The Boy In The Bubble
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DROP D
Intro
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(pno.)
F#5
e||--------|--------||
B||--------|--------||
G||--------|--------||
d||--4---4-|--4---4-||
A||-4---4--|-4---4--||
D||4---4---|4---4---||
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F#m F#m6 F#m E F#m F#m6 F#m D2
e||--------|--------|--------|--------||
B||--------|--------|--------|--------||
G||--------|------1-|--------|--------||
d||--4---4-|--4-----|--4---4-|------2-||
A||-4---6--|-4---2--|-4---6--|-4---0--||
D||4---4---|4---2---|4---4---|4-2-0---||
Verse
F#m
It was a slow day
F#m6
And the sun was beating
F#m E
On the soldiers by the side of the road
F#m
There was a bright light
F#m6
A shattering of shop windows
F#m E
The bomb in the baby carriage
D2
Was wired to the radio, and
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E5 D2 E D2 E2 D2 E5 B
e||--------|--------|--------|--------|
B||--------|--------|--------|------4-|
G||--------|--1-----|--------|--------|
d||--2---2-|------2-|--4---2-|-----4--|
A||-2---0--|-2---0--|-2---0--|-2--2---|
D||2---0---|2---0---|2---0---|2-0-----|
C#m B4 E/G# D2 F#m E D5 E5 D2 (D2)
e||--------|--------|--------|--------|----||
B||------4-|--------|--------|--------|----||
G||--5---4-|--------|--2-----|--------|----||
d||-6---2--|--9---2-|--------|------2-|----||
A||4---2---|-7---0--|-4---2-0|-2---0--|----||
D||-------7|6---0---|4---2-0-|2---0---|----||
[Refrão]E Dsus2
These are the days of miracle and wonder
E Dsus2
This is the long-distance call
E Dsus2
The way the camera follows us in slow-mo
E Dsus B
The way we look to us all
C#m B4
The way we look to a distant constellation
E/G# D2
That's dying in a corner of the sky
F#m E5 D5
These are the days of miracle and wonder
E5 D2
And don't cry, baby, don't cry, don't cry
Instrumental (cello, pno.)
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F#m E E7/D Bm/D
e||--------|--------||
B||--------|--------||
G||--------|--------||
d||2-------|(2)-----||
A||--------|--------||
D||--------|--------||
|| "don't cry"||
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e||--------|--------||
B||--------|--------||
G||------1-|--1-----||
d||--7-----|------4-||
A||-4---2--|-2---2--||
D||4---2---|0---0---||
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F#m E D6 C#m F#m E D6 B
e||--------|--------|--------|--------||
B||--------|--------|--------|-----4--||
G||--2---1-|--2-----|--2---1-|--2-----||
d||--------|-----246|--------|-----4--||
A||-4---2--|-2--4---|-4---2--|-2--2---||
D||4---2---|0-------|4---2---|0-------||
Verse
F#m
It was a dry wind
E
And it swept across the desert
D6 C#m
And it curled into the circle of birth
F#m
And the dead sand
E
Falling on the children
D6
The mothers and the fathers
B
And the automatic earth
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C#m9 B5 A6 B C#m E B C# B A5
e||--------|--------|--------|--------|
B||--4---5-|--5---4-|------4-|---4--5-|
G||--------|--------|--------|--------|
d||-6---4--|-4---4--|-6-----4|-7---0--|
A||4---2---|0---2---|4--2-22-|4-2-0---|
D||--------|--------|--2-6---|--------|
E/G# D2 C#m D E B A B D
e||--------|--------|--------|--------|----||
B||--------|--------|------5-|--------|----||
G||--------|--------|--1-----|--------|----||
d||--9---2-|-6----4-|-----4--|-2-4--4-|----||
A||-7---0--|4-2--0--|-2--2---|0-2--0--|----||
D||6---0---|----0---|2-------|----0---|----||
[Refrão]C#m9 B5
These are the days of miracle and wonder
A6 B
This is the long-distance call
C#m E E/G# B
The way the camera follows us in slow-mo
C#m B A5
The way we look to us all
E/G# D2
The way we look to a distant constellation
C#m B D2
That's dying in a corner of the sky
