Peter Gabriel – Family Snapshot (Guitar)

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--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Family Snapshot – Peter Gabriel --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: Peter Gabriel From: "Peter Gabriel [3/Melt] (1980) Tabbed by: maguri Some parts are difficult to reproduce on a guitar. This is my reading – comments and suggestions highly welcome! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- capo: 1st fret play: F#m [Coda: G] key: Gm (Coda: Ab] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- intro vocal
e   |----------------|
B   |----------------|
G   |2--2-1--1-------|
D 2-|----------4-2-2-|
A   |----------------|
E   |----------------|
The streets are lined with camera crews

Bridge pattern
 [C#m          [D                  [E            [F#m
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|4---5---------2-|----------------|--------10----2-|----------------|
B|5-------5-----3-|----------------|9---10--------2-|----------------|
G|--------------2-|----------------|9-------------2-|----------------|
D|--------------0-|----------------|9---------------|----------------|
A|4---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|0-------------2-|----------------|

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
Cadd#11    x-3-x-0-1-2
Am/C       x-x-x-5-5-5
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] (freely)
Asus4/E          Dsus2/F#          Asus4/E
 The streets are lined with camera crews

Asus4/E Dadd#11/F# Asus4/E D
   Everywhere he   goes is news

C          Gmaj7/B
  Today is different

  C              Gmaj7/B
Today is not the same

  Cadd#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 1]
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
[Verse 2]
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 3]
        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
[Verse 3]
        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   Am/C   C
I need some attention

D Dsus4  D Dsus4                   G
                  I shoot into the light