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Living in the Plastic Age – The Buggles
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
The Buggles
Living in the Plastic Age (1980)
(Geoff Downes, Trevor Horn)
From: "Living in the Plastic Age" (Single, 3:51)
Album Version (5:13) on: "The Age of Plastic"
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-E
G/B x-2-0-0-0-3
C/D x-x-0-0-1-0
Am/G 3-x-2-2-1-0
C/E 0(3)2-0-1-0
A x-0-7-6-5-5
G/A x-0-5-4-3-3
F#m/A x-0-4-2-2-2
Dsus4/F x-x-3-0-3-3
D/F# 2-x-0-2-3(3)
Fmaj7 (t)1-3-3-2-1-0
G/F 1-x-0-0-0-3
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INTRO
(synth)
| Am | % | % | % |
(melody)
| Am | Am G/B | C | C G/B G |
| Am | Am G/B | C | % |
| Dm C/D | Dm |
VERSE
Am G/B
Every day my metal friend
C G/B G
Shakes my bed at 6am
Am G/B
Then the shiny serving clones
C
Run in with my telephones
INTERLUDE
| Dm C/D | Dm | Am | % |
VERSE (part)
Am G/B
Talking fast I make a deal
C G/B G
Buy the fake and sell what’s real
Am Am/G
What’s this pain here in my chest
BRIDGE
F C/E
Maybe I should take a rest
Dm Em F G [A]
Ah, ah, ah, ah, aaah
CHORUS
A G/A F#m/A G/A [A]
They send the heart police to put you under cardiac arrest
A G/A F#m/A G/A [Dsus2]
And as they drag you through the door they tell you that you've failed the test
| Dsus2 Dsus4/F | Dsus2 Dsus4/F |
Dm Em F G
Li-ving in the ...
VERSE
Am G/B
Living in the plastic age
C G/B G
Looking only half my age
Am G/B
Hello doctor lift my face
C
I wish my skin could stand the pace
INTERLUDE
| Dm C/D | Dm |
VERSE (part)
Am G/B
In my bed I read my mind
C G/B G
Remember how the mice were blind
Am Am/G
I watch them fighting in their cage
BRIDGE
F C/E
Could this be the plastic age?
| F C/E |
Dm Em F G [A]
Ah, ah, ah, ah, aaah
CHORUS
A G/A F#m/A G/A [A]
They send the heart police to put you under cardiac arrest
A G/A F#m/A G/A [Dsus2]
And as they drag you through the door they tell you that you've failed the test
| Dsus2 Dsus4/F | Dsus2 Dsus4/F |
Dm Em F G
Li-ving in the ...
MIDDLE 8
Am
Plastic age
G
Plastic age
D/F#
Plastic age
| F C/E | F C/E |
| Dm Em | F G |
CHORUS
A G/A F#m/A G/A [A]
They send the heart police to put you under cardiac arrest
A G/A F#m/A G/A [Dsus2]
And as they drag you through the door they tell you that you've failed the test
| Dsus2 Dsus4/F | Dsus2 Dsus4/F |
Dm Em F G
Li-ving in the ...
CODA
| Am | % | Fmaj7 | % |
| Am | % | Fmaj7 | % |
Am
Plastic age
G
Plastic age
D/F#
Plastic age
| F G/F | % | F G/F F G/F [A]
Ah, ah, ah, ah, aaah ...
| A | G/A | F#m/A | G/A |
| A | G/A | F#m/A | G/A |
(repeat and fade)
