This is from Peter Gabriel’s first self-titled album from about ’77.
I’ve always really liked this up tempo, pop song.

The intro might be a little off, but it’s pretty close. It’s hard to
pick out exactly what it is through the two guitars and distortion.

Ben.
[–]

-7-|-4-5-4-5—4-5-4——-4–4–2—|
-9-|-5-5-5-5—5-5-5-5–5–5–5–3—|
-9-|-4-4-4-4—4-4-4-5–5–6–6–2—|
-9-|—————–5–5–6–6——|
-7-|———————————|
—|———————————|

Hey I’m feeling so dirty, you’re looking so clean
All you can give me is a spin in your washing machine
I fly off to Rome to my prima bella
She leaves me in the rain with a telescopic umbrella

Ooh the pain — Modern love can be a strain
Ooh the pain — Modern love can be a strain

I trusted my venus was untouched in her shell
But the pearls in her system were as tacky as hell
For Lady Godiva I came incognito
But her driver had stolen her red hot magneto

I don’t know why they leave me in the lurch
To carry on the search
It’s driving me up the wall
When I have so much passion
Romance is out of fashion
I can’t handle Modern love at all

So I worship Diana by the light of the moon
When I pull out my pipe she screams out of tune
In Paris my heart sinks when I see the Mona Lisa
She gives me the wink, then shows me the freezer

~From: Ben Golding

Words And Music : Peter Gabriel Reproduced Without Permission
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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
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
[(C7sus4)] [(C7sus4)]
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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

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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

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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)
[C#6add9]
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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]
[C#6add9]
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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|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

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Capo 1st fret

VERSE + CHORUS 1 (see above)
I saw the man at J.[(C7sus4)]F.K.
He took your ticket ye[(C7sus4)]sterday
In the humdrum
Bb F (single notes: E F)
In the humdrum

VERSE + CHORUS 1 (see above)
I ride tandem with[(C7sus4)] a random
Things don’t run the way[(C7sus4)] I planned them
In the humdrum
Bb F (single notes: E F)
In the humdrum

VERSE + CHORUS 1 (see above)
Hey Valentina, do you want[(C7sus4)] me to beg?
You got me cooking I’m a hard[(C7sus4)]-boiled egg
In the humdrum
Bb F (single notes: E F)
In the humdrum

MIDDLE 8
Empty my mind — I find it hard to cope
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)
Seem to me that t[(C7sus4)]elevision
She come to cut me a deep i[(C7sus4)]ncision
In the humdrum
Bb F (single notes: E F)
In the humdrum

MIDDLE 8
Empty my mind — I find it hard to cope
Li-sten to my heart — don’t need no stethoscope

CODA

| Bb/D | % | Ebsus2 | % |
| Bb/D | % | Ebsus2 | % |
| Gsus4/D[/ch] | Fsus2 | C/E | % |

[Bb/D] Out of woman come the man
Spend the rest of his life getting back where he can
[Bb/D] As a bow, so a dove
As below, so above
Gsus4/D[/ch]
From the black hole
Come the tadpole
[C/E] With the dark soul, in coal she burn

She [Bb/D]burn as I drove into the sun
Didn’t dare look where I had begun
[Bb/D]Lost among echoes of things not there
Watching the sound forming shapes in the air
Gsus4/D[/ch]
From the white star
Come the bright car
[C/E] Our amoeba my little liebe schn

| Bbsus2 | % | % | Bb

Loved to be loved – Peter Gabriel

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Tabbed by: Frank
Email: frankmagnussen@hotmail.com

Here’s a tab of one of the songs from Peter Gabriel’s “Us”-album, since I couldn’t
find it anywhere. Very easy to play a great acoustic version as well!

