DOWN TO EARTH - Peter Gabriel
Intro:
Eb+sus2/B – B* 4x
G#m – E – C#m – A –
B – C# - C#sus4 – C# - B – C# - C#sus4 – C#
B
Did you think
C# C#sus4 C# B C# - C#sus4 – C#
That your feet had been bound
B C#
By what gravity brings
C#sus4 C# B C# - C#sus4 – C#
To the ground
G#m E
Did you feel you were tricked
G#m E
By the future you picked?
B C# - C#sus4 – C# - B – C# - C#sus4 – C#
Well, come on down
G#m E
All those rules don’t ap- ply
G#m E
When you’re high in the sky
B C# - C#sus4 – C#
So, come on down
B C# /
Come on down
Chorus:
G#m C#
We’re coming down to the ground
G#m C#
There’s no better place to go
G#m C#
We’ve got snow up on the mountains
G#m C#
We’ve got rivers down be- low
G#m C#
We’re coming down to the ground
G#m C#
We hear the birds sing in the trees
G#m C#
And the land will be looked after
G#m C# C#
We send the seeds out in the breeze
B – C# - C#sus4 – C# - B – C# - C#sus4 – C#
B
Did you think
C# C#sus4 C# B C# - C#sus4 – C#
You’d es- caped from rou- tine
B C#
By changing the script
C#sus4 C# B C# - C#sus4 – C#
And the scene
G#m E
Des- pite all you made of it
G#m E
You’re always a- fraid
B C# - C#sus4 – C# - B – C# - C#sus4 – C#
Of the change
G#m E
You’ve got a lot on your chest
G#m E
Well, you can come as my guest
B C# - C#sus4 – C#
So, come on down
B C# /
Come on down
Chorus:
G#m C#
We’re coming down to the ground
G#m C#
There’s no better place to go
G#m C#
We’ve got snow up on the mountains
G#m C#
We’ve got rivers down be- low
G#m C#
We’re coming down to the ground
G#m C#
We hear the birds sing in the trees
G#m C#
And the land will be looked after
G#m C# C#
We send the seeds out in the breeze
Bridge:
C# C#sus4 C# C#sus4 C# B
Like the fish in the ocean
F#/B B F#/B B F#/B C#
We felt at home in the sea
C# C#sus4 C# C#sus4 C# B
We learned to live off the good land
F#/B B F#/B B F#/B C#
Learned to climb up a tree
C# C#sus4 C# C#sus4 C# B
Then we got up on two legs
F#/B B F#/B B F#/B C#
But we wan- ted to fly
C# C#sus4 C# C#sus4 C# B
When we messed up our homeland
F#/B B F#/B B F#/B C#
We set sail for the sky
Chorus:
G#m C#
We’re coming down to the ground
G#m C#
There’s no better place to go
G#m C#
We’ve got snow up on the mountains
G#m C#
We’ve got rivers down be- low
G#m C#
We’re coming down to the ground
G#m C#
We hear the birds sing in the trees
G#m C#
And the land will be looked after
G#m C# C#
We send the seeds out in the breeze
G#m C#
We’re coming down (down)
G#m C#
Coming down to Earth (down)
G#m C#
Like babies at birth (down)
G#m C#
Coming down to Earth (down to earth)
G#m C#
We’re gonna find new priorities (down)
G#m C#
These are extra- ordinary qualities (down)
G#m - C#
(down)
G#m C#
Down to Earth
Outro:
G#m C#
We’re coming down to the ground
G#m C#
There’s no better place to go
G#m C#
We’ve got snow up on the mountains
G#m C#
We’ve got rivers down be- low
G#m C#
We’re coming down to the ground
G#m C#
We hear the birds sing in the trees
G#m C#
And the land will be looked after
G#m C# C#
We send the seeds out in the breeze
(start fading)
G#m C#
We’re coming down to the ground
G#m C#
There’s no better place to go
G#m C#
We’ve got snow up on the mountains
G#m C#
We’ve got rivers down be- low
G#m C#
We’re coming down to the ground
G#m C#
We hear the birds sing in the trees
G#m C#
And the land will be looked after
G#m C# C#
We send the seeds out in the breeze
Eb+sus2/B xx9867
B* xx9877
G#m 466444
C# x46664
C#sus4 x46674
x4667x
B x24442
F#/B x2432x