The Boy In The Bubble - Paul Simon
Tuning: G, E A D G B E
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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-
C x-3-x-0-
D x-x-0-2-
B-e
1-x
3-x
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Whatever your strumming pattern, try to incorporate the following
changes and rhythm:
[Verse] / [Int
[Am
1 + 2 + 3 +
e|----0-------
B|----1-------
G|----2-------
D|2-----------
A|0-------0---
E|------------
ro] / [Post-Ch
[Am [C [D
4 + 1 + 2 + 3
0---|---------
1---|----1---3
2---|----0---2
2---|2---x---0
----|0---3----
----|---------
orus]
[Am [C
+ 4 + 1 + 2
-------|------
-3-----|----1-
-2-----|----0-
-------|2---x-
-------|0---3-
-------|------
[D [C [D
+ 3 + 4 + 1 +
----------|---
--3---1-3-|---
--2---0-2-|---
--0---x-0-|---
------3---|---
----------|---
[C [D[D
2 + 3 + 4 +
-------------|
-1---3-3-----|
-0---2-2-----|
-x---0-0-----|
-3-----------|
-------------|
[Chorus] / [Ou
[G
1 + 2 + 3 +
e|----3-------
B|----0-------
G|----0-------
D|0-----------
A|x-----------
E|3-------3---
tro]
[G [C [D
4 + 1 + 2 + 3
3---|---------
0---|----1---3
0---|----0---2
0---|0---x---0
----|x---3----
----|3--------
[G [C
+ 4 + 1 + 2
-------|------
-3-----|----1-
-2-----|----0-
-------|0---x-
-------|x---3-
-------|3-----
[D [C[D
+ 3 + 4 + 1 +
----------|---
--3---1-3-|---
--2---0-2-|---
--0---x-0-|---
------3---|---
----------|---
[C [D[D
2 + 3 + 4 +
-------------|
-1---3-3-----|
-0---2-2-----|
-x---0-0-----|
-3-----------|
-------------|
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[Intro]
accordion only
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full
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band
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[Verse 1]
It was a slow
day
And the sun wa
s beating
On the soldier
s by the side
of the road
There was a br
ight light
A shattering o
f shop windows
The bomb in th
e baby carriag
e was wired to
the radio
[Chorus]
These are the
days of mirac
le and wonder
This is the l
ong distance c
all
The way the c
amera follows
us in slo-mo
The way we lo
ok to us all
The way we lo
ok to a distan
t constellatio
n
That's dying i
n a corner of
the sky
These are the
days of mirac
le and wonder
And don't cry
baby, don't cr
y, don't cry
[Post-Chorus]
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[Verse 2]
It was a dry w
ind
And it swept a
cross the dese
rt
And it curled
into the circl
e of birth
And the dead s
and
Falling on the
children
The mothers an
d the fathers
and the automa
tic earth
[Chorus]
These are the
days of mirac
le and wonder
This is the l
ong distance c
all
The way the c
amera follows
us in slo-mo
The way we lo
ok to us all
The way we lo
ok to a distan
t constellatio
n
That's dying i
n a corner of
the sky
These are the
days of mirac
le and wonder
And don't cry
baby, don't cr
y, don't cry
[Post-Chorus]
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(synth guitar
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lick)
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(synth guitar
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lick)
[Verse 3]
It's a turn-ar
ound jump shot
It's everybody
jump start
It's every gen
eration throws
a hero up the
pop charts
Medicine is ma
gical and magi
cal is art
Think of the B
oy in the Bubb
le
And the baby w
ith the baboon
heart
[Chorus]
And I believe,
these are the
days of laser
s in the jungl
e
Lasers in the
jungle somewhe
re
Staccato sign
als of constan
t information
A loose affili
ation of milli
onaires and bi
llionaires and
baby
[Chorus]
These are the
days of mirac
le and wonder
This is the l
ong distance c
all
The way the c
amera follows
us in slo-mo
The way we lo
ok to us all
[Chorus]
The way we lo
ok to a distan
t constellatio
n
That's dying i
n a corner of
the sky
These are the
days of mirac
le and wonder
And don't cry
baby, don't cr
y, don't cry
[Outro]
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(repeat and fa
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de)