The Court chords by Peter Gabriel

SimplifiedG · D · Em · Bm · F#m …

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Intro 1

Verse 1
G 
You put your hand up, you make  (G major) 
Em 
your bid  (E minor) 
You got your pictures all
laid out on the grid
G 
Look in the  (G major) garden,
Em 
in the surface ground  (E minor) 
G 
Buried everything  (G major) that
Em 
you nev (E minor) er want found

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Verse 2

And the court will rise

While the pillars all fall

Interlude 1

We got the healer and

Verse 3
the birthday cake
Em 
We  (E minor) got the real thing
G 
Em 
and we got  (G major) the  (E minor) fake
G 
You got the ladder  (G major) but where
D 
Em 
is the snake?  (D major)  (E minor) 
How my body begins to wake
G 
 (G major) And the

Verse 4

court will rise

While the pillars all fall

Interlude 2

Verse 5
G 
You got the money goin'  (G major) 
Em 
up your nose  (E minor) 
You got the data,
don't control where it goes
But you have left it getting
G 
Em 
down to  (G major) the bone  (E minor) 
Your only memories on your mobile phone
G 
 (G major) And the

Verse 6

court will rise

While the pillars all fall

Interlude 3

Out of this

Verse 7
sentence
F#m 
Em 
G 
The ball and the claw  (F sharp minor)  (E minor)  (G major) 
D 
Bm 
And all  (D major) these  (B minor) pronouncements
I can make up the voice
A 
Bm 
Em 
G 
 (A major) of the law  (B minor)  (E minor)  (G major) 
Bm 
Out in  (B minor) the market,
all our lives are on sale
D 
G 
 (D major) And the  (G major) balls are drifting
Bm 
fur (B minor) ther apart
Em 
Recovery cannot fail  (E minor) 
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F#m 
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F#m 
F# 
 (F sharp major)  (F sharp minor)  (F sharp major)  (F sharp minor)  (F sharp major) 

Verse 8
Em 
Got  (E minor) the things you need
G 
Em 
 (G major) and they're all in place  (E minor) 
Got the big shot barrister to plead my case
Got my baby throwin'
G 
Em 
up  (G major) on a  (E minor) chocolate milk
G 
Em 
G 
Em 
 (G major) The  (E minor) black cat judge  (G major) reaches  (E minor) for his silk

Verse 9

And the court will rise

While the pillars all fall

Verse 10
Em 
 (E minor) We lost the line between
G 
Em 
the  (G major) good and bad  (E minor) 
We lost the line between the
sane and the mad
Used to draw the line
G 
across the  (G major) writing pad
Em 
 (E minor) The line of conscience
that we never have had

Verse 11

And the court will rise

While the pillars all fall

Interlude 4
D 
Em 
A 
G 
Em 
D 
A 
G 
 (D major)  (E minor)  (A major)  (G major)  (E minor)  (D major)  (A major)  (G major) 
Em 
D 
A 
G 
Em 
D 
A 
 (E minor)  (D major)  (A major)  (G major)  (E minor)  (D major)  (A major) 
Em 
D 
A 
G 
Em 
D 
A 
 (E minor)  (D major)  (A major)  (G major)  (E minor)  (D major)  (A major) 
Em 
 (E minor) 
D 
So many reach (D major) ing for it

Verse 12
A 
 (A major) 
G 
Em 
So many reaching  (G major) out for it  (E minor) (you know
D 
A 
G 
Em 
that  (D major) justice is  (A major)  (G major)  (E minor) blind)
D 
So many are reach (D major) ing for it
A 
G 
Em 
G 
 (A major) So many reaching  (G major) out for it  (E minor)  (G major) (y ou know
D 
A 
Em 
that  (D major) justice is  (A major)  (E minor) blind)
D 
So many looking  (D major) out for it
A 
Em 
 (A major) So many looking out for  (E minor) it
D 
A 
(you know that  (D major) justice is blind)  (A major) 