Tears for Fears - Humdrum and Humble: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Humdrum and Humble" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

D#m
Mistress of the mind
G#
Take me where the air is clean
D#
Ignorance is kind
G#m               F#  C#
Emerald and evergreen
A#m         G#              A#m          G#
30 days September, year of miracle and grief
A#m                  G#
Through the haze, Remember
          F#            C#    G#
You're an animal, not a mineral

Chorus:
       A#m
And we won the war, lost the battle
G#
Lost the war, won the battle
A#m
Won the war, lost the battle
G#
Lost the war
A#m                      G#
All for the love of the humdrum and humble
A#m            G#
Color for the colorblind
A#m                      G#
All for the love of the humdrum and humble

Through the human eye
Nature a soul extreme
Nothing seems to die
Pictures in a magazine
Through the maze, precisely
Through the myriad of schemes
With your gaze, entice me
Like an animal, not a mineral

Chorus

A#m                  G#
Through the maze, precisely
            A#m          G#
Through the myriad of schemes
A#m                G#
With your gaze, entice me
F#                     C#    G#
Like an animal, not a mineral

Chorus

Rubbishing the philistines
All for the love of the humdrum and humble


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A#m

Guitar chord A#m

C#

Guitar chord C#

D#

Guitar chord D#

D#m

Guitar chord D#m

Em

Guitar chord Em

F#

Guitar chord F#

G#

Guitar chord G#

G#m

Guitar chord G#m

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Humdrum and Humble" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Humdrum and Humble" by Tears for Fears.