Peter Gabriel – Road To Joy (Guitar)

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[Riff]
e|-----1------------------|
B|-1-4--------------------|
G|-------3----3--2--------|
D|----------3------3------|
A|------------------------|
E|------------------------|

e|-----1------------------|
B|-1-4--------------------|
G|-------3--3-3-2---------|
D|----------------3-3-----|
A|------------------------|
E|------------------------|
[Intro]
F
Waking up, waking up, waking up…

F
Waking up the road to joy
[Verse 1]
F
Sore eyes, swollen skies

F                                Eb F  Eb F
Look for anchors, look for ties

F
Sharp sounds swim around

F                            Eb F  Eb F
Soak into the brittle ground
[Pre-Chorus 1]
F
Been so many days, been held inside this body

F
Been so many days, and there’s nothing to do

F
Been so many days, in the throbbing of the darkness

F
Been so many days, I've been waiting for you
[Chorus]
            Db
Back in the world

Cm            C       F
Waking up the road to joy
[Riff] x2 F [Verse 2]
F
Love calls through the walls

F                                 Eb F  Eb F
Warms the earth wherever it falls

F
Lights form and cool you down

F                          Eb F  Eb F
Going in for another round
[Pre-Chorus 2]
F
This is how it goes, I've been listening to the voices

F
This is how it goes, you were sure I was gone

F
This is how it goes, in this state of meditation

F
This is how it goes, I've been waiting for you
[Chorus]
            Db
Back in thе world

Cm            C       F
Waking up the road to joy

            Db
Back in the world

Cm               C       F
Walking down the road to joy
[Riff] x2 F [Bridge]
    Fm
Thе engine stops and silence pause

Eb
Fills the holes and cracks, don't fuse

Ab
Young and old, girl and boy

Bb
Dance along the road to joy

Fm
Picture sharpens in your head

Eb
Opens up when it's been read

Ab
All the things you strain to see

Bb                B
Come, move on in, come to be
F [Verse 3]
F
Show your eyes, show your teeth

F                              Eb F  Eb F
That’s the way to build belief

F
Touch my hair, touch my knee

F                                Eb F  Eb F
You can wake up every part of me
[Pre-Chorus 3]
F
Get the blood to flow, in every nook and cranny

F
Get the blood to flow, from my head to my toes

F
Get the blood to flow, flowing all around me

F
Get the blood to flow, with the life in my soul
[Chorus]
            Db
Back in the world

Cm               C       F
Walking down the road to joy
[Riff] x2 F [Outro]
     Fm
Just when you think it can’t get worse

    Eb
The mind reveals the universe

Ab
Opens up a distant star

Bb
It gives you straight just who you are

    Fm
I'm more a dog, you're more a cat

Eb
Then we're getting bored of that

Ab
Alive again, aboard a snake

Bb           B
Then we jump into the lake