Peter Gabriel

Put The Bucket Down Chords

by Peter Gabriel
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Intro: Gm Verse 1: Gm Well a story begins With a dart in my hand Gm I'm tied to the rock That burns in the sand Gm The waves are crashing And the jellies are floating Gm And the flowers in the water
Surrounding the boat Hook: Gm C Whose mind is this? Gm Just tell me who Gm C Whose mind is this? Gm No meaning coming through Verse 2: Gm There's a hole in my head You can see right through Gm I make out a mirror But I can only see you Gm I'm becoming a building With a door for a mouth Gm My head is in the North And my feet is in the South Gm The walls of my skin so alive to the touch Gm Come in to the building I want you so much Pre-Chorus: Gm Oh, oh, oh, oh Put the bucket down Gm Hey Put the bucket down Gm Oh, oh, oh, oh Put the bucket down Gm Hey Put the bucket down Chorus: Eb E I am the sum of all the signals F Gb That move inside the head Eb D F C The less you have, the more you can make of it F C The more you can make of it Eb E With all those senses and those feelings F Gb That light up in the brain Eb D F C And they paint with angel, building round your world again Gm World again Post-Chorus: Gm Oh, oh, oh, oh Put the bucket down Gm Hey Put the bucket down Gm Oh, oh, oh, oh Put the bucket down Gm Hey Put the bucket down Verse 3: Gm With theses thoughts move around me They swim inside my head Gm No idea what you've be reading Which thoughts have just been read Gm Some light up the shadows Bringing life up to the dead Gm While all the maps keep changing Imagination led Hook: Gm C Whose mind is this? Gm Just tell me who Gm C Whose mind is this? Gm No meaning coming through Verse 4: Gm But the salt is in the chocolate The silky sexy stain Gm I feel the elimination In all the circuits of my brain Gm They show you where we're going A road of love and pain Gm No one here can tell you where we're heading on this train Chorus: Eb E I am the sum of all the signals F Gb That move inside the head Eb D F C The less you have, the more you can make of it F C The more you can make of it Eb E With all those senses and those feelings F Gb That light up in the brain Eb D F C And they paint with angel, building round your world again Gm World again [Instrumental] Gm Db D Eb Cm Dm G Cm Eb Bb Ab Bb Cm Gm Pre-Chorus: Gm Oh, oh, oh, oh Put the bucket down Gm Hey Put the bucket down Gm Oh, oh, oh, oh Put the bucket down Gm Hey Put the bucket down Chorus: Eb E I am the sum of all the signals F Gb That move inside the head Eb D F C The less you have, the more you can make of it F C The more you can make of it Eb E With all those senses and those feelings F Gb That light up in the brain Eb D F C And they paint with angel, building round your world again Gm World again Outro: Gm Well the story's begining Is the same as the end Gm The train's in motion It's bounce around the bend Gm It's bounce around the bend Gm It's bounce around the bend Gm

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Published: February 4, 2026
Last Updated: February 4, 2026