Downside Up Chords by Peter Gabriel

Tempo:
93.2 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] [B] [C#m]
[Bm] [E] [G#m] [C#m]
[B] [E] [G#] [C#m]
[B] [F#m] [G#m] [C#m]
[A]
[C#m]
[E] [B] [A]
[E] [B] [C#m] [B]
[A]
[E] [A]
[C#m] [B] [A] [E]
That I [G#m] [C#m] relied [B] on disappeared.
[C#] [B] [A] [F#m]
[E] Downside up, [C#m] upside down.
[A] [B]
[A] [F#m] Take [E] my weight [C#m] from your ground.
[B] [A] I am [F#m] falling [G#m] [E] deep [C#m] in the sky.
[A] [E]
Slipping [A] into the unknown.
All [E] the strangers look [C#m] like family.
All the family look [B] so strange.
[A]
The [E] only constant [B] I am [C#m] sure [B] of is this exaggerating rate of change.
[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] [B] [A] I am [F#m] falling [E] deep [C#m] in the sky.
[A]
[E] Slipping into [A] the unknown.
I [E] stand here, [G#m] watch you [C#m] spin in.
[A] [C#m] Until I'm [B] drawn in.
[A] In the central [E] plate [G#m] of rocks.
[B] Pull me in.
Pull [A] me in.
[C#] [Bm]
Pull [E] [F#] me in.
[A] Pull me in.
[B] [C#] [F#] [D]
[A] [E] [F#]
[F#m] [B] Pull [E] me in.
[F#] [Bm] Pull [A] me in.
Pull [F#] me in.
[A] Pull [E] me [F#] in.
[Bm] Pull [F#m] me in.
[E] [F#] Pull me in.
[F#m] Pull [E] me in.
[F#] [Bm]
[F#m] [C#m] [F#]
This could hold you weathers.
[E] [F#]
[A] [F#] !
[Bm]
[A] [F#]
[F#m] [B] Oh, [Em] [F#] Don..
[D] Oh, [F#m] Don..
[C#m] Oh, [F#]
Don..
[A] [B] Oh, [Em] [F#] Don.. [D] Oh, [F#m] Don..
[C#m] [F#] Oh, Don.. Oh
[A] [F#m] Dining [E] [C#m] [B]
[A] [F#m] [E] [C#m]
[B] [A] [F#m]
[E] [C#m] [A] [E]
[A]
[F#m] [E] shit up
[C#m] Upside down, [B] [A] [F#] take [E] my weight [C#m] off the ground.
[B] [A] I am falling [E] deep [C#m] in the sky, [A]
[C#m] slipping [A] into the unknown.
[N]
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, focus on the sequence of these chords: A, E, C#m, B, A, F#m, E, C#m and A. A good strategy is to initiate at 46 BPM and then accelerate to the track's regular speed of 93 BPM. To match your vocal range and chord inclination, adjust the capo in line 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] _ [B] _ [C#m] _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ [E] _ [G#m] _ [C#m] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ [E] _ [G#] _ [C#m] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ [F#m] _ [G#m] _ [C#m] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ [B] _ _ [A] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [B] _ [C#m] _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [C#m] _ _ [B] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _
_ That I [G#m] [C#m] relied [B] on _ disappeared.
[C#] _ _ [B] _ _ [A] _ _ [F#m]
[E] Downside up, [C#m] upside down.
[A] _ [B] _ _
_ [A] _ [F#m] Take [E] my weight [C#m] from your ground.
_ [B] _ _ [A] I am [F#m] falling [G#m] [E] deep [C#m] in the sky.
[A] _ [E] _
Slipping [A] into the unknown. _ _ _ _
All [E] the strangers look [C#m] like family. _
All the family look [B] so strange.
[A] _
The [E] only constant [B] I am [C#m] sure [B] of is this exaggerating rate of change.
[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] _ [B] _ [A] I am [F#m] falling [E] deep [C#m] in the sky.
[A] _
[E] _ Slipping into [A] the unknown. _ _
_ _ I [E] stand here, [G#m] watch you [C#m] spin in.
[A] _ _ [C#m] Until I'm [B] drawn in.
[A] _ In the central [E] plate [G#m] of rocks.
[B] Pull me in. _ _
Pull [A] me in.
[C#] _ _ [Bm] _
Pull [E] _ _ _ [F#] me in. _
[A] Pull me in.
[B] _ [C#] _ [F#] _ _ [D] _
_ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ [F#] _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ [B] Pull [E] me in.
[F#] _ [Bm] Pull [A] me in.
_ _ Pull [F#] me in. _
_ [A] _ Pull [E] me [F#] in.
[Bm] Pull [F#m] me in.
_ _ _ [E] [F#] Pull me in.
[F#m] _ Pull [E] me in.
[F#] _ _ [Bm] _
[F#m] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ [F#] _ _ _
This could hold you weathers. _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [F#] !
_ [Bm] _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ [B] Oh, [Em] _ [F#] Don..
[D] Oh, [F#m] _ Don..
[C#m] Oh, [F#] _ _
Don..
[A] _ [B] Oh, [Em] _ [F#] Don.. [D] Oh, [F#m] _ Don..
_ [C#m] [F#] Oh, _ _ Don.. Oh_
_ _ _ [A] _ [F#m] Dining [E] _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ [A] _ _ [F#m] _ [E] _ _ _ [C#m] _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [F#m] _
[E] _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ [A] _ [E] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#m] [E] shit up
[C#m] Upside down, [B] _ _ _ [A] _ [F#] take [E] my weight [C#m] off the ground.
_ [B] _ _ [A] I am falling [E] deep [C#m] in the sky, [A] _
[C#m] _ slipping [A] into the unknown. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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