Modern Love
Transcribed by Brian Schretzmann
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)
