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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: 

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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] / [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    |
(repeat and fade)