Tuning: standard

Em 022000
C 032010
D x00232 (or, Dsus: x00230)
G 320033
Am x02210
A5 x02200

Intro: Em

Verse 1:
So, you know how people are. When it’s all gone much too far

The way their minds are made. Still, there’s something you should know

That I could not let show that fear of letting go
And in this moment, I need to be needed
With this darkness all around me, I like to be liked
In this emptiness and fear, I want to be wanted
‘Cause I love to be loved
I love to be loved
I love to be loved
Yes, I love to be loved

Verse 2:
I cry the way that babies cry. The way they can’t deny

the way they feel. Words, they climb all over you

‘Til they uncover you from where you hide
And in this moment, I need to be needed
When my self-esteem is sinking, I like to be liked
In this emptiness and fear, I want to be wanted
‘Cause I love to be loved
I love to be loved
I love to be loved
Oh I love to be loved

Bridge:
This old familiar craving
I’ve been here before, this way of behaving
Don’t know who the hell I’m saving anymore
Let it pass let it go let it leave
From the deepest place I grieve
This time I believe
And I let go
And I let go
I can let go of it
Though it takes all the strength in me
And all the world can see
I’m losing such a central part of me
I can let go of it
You know I mean it
You know that I mean it
I recognize how much I’ve lost
But I cannot face the cost
‘Cause I love to be loved
Yes I love to be loved
I love to be loved
I love to be loved
I love to be loved
Yes I love to be loved

Note: listen to the record to get the exact timing of the chords. In the bridge-thingy,
you don’t have to play Am inbetween F and G all the time to make it sound right. In the
last four or five lines the guitar changes to Am at the end of each line. I’ve put in
Am and A5 just for the sake of variation if you’re playing an acoustic version. I don’t
think it’s actually on the recording.

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(Disclaimer: no guarantee of correctness or completeness of transcription
is given with respect to 7ths, inversions, fingering, and choice of #/b.
Any major blunders, questions and suggestions to djb@uk.ac.bath.maths ;^)

Intro:

------

[D/C]
Chorus:

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Red rain is coming down, red rain

Red rain is pouring down, pouring down, all over me

Verse:

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I am standing up at the water’s edge in my dream
[D/E]
I cannot make a single sound as you scream
[D/E]
It can’t be that cold, the ground is still warm to touch
[A/E]
We touch, this place is so quiet, sensing that storm
[D/E]
(chorus)

(verse)
Well I’ve seen them buried in a sheltered place in this town
They tell you that this rain can sting, and look down
There is no blood around see no sign of pain
No pain, seeing no red at all, see no rain

(chorus)

Bridge:

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D/E G/E, Gsus4/E G/E
D/C G/C, Gsus4/C G/C
D/A G/A, Gsus4/A G/A
D/Gb G/Gb, Gsus4/F G/F

….
….
Putting the pressure on much harder now
To return again and again

Just let the red rain splash you
Let the rain fall on your skin
I come to you defences down
With the trust of a child

(chorus)

And I can’t watch any more, no more denial

It’s so hard to lay down in all of this

(chorus)
Red rain is coming down
Red rain is pouring down
Red rain is coming down all over me
I see it

Red rain is coming down
Red rain is pouring down
Red rain is coming down all over me
I’m bathing in

Red rain coming down
Red rain is coming down
Red rain is coming down all over me
I’m begging you

Red rain coming down
Red rain coming down
Red rain coming down
Red rain coming down
Over me in the red red sea

Over me

Over me

Red rain

(Intro: C)

The time I like is the rush hour, ‘cause I like the rush
The pushing of the people, I like it all so much
Such a mass of motion, do not know where it goes
I move with the movement and - I have the touch

I’m waiting for ignition, I’m looking for a spark
Any chance collision and I light up in the dark
There you stand before me, all that fur and all that hair
Oh, do I dare - I have the touch

Only, only wanting contact
I’m only, only wanting contact
I’m only, only wanting contact
With you - shake those hands, shake those hands
Give me the thing I understand
Shake those hands, shake those hands
Shake hands, shake hands

Any social occasion, it’s hello, how do you do
All those introductions, I never miss my cue
So before a question, so before a doubt
My hand moves out and - I have the touch

Pull my chin, stroke my hair, scratch my nose, hug my knees
Try drink, food, cigarette, tension will not ease
I tap my fingers, fold my arms, breathe in deep, cross my legs
Shrug my shoulders, stretch my back, but nothing seems to please

I need contact
I need contact
Nothing seems to please
I need contact
I need contact
I need contact

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Shock the Monkey ? Peter Gabriel

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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

Peter Gabriel
Shock the Monkey (1982)
(Gabriel)

From: “Peter Gabriel [4/Security]”

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MAIN RIFF

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e|------1-----0---|----------------|
B|3-3---3-----3-3-|----------------|keyboard
G|2-2---2-----2-2-|----------------|
D|0-0-------------|--0)------------|
A|-------------(3-|3---------------| (bass)
E|----------------|----------------|

