Down To Earth chords by Peter Gabriel

Verse 1:

        A     A         E4(7M)  E4    E4(7M)  A     A  E4(7M)  E4
Did you think that your feet    had   been    bound

E4(7M)  A          E4(7M) E4 E4(7M)  A        A E4(7M) E4 E4(7M)
By what gravity brings       to the  ground?

        F#m           D/F#             F#m        D/F#
Did you feel you were tricked   By the future you picked?

              A   E4(7M) E4 E4(7M)
Well, come on down

          F#m          D/F#              F#m          D/F#
All those rules don't apply  When you're high in the sky

            A   E4(7M) E4 E4(7M)  A
So, come on down          Come on down


Chorus:
             E           B                  F#m           B
We're coming down to the ground  There's no better place to go
          F#m            B                    F#m         B
We've got snow up on the mountains  We've got rivers down below
             E           B                   F#m           B
We're coming down to the ground  We hear the birds sing in the trees
        F#m                 B                  F#m              B
And the land will be looked after  We send the seeds out in the breeze


Verse 2:
A  E4(7M) E4   E4(7M)  A E4(7M) E4

E4(7M)  A           E4(7M)  E4  E4(7M)  A     A E4(7M) E4
Did you think you'd escaped from rou     tine

E4(7M)  A             E4(7M)  E4   E4(7M)  A      A E4(7M) E4 E4(7M)
By      changing the script        and the scene?

   F#m          D/F#               F#m      D/F#
Despite all you made of it  You're always afraid

       A   E4(7M) E4 E4(7M) A
Of the change

A   E4(7M) E4 E4(7M)       F#m          D/F#                F#m        D/F#
              You've got a lot on your chest  Well, you can come as my guest

        A E4(7M) E4E4(7M) A
So, come on down          Come on down


Chorus:
             E           B                  F#m           B
We're coming down to the ground  There's no better place to go
          F#m            B                    F#m         B
We've got snow up on the mountains  We've got rivers down below
             E           B                   F#m           B
We're coming down to the ground  We hear the birds sing in the trees
        F#m                 B                  F#m              B
And the land will be looked after  We send the seeds out in the breeze


Verse 3:
B                      A                             B
  Like the fish in the ocean  We felt at home in the sea
                           A                                   B
We learned to live off the good land  We learned to climb up a tree
                      A                      B
Then we got up on two legs  But we wanted to fly
                      A                             B
When we messed up our homeland  We set sail for the sky


Chorus:
             E           B                  F#m           B
We're coming down to the ground  There's no better place to go
          F#m            B                    F#m         B
We've got snow up on the mountains  We've got rivers down below
             E           B                   F#m           B
We're coming down to the ground  We hear the birds sing in the trees
        F#m                 B                  F#m              B
And the land will be looked after  We send the seeds out in the breeze


Verse 4:
             F#m  B                    F#m     B
We're coming down(down)  Coming down to Earth (down)
               F#m    B                     F#m                B
Like babies at birth (down)  Coming down to Earth (down to the earth)
                 F#m             B                       F#m               B
We're gonna find new priorities (down)  These are extraordinary qualities (down)
B    F#m     B
Down down to earth


Chorus:
             E           B                  F#m           B
We're coming down to the ground  There's no better place to go
          F#m            B                    F#m         B
We've got snow up on the mountains  We've got rivers down below
             E           B                   F#m           B
We're coming down to the ground  We hear the birds sing in the trees
        F#m                 B                  F#m              B
And the land will be looked after  We send the seeds out in the breeze

Chorus:
             E           B                  F#m           B
We're coming down to the ground  There's no better place to go
          F#m            B                    F#m         B
We've got snow up on the mountains  We've got rivers down below
             E           B                   F#m           B
We're coming down to the ground  We hear the birds sing in the trees
        F#m                 B                  F#m              B
And the land will be looked after  We send the seeds out in the breeze

Ending:
             F#m                B                     F#m            B
We're gonna find new priorities    These are extraordinary qualities
           F#m     B
To find on earth

F#m  B     F#m  B    F#m  B   F#m  B
Co---ming, co--ming, co--ming down   x3

N.C.
Coming down, Coming down.