Humdrum by Peter Gabriel Lyric and Guitar Chords

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If you are looking for Humdrum guitar chords, you’ve come to the right place.
You can play Humdrum by Peter Gabriel using guitar or guitar.
This song by Peter Gabriel can also be played by that instruments.
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Humdrum guitar chords has rhythm and included in Peter Gabriel (1977) album.
You can also find another musical genres, including jazz guitar chords, country music guitar chords, pop guitar chords, world music guitar chords, and rock guitar chords here.

Humdrum by Peter Gabriel Guitar Chords


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Humdrum ? Peter Gabriel


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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

Peter Gabriel
Humdrum (1977)
(Peter Gabriel)

From: “Peter Gabriel [I / Car]”


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SPECIAL VOICINGS

C7sus4 [E-A-D-G-B-E]x-3-3-3-1-1
C#6add9 x-4-3-3-4(4)
Bb/D x-5-3-3-3-x
Ebsus2 x-x-1-3-4-1 or
x-6-8-8-6-6
Gsus4/D[/ch] x-x-0-0-1-3 or
x-5-5-5-3-3
Fsus4 (t)1-3-3-0-1-1
C/E 0(3)2-0-1-0
Bbsus2 x-1-3-3-1-1


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Capo 1st fret

The tab sounds good, I think, but only represents the basic pattern of
course. The Rhodes on the original recording adds variations here and there
which are difficult to reproduce exactly on a guitar. Suggestions are
highly welcome!

VERSE
[(C7sus4)] [(C7sus4)]
[+] [+] [+] [+] [+] [+] [+] [+] [+] [+] [+] [+] [+] [+] [+] [+] 


e|0-----0-----0---|----1-----------|0-----0-----0---|----1-----------|
B|1-----1-----1---|--------1-------|1-----1-----1---|--------1-------|
G|3-----3-----3---|------------3---|3-----3-----3---|------------3---|
D|2---------------|----------------|2---------------|----------------|
A|3---------------|----------------|3---------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

CHORUS 1

[+] [+] [+] [+] [+] [+] [+] [+] [+] [+] 


e|------------1---|0-------|----------------|
B|3-----1-----3---|3---1---|3-----1---------|
G|3-----2-----2---|2-------|3-----2---------|
D|3-----3-----0---|2-------|3-----3---------|
A|1-----3---------|0-------|1-----3---------|
E|------1---------|--------|------1---0-1---|

CHORUS 2

[+] [+] [+] [+] [+] [+] [+] [+] [+] [+] 


e|------------1---|0-------|----------------|
B|3-----1-----3---|1-------|3-----1---------|
G|3-----2-----2---|2-------|3-----2---------|
D|3-----3-----0---|2-------|3-----3---------|
A|1-----3---------|0-------|1-----3---------|
E|------1---------|--------|------1---0-1---|

INTERLUDE (flute)
[C#6add9]
[+] [+] [+] [+] [+] [+] [+] [+] [+] [+] [+] [+] [+] [+] [+] [+] 


e|----------------|6-------6--4--3-|----------------|----------------|
B|4---------4-----|--------4-------|4-----------4h6-|6---------------|
G|------3---------|------3-3-------|------3---3-----|------3---3-----|
D|----5-------5---|----5-----------|----3-----------|----3-------3---|
A|3---------------|3-------3-------|4-------4-------|4-------4-------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

[triplet]
[C#6add9]
[+] [+] [+] [+] [+] [+] [+] [+] [+] [+] [+] [+] [+] [+] [+] [+] 


e|----------------|6-------6--4--3-|----------------|--------3-4-3---|
B|4---------4-----|--------4-------|4-----------4h6-|--------------6-|
G|------3---------|------3-3-------|------3---3-----|3---------------|
D|----5-------5---|----5-----------|----3-----------|3---------------|
A|3---------------|3-------3-------|4-------4-------|4---------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

[triplet]


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Capo 1st fret

VERSE + CHORUS 1 (see above)
I saw the man at J.[(C7sus4)]F.K.
He took your ticket ye[(C7sus4)]sterday
In the humdrum
Bb F (single notes: E F)
In the humdrum

VERSE + CHORUS 1 (see above)
I ride tandem with[(C7sus4)] a random
Things don’t run the way[(C7sus4)] I planned them
In the humdrum
Bb F (single notes: E F)
In the humdrum

VERSE + CHORUS 1 (see above)
Hey Valentina, do you want[(C7sus4)] me to beg?
You got me cooking I’m a hard[(C7sus4)]-boiled egg
In the humdrum
Bb F (single notes: E F)
In the humdrum

MIDDLE 8
Empty my mind — I find it hard to cope
Li-sten to my heart — don’t need no stethoscope

VERSE (see above) ? instrumental
| C7 | C7sus4 | C7 | C7sus4 |

INTERLUDE (flute) – see above
| Cm7 | % | C#6add9 | % |
| Cm7 | % | C#6add9 | % |

VERSE + CHORUS 2 (see above)
Seem to me that t[(C7sus4)]elevision
She come to cut me a deep i[(C7sus4)]ncision
In the humdrum
Bb F (single notes: E F)
In the humdrum

MIDDLE 8
Empty my mind — I find it hard to cope
Li-sten to my heart — don’t need no stethoscope

CODA

| Bb/D | % | Ebsus2 | % |
| Bb/D | % | Ebsus2 | % |
| Gsus4/D[/ch] | Fsus2 | C/E | % |

[Bb/D] Out of woman come the man
Spend the rest of his life getting back where he can
[Bb/D] As a bow, so a dove
As below, so above
Gsus4/D[/ch]
From the black hole
Come the tadpole
[C/E] With the dark soul, in coal she burn

She [Bb/D]burn as I drove into the sun
Didn’t dare look where I had begun
[Bb/D]Lost among echoes of things not there
Watching the sound forming shapes in the air
Gsus4/D[/ch]
From the white star
Come the bright car
[C/E] Our amoeba my little liebe schn

| Bbsus2 | % | % | Bb

If you want to learn Peter Gabriel Humdrum guitar chords, The 5 chords we’ll look at are the C major, A major, G major, E major, and D major.
The reason we use all major chords is that the minor versions of any of these chords just require tiny adjustments.
Each one of those minor chords is completely based on its major counterpart

The more you practice, the easier guitar will feel to play Humdrum. Guitar is hard to learn in the beginning, but gets easier the longer you stick with it.

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