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Humdrum by Peter Gabriel
Humdrum
Key: G-flat major, Time: 4/4, Tempo: 100
Verse 1: {With electric piano only}
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|4/4 Db7 |Gbsus4/Db |
I saw the man at J.F.K
|Db7 |Gbsus4/Db
He took your ticket yesterday
||3/4 B Gb |Ebm Bmb
In the hum-drum
||4/4 B Gb Bbm/F Gb|
In the hum-drum
[Verse 2 & 3] (0:15-)
I ride tandem with a random
Things don't run (in) the way I planned them
In the humdrum
In the humdrum
Hey Valentina, do you want me to beg?
You got me cooking I'm a hard boiled egg
In the humdrum
In the humdrum
Chorus: (0:46-)
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|3/4 Ebm Bbm Ebm Bbm |Bbm F F7 ||4/4
Emp- ty my mind - I find it
|4/4 Gbmaj7 ||3/4
hard to cope
|3/4 Ebm Bbm Ebm Bbm |Bbm F F7/A ||4/4
Lis- ten to my heart - don't need no
|4/4 Bb | ||
stethoscope
Interlude: (1:00-) {Enter key, bass & drums, tempo:114}
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|:Db7 |Gbsus4/Db :| (x 2)
{Enters flute}
||C#m7 || (x 8 bars)
[Verse 4] (1:25-) {Enter percussions}
Seem to me that television
She come to cut me a deep incision
In the humdrum
In the humdrum
(Chorus) (1:39-)
Coda: (1:52-) {Enter strings synth & snare drum}
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|:B/D# | |Esus2 | :| (x 2)
|Absus4/Eb |Gbsus2 |Db/F | ||
|B/D# | |
Out of woman come the man, spend the
|Esus2 | |
rest of his life getting back where he can
|B/D# | |Esus2 | |
As a bow, so a dove, as below, so a-bove
|Absus4/Eb |
From the black hole,
|Gbsus2 |
come the tadpole
|Db/F | ||
With the dark soul in coal she burn, she
|B/D# | |
burn; as I drove into the sun,
|Esus2 | |
Didn't dare look where I had begun
|B/D# | |
Lost among echoes of things not there,
|Esus2 | |
Watching the sound forming shapes in the air
|Absus4/Eb |
From the white star,
|Gbsus2 |
come the bright scar
|Db/F | |G | ||
Our amoeba, my little liebe schon_____
||B || (x 4 bars, tempo rub
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version 2
Tuning: Standard
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
Fadd9 (t)1-3-3-0-1-1
C/E 0(3)2-0-1-0
Bbsus2 x-1-3-3-1-1
Capo 1st fret
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]
Capo 1st fret
VERSE + CHORUS 1 (see above)
C7 ( C7sus4 )
I saw the man at J.F.K.
C7 ( C7sus4 )
He took your ticket yesterday
Bb F Dm Asus4 Am
In the humdrum
Bb F (single notes: E F)
In the humdrum
VERSE + CHORUS 1 (see above)
C7 ( C7sus4 )
I ride tandem with a random
C7 ( C7sus4 )
Things don't run the way I planned them
Bb F Dm Asus4 Am
In the humdrum
Bb F (single notes: E F)
In the humdrum
VERSE + CHORUS 1 (see above)
C7 ( C7sus4 )
Hey Valentina, do you want me to beg?
C7 ( C7sus4 )
You got me cooking I'm a hard-boiled egg
Bb F Dm Asus4 Am
In the humdrum
Bb F (single notes: E F)
In the humdrum
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 (see above) – instrumental
| C7 | C7sus4 | C7 | C7sus4 |
INTERLUDE (flute) - see above
| Cm7 | % | C#6add9 | % |
| Cm7 | % | C#6add9 | % |
VERSE + CHORUS 2 (see above)
C7 ( C7sus4 )
Seem to me that television
C7 ( C7sus4 )
She come to cut me a deep incision
Bb F Dm Am
In the humdrum
Bb F (single notes: E F)
In the humdrum
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
CODA
| 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 F#
Our amoeba my little liebe schön
| Bbsus2 | % | % | Bb
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