Downside Up Chords by Peter Gabriel

Tempo:
93.15 bpm
Chords used:

A

E

C#m

B

F#m

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Peter Gabriel Downside up chords
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So this is one of the things that we were doing since the last tour and it was a show for the Millennium called OVO.
This is essentially a kid's story but at one point the world turns upside down and you have to imagine lying on a field of grass and looking up at the sky long enough that you start to see the sky as down, as an ocean below you.
And that is the state downside.
[Bm] [E] [G#m] [C#m]
[Bm] [E] [G#m] [C#m]
[B] [C#m] [G#m] [C#m]
[B] [C#m]
[A] [C#m]
[E] [B] [A]
[E] [G#m] [C#m] [B]
[A] [E]
[A]
[E] [B] [A] [E] And everything that [G#m] I relied [C#m] [B] on disappeared.
[C#] [B] [A] [F#m] [E] Downside up, [C#m] upside down.
[A] [B]
[A] [F#m] Take [E] my weight from [C#m] the ground.
[B] [A] I am [F#m] falling [E]
deep [C#m] in the sky.
[A] [E] Slipping [A] head to the unknown.
All [E] the strangers look [C#m] like family.
All the family look [B] so strange.
[A]
The only [E] constant I [B] am [C#m] sure of [B] is this exaggerating rate of change.
[A]
[F#m] [E] Downside up, [C#m] upside down.
[A] [B]
[A] [F#m] Take [E] my weight [C#m] off the ground.
[A] [E] [A] I am [F#m] falling [E] deep in [C#m] the sky.
[A] [E]
Slipping [A] head to the unknown.
I [E] stand here, watch [C#m] you spin it [A] [E] until [C#m] I [B]
[A] am sent for [G#m] a fatal force.
[B] Call me in.
Call [A] me in.
[C#] [F#] [D]
[E] [F#] Call me in.
[A] Call me in.
Call me in.
[C#] [F#] [D]
[A] [F#]
[F#m] O [E]-V [F#] [D] [A]-O O [F#]-V-O
[F#m] [Em] OVO [F#] [D]
[A] OVO [E] [F#] OVO OVO [F#m] [B] [E] OVO [F#] [D] [F#m] OVO OVO [C#m] [F#] OVO OVO OVO
[C#m] and over
[A] [F#] with [A]
[Em] [F#]
[A] us
[F#] [D] go
[A] [Em] [F#]
[F#m] [B] [Em] down [F#] [D] [F#m] over
[C#m] [F#] over
[F#m] [B] over [F#] [D] [F#m] over
[E] over [F#] over
over
[A] [F#m] [E]
[C#m] [B] [E]
[A] [F#m] [E] [D#m] [C#m]
[B] [E] [A] [F#m] [E]
[B] [A] [E]
[A] over
right [F#m] [E] side up
left [C#m] side down
[B]
[A] Take my [E] word of [C#m] the bruise [B] I [A] am bald [E] deep in [C#m] the [A] sky
[E]
[A] Sleeping in a good light now
[C#]
[G]
[E] [C] [E]
Key:  
A
1231
E
2311
C#m
13421114
B
12341112
F#m
123111112
A
1231
E
2311
C#m
13421114
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To learn Peter Gabriel - (Live) Downside Up chords, begin by getting comfortable with these sequence: B, A, E, C#m, E, A and F#m. Start with a comfortable 46 BPM and as you become proficient, aim for the song's BPM of 93. Set the capo considering your vocal range and favored chords, aligned with the key: E Major.

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_ _ So this is one of the things that we were doing since the last tour and it was a show for the Millennium called OVO.
_ _ This is essentially a kid's story _ but at one point the world turns upside down and you have to imagine lying on a field of grass and looking up at the sky long enough that you start to see the sky as down, as an ocean below you.
And that is the state _ downside.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ [E] _ [G#m] _ [C#m] _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ [E] _ [G#m] _ [C#m] _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ [C#m] _ [G#m] _ [C#m] _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [C#m] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [B] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[E] _ [G#m] _ _ [C#m] _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[E] _ _ [B] _ _ [A] _ [E] And everything that [G#m] I relied [C#m] [B] on disappeared. _
[C#] _ _ [B] _ _ [A] _ _ [F#m] [E] Downside up, [C#m] upside down.
[A] _ [B] _ _ _
[A] _ [F#m] Take [E] my weight from [C#m] the ground.
_ [B] _ _ [A] I am [F#m] falling [E]
deep [C#m] in the sky.
[A] _ [E] _ Slipping [A] head to the unknown. _ _ _ _ _
All [E] the strangers look [C#m] like family. _
All the family look [B] so strange.
_ [A]
The only [E] constant I [B] am [C#m] sure of [B] is this exaggerating rate of change.
[A] _ _
[F#m] [E] Downside up, [C#m] upside down.
[A] _ [B] _
_ _ [A] _ [F#m] Take [E] my weight [C#m] off the ground.
[A] _ [E] _ _ [A] I am [F#m] falling [E] deep in [C#m] the sky.
[A] _ [E] _
Slipping [A] head to the unknown.
_ I _ _ _ [E] stand here, watch [C#m] you spin it [A] _ [E] until [C#m] I _ [B] _ _
[A] _ am sent for [G#m] a fatal _ force.
[B] Call me in.
_ _ Call [A] me in.
_ [C#] _ _ [F#] _ [D] _ _
[E] _ _ _ [F#] Call me in. _
[A] Call me in.
Call me in.
[C#] _ [F#] _ _ [D] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ O [E]-V [F#] _ _ [D] [A]-O _ _ O [F#]-V-O _
[F#m] _ _ [Em] OVO [F#] _ _ [D] _
[A] OVO _ _ [E] _ [F#] OVO OVO [F#m] _ _ [B] [E] OVO [F#] _ _ [D] [F#m] OVO OVO _ _ [C#m] [F#] OVO OVO OVO _
[C#m] and over
[A] _ [F#] with _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ [F#] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ us
[F#] _ [D] go _
[A] _ _ _ [Em] _ [F#] _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ [B] [Em] down [F#] _ _ [D] [F#m] over
_ _ _ [C#m] _ [F#] over _ _
[F#m] _ _ [B] over [F#] _ _ [D] [F#m] over
_ _ [E] over [F#] over _ _ _
_ over
_ [A] _ _ [F#m] _ [E] _
_ _ [C#m] _ _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _
[A] _ [F#m] _ _ [E] _ _ [D#m] _ [C#m] _ _
_ [B] _ _ [E] _ [A] _ _ [F#m] _ [E] _
_ [B] _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[A] _ _ over
_ _ right [F#m] [E] side up
left [C#m] side down
_ [B] _
_ _ [A] Take my [E] word of [C#m] the bruise _ [B] I [A] am bald [E] deep in [C#m] the [A] sky
_ [E] _
[A] Sleeping in a good light now _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [E] _ _ _

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