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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
[ch]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
[C7] [(C7sus4)] [C7][(C7sus4)]
[1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+]
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
[Bb] [F] [Dm] [Asus4] [Am] [Bb] [F]
[1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+]
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
[Bb] [F] [Dm] [Am] [Bb] [F]
[1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+]
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)
[Cm7] [C#6add9]
[1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+]
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]
[Cm7] [C#6add9]
[1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+] [1] [+] [2] [+] [3] [+] [4] [+]
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)
[C7] I saw the man at J.[(C7sus4)]F.K.
[C7] He took your ticket ye[(C7sus4)]sterday
In the [Bb]hum[F]drum[Dm][Asus4][Am]
Bb F (single notes: E F)
In the humdrum
VERSE + CHORUS 1 (see above)
[C7] I ride tandem with[(C7sus4)] a random
[C7] Things don't run the way[(C7sus4)] I planned them
In the [Bb]hum[F]drum[Dm][Asus4][Am]
Bb F (single notes: E F)
In the humdrum
VERSE + CHORUS 1 (see above)
[C7] Hey Valentina, do you want[(C7sus4)] me to beg?
[C7] You got me cooking I'm a hard[(C7sus4)]-boiled egg
In the [Bb]hum[F]drum[Dm][Asus4][Am]
Bb F (single notes: E F)
In the humdrum
MIDDLE 8
[Dm]Emp[Am]ty [Dm]my [Am]mind -- I [E]find [E7]it [Fmaj7]hard to cope
[Dm]Li-[Am]sten to [Dm]my [Am]heart -- don't [E]need [E7]no [A]stethoscope
VERSE (see above) ? instrumental
| C7 | C7sus4 | C7 | C7sus4 |
INTERLUDE (flute) - see above
| Cm7 | % | C#6add9 | % |
| Cm7 | % | C#6add9 | % |
VERSE + CHORUS 2 (see above)
[C7] Seem to me that t[(C7sus4)]elevision
[C7] She come to cut me a deep i[(C7sus4)]ncision
In the [Bb]hum[F]drum[Dm][Am]
Bb F (single notes: E F)
In the humdrum
MIDDLE 8
[Dm]Emp[Am]ty [Dm]my [Am]mind -- I [E]find [E7]it [Fmaj7]hard to cope
[Dm]Li-[Am]sten to [Dm]my [Am]heart -- don't [E]need [E7]no [A]stethoscope
CODA
| Bb/D | % | Ebsus2 | % |
| Bb/D | % | Ebsus2 | % |
| [ch]Gsus4/D[/ch] | Fsus2 | C/E | % |
[Bb/D] Out of woman come the man
Spend the [Ebsus2]rest of his life getting back where he can
[Bb/D] As a bow, so a dove
[Ebsus2] As below, so above
[ch]Gsus4/D[/ch]
From the black hole
[Fsus2] Come the tadpole
[C/E] With the dark soul, in coal she burn
She [Bb/D]burn as I drove into the sun
[Ebsus2]Didn't dare look where I had begun
[Bb/D]Lost among echoes of things not there
[Ebsus2]Watching the sound forming shapes in the air
[ch]Gsus4/D[/ch]
From the white star
[Fsus2] Come the bright car
[C/E] Our amoeba my little liebe [F#]schn
| Bbsus2 | % | % | Bb
