The Boy in the Bubble Peter Gabriel
INTRO
(pno.)
[F#5]
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VERSE
[F#m] [F#m6] [F#m] [E] [F#m] [F#m6] [F#m] [D2]
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It was a [F#m]slow day
And the [F#m6]sun was beating
On the [F#m]soldiers by the side of the [E]road
There was a bright [F#m]light
A [F#m6]shattering of shop windows
The [F#m]bomb in the [E]baby carriage
Was [D2]wired to the radio, and
CHORUS
[E5] [D2] [E] [D2] [E2] [D2] [E5] [B]
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[C#m] [B4] [E/G#] [D2] [F#m] [E] [D5] [E5] [D2] [(D2)]
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[E] These are the days of [Dsus2]miracle and wonder
[E] This is the long-distance [Dsus2]call
[E] The way the camera [Dsus2]follows us in slow-mo
[E] The way we [Dsus]look to us [B]all
[C#m] The way we look to a [B4]distant constellation
That's [E/G#]dying in a corner of the [D2]sky
[F#m] These are the days of [E5]miracle and [D5]wonder
And [E5]don't cry, baby, [D2]don't cry, don't cry
INSTRUMENTAL (cello, pno.)
(cello)
[F#m] [E] [E7/D] [Bm/D]
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|| "don't cry"||
||x...x...|x...x...||
||(pno.) | ||
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VERSE
[F#m] [E] [D6] [C#m] [F#m] [E] [D6] [B]
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It was a dry [F#m]wind
And it [E]swept across the desert
And it [D6]curled into the circle of [C#m]birth
And the [F#m]dead sand
[E]Falling on the children
The [D6]mothers and the fathers
And the [B]automatic earth
CHORUS
[C#m9] [B5] [A6] [B] [C#m] [E] [B] [C#] [B] [A5]
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[E/G#] [D2] [C#m] [D] [E] [B] [A] [B] [D]
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[C#m9] These are the days of [B5]miracle and wonder
[A6] This is the long-distance[B] call
[C#m] The way the [E]camera [E/G#]follows us in [B]slow-mo
[C#m] The way we [B]look to us [A5]all
[E/G#]The way we look to a [D2]distant constellation
That's [C#m]dying in a [B]corner of the [D2]sky
[E] These are the days of [B]miracle and wonder
And [A]don't cry, [B]baby, don't [D]cry, don't cry
INSTRUMENTAL
(cello)
[F#m] [B/F#] [F#m] [B/F#]
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||x...x...|x...x...||
||(bass clarinet) ||
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VERSE
[F#m] [E] [A] [Bm] [C#m] [F#m] [E2] [D2] [B]
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Well it's a [F#m]turn-around jump shot
It's [E]everybody [A]jump start
It's [Bm]every generation throws a [C#m]hero up the pop charts
[F#m] Medicine is magical and [E2]magical is art
[D2]Think of the boy in the bubble
And the [B]baby with the baboon heart
VERSE
[E] [D2] [A/C#] [D5] [E] [Bm7] [A/C#] [B]
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[E] These are days of [D2]lasers in the jungle
[A/C#]Lasers in the jungle some[D5]where
[E] Staccato signals of [Bm7/D]constant information
A [A/C#]loose affiliation of million[B]aires
And billionaires, and, baby
CHORUS
[E] [B] [A5] [B] [C#m] [E] [B] [C#m] [B] [A5]
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[B] [A] [E] [A] [B] [G#m] [F#] [C#m] [Bsus] [B]
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[E] These are the days of [E/G#]miracle and [B]wonder
[A5] This is the long-distance [B]call
[C#m] The way the [E]camera [E/G#]follows us in [B]slow-mo
[C#m] The way we [B]look to us [A5]all, oh, yeah
[B] The way we look to a [A]distant constellation
That's [E/G#]dying in a [A]corner of the [B]sky
[G#m] These are the days of miracle and [F#]wonder
And [C#m]don't cry, baby, don't [Bsus]cry, don't c[B]ry
INSTRUMENTAL -- OUTRO
(cello)
[F#m] [B/F#] [F#m] [B/F#] [F#m] [B/F#] [F#m] [B]
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||x...x...|x...x...|x...x...|x...x...||
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(*bottom split cello)
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