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Peter Gabriel – Panopticom Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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These are Panopticom chords by Peter Gabriel on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

[Intro]
Dm   Am   G   F
Dm   Am   G   F
 E  Esus4  E  Esus4
E  Am      Em

[Verse 1]
       D       C
In the air the smoke
      G          E
cloud takes its form
        G           C
All the phones take pictures
 G          E
 while it's warm

[Chorus]
       Am  F
Panopticom
           G
Let’s find out
               Em
what’s going on
       Am  F
Panopticom
      G
Let’s see where
           Em
clues are leading
       Am  F
Panopticom
          G
Won't you show us
               Em
what's going on?
       Dm
Panopticom
               E
So how much is real?
                         F
And we pour the medicine down
         G
While we watch the
 world around us
       Em             F
We got witness on the ground
G
Takin' in the evidence
       Em               F
And we reach across the globe
       G
We got all the
 information flowing
    Em              F
You face the mother lode
G
Tentacles around you
       Am
Around you

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[Interlude]
Am     Dm    C  F  G
F   E

[Verse 2]
Em             C
From above and deep
   G       Em
below the ground
             D
It was in Berlin
     G
That all the evidence
     Em
 was found
              D
Look from the street
       C                  Em
And we look down from the skies
                D
See through the barriers
       G
We can see through
           E
all those lies

[Chorus]
       Am  F
Panopticom
           G
Let’s find out what’s
        Em
 going on
       Am  F
Panopticom
      G
Let’s see where clues
     Em
 are leading
       Am  F
Panopticom
          G
Won't you show us
               Em
what's going on?
       Dm
Panopticom
               E
So how much is real?

                         F
And we pour the medicine down
         G
While we watch the
world around us
       Em
We got witness
        F
on the ground
G
Takin' in the evidence
       Em
And we reach across
     F
the globe
       G
We got all the
information flowing
    Em              F
You face the mother lode
G
Tentacles around you
       Am
Around you

[Outro]
Am         F
Around you
       Am
Around you
Am
Around you
Am

How to play Panopticom: key, chords and progression

Panopticom by Peter Gabriel is in the key of A minor (no sharps or flats). The song uses 9 chords: Dm, Am, G, F, E, Esus4, Em, D and C.

The progression the song keeps returning to is Am – F – G – Em (i – VI – VII – v in A minor). Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Beginner-friendly: almost every chord is an open chord on guitar, so you can play it without a capo or barre chords.