The Boy In The Bubble – Paul Simon
Nghệ sĩ: Paul Simon
Hợp Âm Chuẩn
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The Boy in the Bubble – Paul Simon
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Written by: Paul Simon/Forere Motloheloa
From: "Graceland" (1986)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
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://soundcloud.com/maguri/paul-simon-the-boy-in-the-bubble-demo
https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/shot/maguri/837590401
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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, try to incorporate the following
changes and rhythm:
Verse] / [Intro] / [Post-Chorus→ Phiên khúc
[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|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
/ [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
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| [ch]Am[/ch] | [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] | [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] | [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] |
full band
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Verse 1→ Phiên khúc
ch]Am[/ch
It was a slow day
ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch
And the sun was beating
ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch
On the soldiers by the side of the road
ch]Am[/ch
There was a bright light
ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch
A shattering of shop windows
ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch
The bomb in the baby carriage was wired to the radio
ch]G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch
These are the days of miracle and wonder
ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch
This is the long distance call
ch]G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch
The way the camera follows us in slo-mo
ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch
The way we look to us all
ch]G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch
The way we look to a distant constellation
ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch
That's dying in a corner of the sky
ch]G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch
These are the days of miracle and wonder
ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch
And don't cry baby, don't cry, don't cry
Post-Chorus
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Verse 2→ Phiên khúc
ch]Am[/ch
It was a dry wind
ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch
And it swept across the desert
ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch
And it curled into the circle of birth
ch]Am[/ch
And the dead sand
ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch
Falling on the children
ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch
The mothers and the fathers and the automatic earth
ch]G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch
These are the days of miracle and wonder
ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch
This is the long distance call
ch]G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch
The way the camera follows us in slo-mo
ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch
The way we look to us all
ch]G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch
The way we look to a distant constellation
ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch
That's dying in a corner of the sky
ch]G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch
These are the days of miracle and wonder
ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch
And don't cry baby, don't cry, don't cry
Post-Chorus
| [ch]Am[/ch] | [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] | [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] | [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] |
(synth guitar lick)
| [ch]Am[/ch] | [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] | [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] | [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] |
(synth guitar lick)
Verse 3→ Phiên khúc
ch]Am[/ch
It's a turn-around jump shot
ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch
It's everybody jump start
ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch
It's every generation throws a hero up the pop charts
ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch
Medicine is magical and magical is art
ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch
Think of the Boy in the Bubble
ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch
And the baby with the baboon heart
ch]G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch
And I believe, these are the days of lasers in the jungle
ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch
Lasers in the jungle somewhere
ch]G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch
Staccato signals of constant information
ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch
A loose affiliation of millionaires and billionaires and baby
ch]G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch
These are the days of miracle and wonder
ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch
This is the long distance call
ch]G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch
The way the camera follows us in slo-mo
ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch
The way we look to us all
ch]G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch
The way we look to a distant constellation
ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch
That's dying in a corner of the sky
ch]G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch
These are the days of miracle and wonder
ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch
And don't cry baby, don't cry, don't cry
Outro
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| [ch]G[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] | [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] |
(repeat and fade)