CODA
F F(add9) C6/E[/ch] C/E Dm
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e|1-1---3---------|5-5---7---------|1---------------|1---------------|
B|1-1---1---------|5-5---5---------|3---------------|2---------------|
G|2-2---2---------|5-5---5---------|2---------------|3---------------|
D|3---------------|----------------|0---------------|0---------------|
A|----------------|7---------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
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CHORDS
Dm [E-A-D-G-B-E]x-x-0-2-3-1
C x-3-2-0-1-0
Bb x-1-3-3-3-1
F x-x-3-2-1-1
C/E x-x-2-0-1-0

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INTRO (MAIN RIFF]
| Dm | % | % | % |
| Dm | % | % | % |

VERSE 1
Cover me when I run
Cover me through the fire
Something knocked me out’ the trees
Now I’m on my knees
Cover me, darling please

CHORUS
Hey, hey, hey, hey, monkey, monkey, monkey
Don’t you know when you’re going to shock the monkey

VERSE 2
Fox the fox, rat up the rat
You can ape the ape, I know about that
There is one thing you must be sure of
I can’t take any more
Darling, don’t you monkey with the monkey

CHORUS
Hey, hey, hey, hey, monkey, monkey, monkey
Don’t you know when you’re going to shock the monkey

MIDDLE 8
Hey, hey, hey, hey (Monkey) Wheels keep turning
(Monkey) Something’s burning
(Monkey) Don’t like it but I guess I’m learning
| Bb | % |
Shock!
| Bb | % |
Shock!
| Bb | % |
Shock!
Watch the monkey get hurt, monkey

INTERLUDE (MAIN RIFF)
| Dm | % | % | % |
| Dm | % | % | % |

VERSE 3
Cover me, when I sleep
Cover me, when I breathe
You throw your pearls before the swine
Make the monkey blind
Cover me, darling please

MIDDLE 8
Hey, hey, hey, hey (Monkey) Too much at stake
(Monkey) Ground beneath me shake
(Monkey) And the news is breaking
| Bb | % |
Shock!
| Bb | % |
Shock!
| Bb | % |
Shock!
Watch the monkey get hurt, monkey

CODA (see above)
| F | C/E | Dm | % |
Shock the monkey
| F | C/E | Dm | % |
Shock the monkey

Shock the monkey to life
Shock the monkey to life
Shock the monkey to life
Shock the monkey to life
Shock the monkey (Shock the monkey!)
Shock the monkey (Shock the monkey!)

| F | C/E | Dm
Shock the monkey

Dm [Main Riff]
Shock the monkey to life

A version for acoustic guitar

CAPO: 1st fret (Sounds in the key of Eb)

Chord names and fret positions are relative to the capo:
D xx0232 G7 320001 Em7 022030
Cadd9 x32003 A7 x02020 Dm xx0231
Bb x13331 A7sus4 x02030
C x32010 Bm x24432

(Intro freely)

e |—————–|—————–|————|——————-|
B |—3—/15—3—|—3—/15—3—|—1—/3—|——————-|
G |—————–|—————–|————|—2-p0————|
D |—————–|—————–|————|——–3–p0——|
A |—————–|—————–|————|—————3—|
E |—————–|—————–|————|——————-|

(Main riff)

e |——2——–0—0—|——2——-0—0—|
B |——3——–3—3—|——3——-3—3—|
G |——2——–0—0—|——2——-0—0—|
D |—0———–2—2—|—0———-2—2—|
A |———0–h3———|———0-h3———|
E |———————–|———————-|

| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | /_/ /_/ /_/ /_/ |

Yeah – hey, use it, everybody use it!

You could have a steam train, | / / / / |
If you’d just lay down your tracks,
You could have an aero – plane— flying,
If you bring your blue sky back,
All you do is call me, I’ll be anything you need!

| /__/ /__/ /
^ ^ ^ ^

You could have a big dipper,
Going up and down, all a – round the bends,
You could have a bumper car, bumping,
This a – musement never ends!

