Put The Bucket Down chords by Peter Gabriel

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

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