------------|
A--7-------------6-------|--4----------------------------|
e--x---------------------|--x----------------------------|

 say goodbye ...
  B     G#/C      C#min
E--2---------x-----------|--4----------------------------|
B--4---------4-----------|--5----------------------------|
G--4---------1-----------|--6----------------------------|
D--4---------1-----------|--6----------------------------|
A--2---------3-----------|--4----------------------------|
e--x---------x-----------|--x----------------------------|


If again ...
  G#/C           C#min
E--x---------------------|--4----------------------------|
B--4---------------------|--5----------------------------|
G--1---------------------|--6----------------------------|
D--1------------------1--|--6----------------------------|
A--3---------1-----------|--4----------6---7---4---------|
e--x--------------4------|--x----------------------------|


It'll be those who ...
              A
E--4----2----0-----------|--x----------------------------|
B-----------------4------|--2----------------------------|
G--5----3----1-----------|--2------------2---------------|
D-----------------4------|--2------------2---------------|
A------------------------|--0----------0-----------------|
e------------------------|--x----------------------------|


Drink up, dreamers...
  A            Esus4 E
E--x---------------------|-------------------------------|
B--x---------0-----------|-------0-----------------------|
G--2--------------2------|--2----1-----------------------|
D--2--------------0------|--2----2-----------------------|
A--0----2----3-----------|--2----2-----------------------|
e--x---------------------|--0----0-----------------------|


An alternative arpeggio for Verse 1:

1.I took the old track...
2.On the tall cliffs...
  C#min      B     A
E------04---04----04----04---|-----04----04----04----04--|
B----4-----4-----4-----4-----|----4-----4-----4-----4----|
G----------------------------|---------------------------| x2
D----------------------------|---------------------------|
A--4-----4-----4-----2-------|--0-----0-----0-----0------|
e----------------------------|---------------------------|