E B
These are the days of miracle and wonder
A B D
And don't cry, baby, don't cry, don't cry
Instrumental
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(cello)
F#m B/F# F#m B/F#
e||--------|--------||
B||2---0---|----0---||
G||--------|2-------||
d||--------|--------||
A||--------|--------||
D||--------|--------||
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||(bass clarinet) ||
e||--------|--------||
B||--------|--------||
G||--------|--------||
d||--4---4-|--4---4-||
A||-4---2--|-4---4--||
D||4---4---|4---4---||
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F#m E A Bm C#m F#m E2 D2 B
e||--2-----|--------|--5---2-|--0-----||
B||-------2|--3---5-|--------|------4-||
G||--------|--------|--------|--------||
d||--------|-4---6--|--------|-----4--||
A||-4---70-|2---4---|-4---2--|-0--2---||
D||4---6---|--------|4---2---|0-------||
Verse
F#m
Well it's a turn-around jump shot
E A
It's everybody jump start
Bm C#m
It's every generation throws a hero up the pop charts
F#m E2
Medicine is magical and magical is art
D2
Think of the boy in the bubble
B
And the baby with the baboon heart
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E D2 A/C# D5 E Bm7 A/C# B
e||--0---0-|--------|-------5|---0----||
B||--------|--------|--0-----|------4-||
G||--------|--2-----|--------|--2----4||
d||--------|-2------|--------|-2---4--||
A||-2---0--|4----0--|-2---2--|4---2---||
D||2---0---|----0---|2---0---|--------||
Verse
E D2
These are days of lasers in the jungle
A/C# D5
Lasers in the jungle somewhere
E Bm7/D
Staccato signals of constant information
A/C# B
A loose affiliation of millionaires
And billionaires, and, baby
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E B A5 B C#m E B C#m B A5
e||---0--0-|--0-----|--------|------0-|
B||--------|------4-|------4-|---4----|
G||--1-----|--------|--------|--------|
d||-------4|-2---4--|-6-----4|-6---2--|
A||-2---72-|0---2---|4--0-72-|4-2-0---|
D||2---6---|--------|--0-6---|--------|
B A E A B G#m F# C#m Bsus B
e||--------|--------|--------|4-------|----||
B||--0---2-|-----54-|--0-----|-----5--|4---||
G||--------|--------|------3-|--4-----|----||
d||-1---2-2|-2-2----|--------|-2---4--|-4--||
A||2---0---|--0-2---|-6---6-4|4---2---|2---||
D||--------|6-------|6---6-4-|--------|----||
[Refrão]E E/G# B
These are the days of miracle and wonder
A5 B
This is the long-distance call
C#m E E/G# B
The way the camera follows us in slow-mo
C#m B A5
The way we look to us all, oh, yeah
B A
The way we look to a distant constellation
E/G# A B
That's dying in a corner of the sky
G#m F#
These are the days of miracle and wonder
C#m Bsus B
And don't cry, baby, don't cry, don't cry
Instrumental -- OUTRO
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(cello)
F#m B/F# F#m B/F# F#m B/F# F#m B
e||--------|--------|--------|--------||
B||2---0---|----0---|2---0---|----0---||
G||--------|2-------|-------2|2-------||
d||--------|--------|--------|--------||
A||--------|--------|--------|--------||
D||--------|--------|--------|--------||
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||x...x...|x...x...|x...x...|x...x...||
||(bass clarinet) | | ||
e||--------|--------|--------|--------||
B||--------|--------|--------|--------||
G||--------|--------|--------|--------||
d||--4---4-|--4---4-|--4---4-|--4--1--||
A||-4---2--|-6---4--|-4---2--|-6---2*-||
D||4---4---|4---4---|4---4---|4-------||
(*bottom split cello)
How to play The Boy In The Bubble
Use the controls above to change the key and text size. Follow the highlighted chords while listening, then practice each section slowly before playing at the original tempo.
What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is D. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.