The Boy In The Bubble Cifras para ukulele

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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.
 
Whatever your strumming pattern, try to incorporate the following
changes and rhythm:
 
[Intro]
 [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 +
A|7-----7-7-----7-|----------------|7-5-------------|----------------|
E|5-5---5-5---5-5-|----3---5-5-----|5---3---5---3-5-|----3---5-5-----|
C|4-------4-------|----4---6-6-----|4---4---6---4-6-|----4---6-6-----|
g|----------------|----5---7-7-----|----5---7---5-7-|----5---7-7-----|
  (triple feel)
 
[Verse] / [Intro] / [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 +
A|0---------------|0---------------|0---------------|----------------|
E|0---------------|0---0---2-------|0---0---2---0-2-|----0---2-2-----|
C|0---------------|0---0---2-------|0---0---2---0-2-|----0---2-2-----|
g|2---------------|2---------------|2---0---2---0-2-|----0---2-2-----|
 
[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 +
A|2---------------|2---3---0-0-----|2---3---0---3-0-|----3---0-0-----|
E|3---------------|3---0---2-2-----|3---0---2---0-2-|----0---2-2-----|
C|2---------------|2---0---2-2-----|2---0---2---0-2-|----0---2-2-----|
g|0---------------|0---0---2-2-----|0---0---2---0-2-|----0---2-2-----|
 
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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 1]
         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
 
[Post-Chorus]
| Am | Am C D   | Am C D  C D |  C D    |
| Am | Am C D   | Am C D  C D |  C D    |
 
[Verse 2]
         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
 
[Post-Chorus]
| Am | Am C D   | Am C D  C D |  C D    |
(synth guitar licks)
| Am | Am C D   | Am C D  C D |  C D    |
(synth guitar licks)
 
[Verse 3]
       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
 
[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, oh yeah
 
[Chorus]
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    |
Don't cry ...
| G | G C D   | G C D  C D |  C D    |
(repeat and fade)
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