I wanna be... your sledgehammer,
Why don’t you call my name?
Ah! Oh, let me be your sledgehammer,
This will be my testimony,
Yeah! Yeah!

| / / / / | /__/ /__/ /
^ ^ ^ ^

Show me round your fruit cage, | / / / / |
‘Cause I will be your honey bee,
Open up your fruit cage, | / / / / |
With a fruit that is sweet as can be!

I wanna be... your sledgehammer,
Why don’t you call my name?
Hah! You’d better call the sledgehammer,
Put your mind at rest,
I’m gonna be… your sledgehammer,
This can be my testimony,
Hah! I’m your... sledgehammer,
Let there be no doubt about it!

Sledge! Sledge! | / / / / |
Sledge – hammer! | / / / / | / / / / |

| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |

| / / / / | / / I keep a – running!
^ ^

I kicked the ha - bit, (Kicked the ha – bit, kicked the ha - bit!)
Shed my skin, (Shed my skin!)
This is the new stuff, (This is the new stuff!)
I come... dancing in, we go dan…cing in!

Oh, won’t you …show for me? (Show for me!)
I will …show for you, (Show for you!)
Please, …show for me, (Show for me!)
I will… show for you! Yeah – yeah! Yeah – yeah!
Yeah, I do mean you! Only you, you’ve been coming through,
A – gonna build that power, build, build up that power, haaaa,
I’ve been feeding the rhythm, huh, I’ve been feeding the rhythm,
Going to feel that power, hey… build in you! Ahhhh!

Come on, come on, help me do! Come on, come on help me do,
Yeah – yeah, yeah – yeah! Yeah – yeah, yeah – yeah, you,
I’ve been feeding my rhythm, I’ve been feeding my rhythm,
It’s what we’re doing, doing... all day and night,
Ah, come on, come on, help me do! Come on, come on, help me do,
Yeah – yeah, yeah – yeah! Yeah – yeah, yeah – yeah, you!

I [C/G]grieve for you
You [C/G]leave me
It?s so hard to move on
Still loving what’s gone
They say life carries on
Carries on and on and on and on

[C/G] [-] [Amadd9/G] [-]
The news that truly shocks is the [C/G]empty empty page
While the final rattle rocks its [C/G]empty empty cage
And I can’t handle this

I [C/G]grieve for you
You [C/G]leave me
Let it out and move on
Missing what’s gone
They say life carries on
They say life carries on and on and on

Life carries on
In the people I meet
In everyone that’s out on the street
In all the dogs and cats
In the flies and rats
In the rot and the rust
In the ashes and the dust
Life carries on and on and on and on
Life carries on and on and on

It’s just the car that we ride in
A home we re[C/G]side in
The face that we hide in
The way we are [C/G]tied in
And life carries on and on and on and on
Life carries on and on and on

G fade to C/G

[C/G]Did I dream this belief?
Or did I believe this dream?
Now [C/G]I can find relief
I grieve

Intro: Am C F C (x4)

VERSE 1:
Love
I get so lost, sometimes
Days pass
And this emptiness fills my heart
When I want to run away
I drive off in my car
But whichever way I go
I come back to the place you are

BRIDGE 1:
All my instincts, they return
The grand facade, so soon will burn
Without a noise, without my pride
I reach out from the inside

CHORUS 1:
In your eyes, the light the heat
(your eyes) and I’m complete
(your eyes) I see the doorway
(your eyes) to a thousand churches
(your eyes) the resolution
(your eyes) of all the fruitless searches
oh, I see the light and the heat
oh, I want to be that complete
I wanna touch the light, the heat I see in your eyes

Instrumental: Am C F C (x2)

VERSE 2:
Love
I don’t like to see so much pain
So much wasted
And this moment keeps slipping away
I get so tired Working
so hard for our survival
I look to the time with you
To keep me awake and alive

BRIDGE 2:
And all my instincts, they return
And grand facade, so soon will burn
Without a noise, without my pride
I reach out from the inside

CHORUS 2:
In your eyes
(your eyes)
(your eyes)
In your eyes
(your eyes), the light the heat
(your eyes) and I’m complete
(your eyes) I see the doorway
(your eyes) to a thousand churches
(your eyes) the resolution
(your eyes) of all the fruitless searches
oh, I see the light and the heat
oh, I want to be that complete
I wanna touch the light, the heat I see in your eyes
In your eyes
(In your eyes)
In your eyes

Continue D G chords until the end