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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
E-A-D-G-B-E
C7sus4 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 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 (x32310@1) (C7sus4) C7 (x32310@1) (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 (x1333x@1) F (133211@1) Dm (xx0231@1)name="chord_x02230@1">Asus4 Am (x02210@1) Bb (x1333x@1) F (133211@1) 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 (x1333x@1) F (133211@1) Dm (xx0231@1) Am (x02210@1) Bb (x1333x@1) F (133211@1) 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 (x32310@1) (C7sus4)
I saw the man at J.F.K.
C7 (x32310@1) (C7sus4)
He took your ticket yesterday
Bb (x1333x@1)name="chord_133211@1">F Dm (xx0231@1)name="chord_x02230@1">Asus4 AmIn (x02210@1)the humdrum
Bb (x1333x@1)name="chord_133211@1">F (single notes: EF) (022100@1)In the humdrum
VERSE + CHORUS 1 (see above)
C7 (x32310@1) (C7sus4)
I ride tandem with a random
C7 (x32310@1) (C7sus4)
Things don't run the way I planned them
Bb (x1333x@1)name="chord_133211@1">F Dm (xx0231@1)name="chord_x02230@1">Asus4 AmIn (x02210@1)the humdrum
Bb (x1333x@1)name="chord_133211@1">F (single notes: EF) (022100@1)In the humdrum
VERSE + CHORUS 1 (see above)
C7 (x32310@1) (C7sus4)
Hey Valentina, do you want me to beg?
C7 (x32310@1) (C7sus4)
You got me cooking I'm a hard-boiled egg
Bb (x1333x@1)name="chord_133211@1">F Dm (xx0231@1)name="chord_x02230@1">Asus4 AmIn (x02210@1)the humdrum
Bb (x1333x@1)name="chord_133211@1">F (single notes: EF) (022100@1)In the humdrum
MIDDLE 8
Dm (xx0231@1)name="chord_x02210@1">Am Dm (xx0231@1)name="chord_x02210@1">Am E (022100@1) E7 (020130@1)name="chord_1x3210@1">Fmaj7
Empty my mind -- I find it hard to cope
Dm (xx0231@1)name="chord_x02210@1">Am Dm (xx0231@1)name="chord_x02210@1">Am E (022100@1) E7 (020130@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A
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)
C7 (x32310@1) (C7sus4)
Seem to me that television
C7 (x32310@1) (C7sus4)
She come to cut me a deep incision
Bb (x1333x@1)name="chord_133211@1">F Dm (xx0231@1)name="chord_x02210@1">Am
In the humdrum
Bb (x1333x@1)name="chord_133211@1">F (single notes: EF) (022100@1)In the humdrum
MIDDLE 8
Dm (xx0231@1)name="chord_x02210@1">Am Dm (xx0231@1)name="chord_x02210@1">Am E (022100@1) E7 (020130@1)name="chord_1x3210@1">Fmaj7
Empty my mind -- I find it hard to cope
Dm (xx0231@1)name="chord_x02210@1">Am Dm (xx0231@1)name="chord_x02210@1">Am E (022100@1) E7 (020130@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A
Li-sten to my heart -- don't need no stethoscope
CODA
| Bb/D | % | Ebsus2 | % |
| Bb/D | % | Ebsus2 | % |
| Gsus4/D | Fsus2 | C/E | % |
Bb/D
Out of woman come the man
Ebsus2Spend (xx1341@1)the rest of his life getting back where he can
Bb/D
As a bow, so a dove
Ebsus2
As below, so above
Gsus4/D
From the black hole
Fsus2
Come the tadpole
C/E (x3111x@5)With the dark soul, in coal she burn
Bb/D
She 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
Gsus4/D
From the white star
Fsus2
Come the bright car
C/E (x3111x@5) F# (244322@1)Our amoeba my little liebe sch?n
| Bbsus2 | % | % | Bb
