Tom: A
E
Gabriel the oldest son
E4 E
He praised the lord and married young
G#m
Became a Priest and at confession
G#m6 G#m7
Cured the people of transgression
E
Gabriel he held the weight of
E4 E
Everybody's toxic waste and
G#m
With the load upon his shoulder
G#m6 G#m7
Couldn't sleep as he got older
C#m
Ooooh
A
What it means to be someone that
E
Everybody has to talk to
F#
Everybody has to talk to
C#m
Ooooh
A
Our Gabriel, he had no one that
E
He could talk to
F#
Gabriel, he had no one that he could talk to
E
Looking for a place to be or
E4 E
Someplace he could hide his grief
G#m
Gabriel ran to the beach and
G#m6 G#m7
Set out for the open sea
E
Heaved the baggage from the sands
E4 E
Aboard the vessel with his hands
G#m
And when he couldn't see the land
G#m6 G#m7
Released their sins on his command
C#m
Ooooh
A
What it means to be someone that
E
Everybody has to talk to
F#
Everybody has to talk to
C#m
Ooooh
A
Our Gabriel, he had no one that
E
He could talk to
F#
Gabriel, he had no one that he could talk to
( C#m A E F# )
E
As the problems slowly drifted
E4 E
All the weight was quickly lifted
G#m
From his back into the sea
G#m6 G#m7
He finally felt he was free
E
When he got home after months
E4 E
Sat down and waited for lunch
G#m
He looked down at an empty dish
G#m6 G#m7
Cause all their sins had killed the fish
C#m
Ooooh
A
What it means to be someone that
E
Everybody has to talk to
F#
Everybody has to talk to
C#m
Ooooh
A
Our Gabriel, he had no one that
E
He could talk to
F#
Gabriel, he had no one that he could talk to
But is Gabriel responsible?
