Peter Gabriel – Humdrum (Guitar)

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--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Humdrum – Peter Gabriel --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: Peter Gabriel From: "Peter Gabriel [I / Car]" (1977) Tabbed by: maguri ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
SPECIAL VOICINGS
          E-A-D-G-B-e
C7sus4    x-3-3-3-1-1
Db6add9   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
Fadd9  (t)1-3-3-0-1-1
C/E       0(3)2-0-1-0
Bbsus2    x-1-3-3-1-1
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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! Check out my Guitar Pro tab, too: http://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/p/peter_gabriel/humdrum_guitar_pro.htm
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                               Db6add9
  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                               Db6add9
  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]
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Verse 1]
C7                ( C7sus4 )
 I saw the man at J.F.K.

C7                   ( C7sus4 )
 He took your ticket yesterday
[Chorus 1]
       Bb F     Dm Asus4 Am
In the humdrum

       Bb F     
In the humdrum  (single notes: E F)
[Verse 1]
C7                ( C7sus4 )
 I ride tandem with a random

C7                      ( C7sus4 )
 Things don't run the way I planned them
[Chorus 1]
       Bb F     Dm Asus4 Am
In the humdrum

       Bb F     
In the humdrum  (single notes: E F)
[Verse 3]
C7                        ( C7sus4 )
 Hey Valentina, do you want me to beg?

C7                           ( C7sus4 )
 You got me cooking I'm a hard-boiled egg
[Chorus 1]
       Bb F     Dm Asus4 Am
In the humdrum

       Bb F    
In the humdrum  (single notes: E F)
[Middle 8]
Dm Am Dm Am        E    E7 Fmaj7
Empty my mind -- I find it hard to cope

Dm Am      Dm Am             E    E7 A
Li-sten to my heart -- don't need no stethoscope
[Verse]
| C7 | C7sus4 | C7 | C7sus4 |
(instrumental)
[Interlude] | Cm7 | % | Db6add9 | % | | Cm7 | % | Db6add9 | % | [Verse 4]
C7               ( C7sus4 )
 Seem to me that television

C7                         ( C7sus4 )
 She come to cut me a deep incision
[Chorus 2]
       Bb F     Dm Am
In the humdrum

       Bb F
In the humdrum  (single notes: E F)
[Middle 8]
Dm Am Dm Am        E    E7 Fmaj7
Empty my mind -- I find it hard to cope

Dm Am      Dm Am             E    E7 A
Li-sten to my heart -- don't need no stethoscope
[Outro] | Bb/D | % | Ebsus2 | % | | Bb/D | % | Ebsus2 | % | | Gsus4/D | Fadd9 | C/E | % |
Bb/D
 Out of woman come the man

          Ebsus2
Spend 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

Fadd9
 Come the tadpole

C/E
 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

Fadd9
 Come the bright car

C/E                       [ Gb ]
 Our amoeba my little liebe schön
[Coda] | Gb | % | Bbsus2 | % | % | Bb