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The Boy in the Bubble – Paul Simon
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Paul Simon
The Boy in the Bubble (1986)
(Paul Simon, Forere Motloheloa)
From: "Graceland"
The album version is a little sharp. To play along to the recording you’d
have to tune up a little to match the tuning there.
Listen to this tab:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/7r2h4lbcjd37ci7/PaulSimon-TheBoyInTheBubble_Demo.mp3
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
C x-3-x-0-1-x
D x-x-0-2-3-x
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Whatever your strumming pattern may be, try to incorporate the following
changes and rhythm:
VERSE INTOR / INTERLUDE
Am Am C D Am C D C D C D D
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----0-------0---|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----1-------1---|----1---3-3-----|----1---3---1-3-|----1---3-3-----|
G|----2-------2---|----0---2-2-----|----0---2---0-2-|----0---2-2-----|
D|2-----------2---|2---x---0-------|2---x---0---x-0-|----x---0-0-----|
A|0-------0-------|0---3-----------|0---3-------3---|----3-----------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
CHORUS / OUTRO
G G C D G C D C D C D D
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----3-------3---|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----0-------0---|----1---3-3-----|----1---3---1-3-|----1---3-3-----|
G|----0-------0---|----0---2-2-----|----0---2---0-2-|----0---2-2-----|
D|0-----------0---|0---x---0-------|0---x---0---x-0-|----x---0-0-----|
A|x---------------|x---3-----------|x---3-------3---|----3-----------|
E|3-------3-------|3---------------|3---------------|----------------|
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INTRO
accordion only
| Am | Am C D | Am C D C D | C D |
| Am | Am C D | Am C D C D | C D |
full band
| Am | Am C D | Am C D C D | C D |
| Am | Am C D | Am C D C D | C D |
VERSE
Am
It was a slow day
Am C D
And the sun was beating
Am C D C D C D D
On the soldiers by the side of the road
Am
There was a bright light
Am C D
A shattering of shop windows
Am C D C D C D D
The bomb in the baby carriage was wired to the radio
CHORUS
G G C D
These are the days of miracle and wonder
G C D C D C D D
This is the long distance call
G G C D
The way the camera follows us in slo-mo
G C D C D C D D
The way we look to us all
G G C D
The way we look to a distant constellation
G C D C D C D D
That's dying in a corner of the sky
G G C D
These are the days of miracle and wonder
G C D C D C D D
And don't cry baby, don't cry, don't cry
INTERLUDE
| Am | Am C D | Am C D C D | C D |
| Am | Am C D | Am C D C D | C D |
VERSE
Am
It was a dry wind
Am C D
And it swept across the desert
Am C D C D C D D
And it curled into the circle of birth
Am
And the dead sand
Am C D
Falling on the children
Am C D C D C D D
The mothers and the fathers and the automatic earth
CHORUS
G G C D
These are the days of miracle and wonder
G C D C D C D D
This is the long distance call
G G C D
The way the camera follows us in slo-mo
G C D C D C D D
The way we look to us all
G G C D
The way we look to a distant constellation
G C D C D C D D
That's dying in a corner of the sky
G G C D
These are the days of miracle and wonder
G C D C D C D D
And don't cry baby, don't cry, don't cry
INTERLUDE (synth guitar licks)
| Am | Am C D | Am C D C D | C D |
| Am | Am C D | Am C D C D | C D |
VERSE
Am
It's a turn-around jump shot
Am C D
It's everybody jump start
Am C D C D C D D
It's every generation throws a hero up the pop charts
Am Am C D
Medicine is magical and magical is art
Am C D
Think of the Boy in the Bubble
C D C D D
And the baby with the baboon heart
CHORUS
G G C D
And I believe, these are the days of lasers in the jungle
G C D C D C D D
Lasers in the jungle somewhere
G G C D
Staccato signals of constant information
G C D C D C D D
A loose affiliation of millionaires and billionaires and baby
G G C D
These are the days of miracle and wonder
G C D C D C D D
This is the long distance call
G G C D
The way the camera follows us in slo-mo
G C D C D C D D
The way we look to us all
G G C D
The way we look to a distant constellation
G C D C D C D D
That's dying in a corner of the sky
G G C D
These are the days of miracle and wonder
G C D C D C D D
And don't cry baby, don't cry, don't cry
OUTRO
| G | G C D | G C D C D | C D |
| G | G C D | G C D C D | C D |
