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?