Peter Gabriel – Humdrum (Guitar)
Capo 1
Key
-
Versions
(2)
Guitar
Ukulele
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
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Humdrum – Peter Gabriel
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Written by: Peter Gabriel
From: "Peter Gabriel [I / Car]" (1977)
Tabbed by: maguri
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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]
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[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