Transcribed by Brian Schretzmann <schretz@nwu.edu>
Modern Love
by Peter Gabriel
off Peter Gabriel (1977)
NOTE: I think Tony Levin used a 5-string (Music Man, no doubt) on this,
which would make the arpeggio-like run up to high C in the chorus
a bit easier. Then again, it's Tony Levin...
INTRO
w w q e s s e e e e q+e s s e e e e q q q q
+---||---|---|------------------|-----------------|---------|
|4:-||-R-|-R-|---R--------------|-R---------------|-R-------|
|4:-||---|---|-7---5-5-7-5-7-5\-|-----5-5-7-5-7-3-|---3-4-4-|
+---||---|---|------------------|-----------------|---------|
q e s s e e e e q+e s s e e e e q q q q
||--------------------|-----------------|----------||
||*----R--------------|-R---------------|-R-------*||
||*-5\---5-5-7-5-7-5\-|-----5-5-7-5-7-3-|---3-4-4-*||
||--------------------|-----------------|----------||
q e s s e e e e q+e s s e e e e q q q q
|---------------9--7\-|--------------9--5-|---5-6-6-|
|----R-------9-(9)-7\-|-R---------9-(9)-5-|-R-5-6-6-|
|-5\---5-5-7----------|-----5-5-7---------|---------|
|---------------------|-------------------|---------|
VERSE 1
w H+e s s H+e s s w w w w w
||----|---------|---------|----||---|---|---|---|
||*-3-|-7---5-5-|-5---5-5-|-5-*||---|---|---|---|
||*---|---------|---------|---*||-5-|-1-|-5-|-1-|
||----|---------|---------|----||---|---|---|---|
CHORUS
w+ e s s h s s s s h+e s s s s s s H q
||----|------------------------|----------------------|-17----||
||*---|----------10------10----|-------------------17-|----R-*||
||*---|-----8-10----8h10----10-|----------15----15----|------*||
||--8-|-(8)--------------------|-8---8-15----15-------|-------||
VERSE 2
Same as VERSE 1, but embellish and vary the line.
CHORUS
BRIDGE
q e e h+ H q H e e H+e e H e e h+e e+q H+e e H q
|---------|-------||-9-9-8-|-6-----|-5-----5-|-7---/11-|-9---8-|-6---|
|-7-R-----|-----R-||-------|-----R-|---6/7---|---------|-------|---R-|
|-----7-7-|-(7)---||-------|-------|---------|---------|-------|-----|
|---------|-------||-------|-------|---------|---------|-------|-----|
e e H q q q q
|-5-----|----------|
|---5---|----------|
|-----3-|-5-5-5-5/-|
|-------|----------|
q e s s e e e e q+e s s e e e e q q q q
|------------------|-----------------|---------|
|---R--------------|-R---------------|-R-------|
|-7---5-5-7-5-7-5\-|-----5-5-7-5-7-3-|---3-4-4-|
|------------------|-----------------|---------|
q e s s e e e e q+e s s e e e e q q q q
|-------------------|-----------------|---------|
|----R--------------|-R---------------|-R-------|
|-5\---5-5-7-5-7-5\-|-----5-5-7-5-7-3-|---3-4-4-|
|-------------------|-----------------|---------|
q e s s e e e e q+e s s e e e e q q q q
||----------------9--7\-|--------------9--5-|---5-6-6--||
||*----R-------9-(9)-7\-|-R---------9-(9)-5-|-R-5-6-6-*||
||*-5\---5-5-7----------|-----5-5-7---------|---------*||
||----------------------|-------------------|----------||
^
| Second time, do a double stop on the G and D strings, 7th fret.
VERSE 3
Same as VERSE 1.
CHORUS (repeat and fade)
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