Down To Earth chords by Peter Gabriel

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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Did you  (G major) think that your feet  (A major) had been  (G major) bound  (A major) 
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By what gravity  (G major) bring (A major) s
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to  (G major) the ground?  (A major) 
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Did you  (E minor) feel you were tricked  (C major) 
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By the fu (E minor) ture you picked?  (C major) 
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Well, come on  (G major) down
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 (A major)  (G major) 

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Verse 2

All these rules don't apply

When you're high in the sky

So come on down

Come on down

Verse 3

We're coming down to the ground

There's no better place to go

We've got snow up on the mountains

We've got rivers down below

Verse 4
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We're coming  (E minor) down  (D major) to the ground  (A major) 
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To hear the  (E minor) birds  (D major) sing in the  (A major) trees
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And the  (E minor) land  (D major) will be looked  (A major) after
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We send the seed (E minor)  (D major) s  out in
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the  (A major) breeze

Interlude 1

Verse 5
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Did you  (G major) think you'd es
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caped  (A major) from routine  (G major)  (A major) 
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By changing  (G major) the script  (A major) and
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the scene?  (G major)  (A major) 
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Des (E minor) pite all you made  (C major) of it
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You're  (E minor) always afraid  (C major) of the
change
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 (G major)  (A major)  (G major) 

Verse 6
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You've got a  (E minor) lot on your chest  (C major) 
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Well, you can come  (E minor)  (G major) as my guest  (C major) 
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So come on  (G major) down  (A major) 
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Come on  (G major) down

Verse 7
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We're coming  (E minor) down  (D major) to
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 (G major) the ground  (A major) 
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There's no  (E minor) better place  (G major) to  (A major) go
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We've got  (E minor) snow  (D major) up  (G major) on
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the  (A major) mountains
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We've got  (D major) rivers  (A major) down below

Verse 8

We're coming down to the ground

We'll hear the birds sing in the trees

And the land will be looked after

We send the seeds out in the breeze

Verse 9
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Like the fish  (D major) in the  (G major) ocean
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We felt at home in the sea  (A major) 
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We learned to live  (D major) off the  (G major) good land
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We learned to climb up  (D major) a  tree  (A major) 

Verse 10
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Then we got up  (D major) on  (A major) two  (G major) legs
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But we wanted to fly  (A major) 
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Oh,  (D major) when we messed up our homeland  (G major) 
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And set sail for  (D major) the sky  (A major) 

Verse 11
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We're coming  (D major) down to the ground  (A major) 
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There's no  (E minor) better place  (D major)  (G major) to  (A major) go
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We've got snow  (E minor)  (D major) upon the  (A major) mountains
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We got  (E minor) river (D major) s down be (A major) low
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 (D major) We're  (A major) coming

Verse 12

down to the ground

We'll hear the birds sing in the trees

And the land will be looked after

We send the seeds out in the breeze

Verse 13
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We're coming  (D major) down
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 (A major) Comin' down to  (D major) earth  (A major) 
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Like babies  (D major) at birth  (A major) 
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Comin' down to  (D major) earth  (A major) 
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Redefine your  (D major) pri (G major) orit (D major) ies
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 (A major) These are extraordin (D major) ary qualities
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 (A major)  (G major)  (D major)  (A major)  (E minor)  (D major)  (A major) 

Verse 14
We're coming down to
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 (D major) the ground  (A major)  (D major) 
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 (A major) There's no better place
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to  (D major)  (A major) go  (D major) 
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We've got snow  (A major)  (D major) upon
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the  (A major) mountains
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We've got  (D major) rivers  (A major) down below
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We're  (D major) coming

Verse 15
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 (A major) down  (D major) to
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the ground  (A major) 
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We'll  (D major) hear the birds sing in the  (A major) trees
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And the land  (D major) will be looked af (A major) ter
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We  (D major) send the seeds out in the  (A major) breeze
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We're  (D major) coming

Verse 16
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down  (A major) to  (D major) the ground  (A major) 
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There's no better  (D major) place to  (A major) go
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We've got snow  (D major) upon
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 (A major) the mountains
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 (D major) We've got  (G major) rivers down below

Verse 17
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 (A major) We're  (D major) coming  (A major) down  (D major) to
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the ground  (A major) 
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We'll hear the  (D major) birds sing  (A major)  (D major) in the  (A major) trees
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And the land  (D major) will be looked  (A major) after
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We send the seeds  (D major) out  (A major)  (D major) in
the breeze

Verse 18

Redefine your priorities

These are extraordinary qualities

To find on earth

Interlude 2

Verse 19
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Comin'  (A major)  (A major) down, comin' down
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Comin' down, com (A major) 
in' down
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Comin' down, com (G major) in' down
Comin' down, comin' down