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--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Astroboy (And the Proles on Parade) – The Buggles --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard The Buggles Astroboy (And the Proles on Parade) (1979) (Geoff Downes, Trevor Horn) From: "The Age of Plastic" The chord sheet only contains the basic chords which may be enough to strum along on a guitar. The song is pretty enough that way. But what goes on behind/below the surface is impressive, too. I transcribed the INTERLUDE and the keyboard chords and the haunting rhythm of VERSE and BRIDGE in the tab below for a second guitar or whatever is available. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- INTERLUDE
C#m1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + B1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| B|------4-----5---|--------4---5---|------2-----4---|----------------| G|6---------------|----6-----------|4---------------|----------------| D|6---------------|----------------|4---------------|----------------| A|4---------------|----------------|2---------------|----------------| E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
VERSE Emaj7 Emaj7 Emaj7 Emaj7 Emaj7 Emaj7
Dmaj7/E 1 + 2 + 3Dmaj7/E + 4 + 1 + 2Dmaj7/E + 3 + 4 + Dmaj7/E 1 + 2 + 3 Dmaj7/E+ 4 + 1 + 2 Dmaj7/E+ 3 + 4 + e|2-----4-----2---|--4-----2---4---|2-----4-----2---|--4-----2---4---| B|2-----4-----2---|--4-----2---4---|2-----4-----2---|--4-----2---4---| G|2-----4-----2---|--4-----2---4---|2-----4-----2---|--4-----2---4---| D|2-----2-----2---|--2-----2---2---|2-----2-----2---|--2-----2---2---| A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| D 1 + 2E7/D + 3 + D4 + E7/D1 + 2 + D3 +E7/D 4 + A/E 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + E 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + e|2-----4-----2---|--4-----2---4---|0-----0-----0---|0---------------| B|3-----3-----3---|--3-----3---3---|2-----2-----2---|0---------------| G|2-----4-----2---|--4-----2---4---|2-----2-----2---|1---------------| D|0-----0-----0---|--0-----0---0---|2-----2-----2---|2---------------| A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
BRIDGE (last part)
E5 1 + 2E6 + 3 +Esus2 4 + 1 E6+ 2Esus2 + 3 +E6 4 + E5 1 + 2E6 + 3 Esus2+ 4 + E61 + 2 + 3 + 4 + e|7---------------|----------------|7---------------|----------------| B|5-----9-----7---|9-----7-----9---|5-----9-----7---|9---------------| G|4-----6-----4---|6-----4-----6---|4-----6-----4---|6---------------| D|------6-----4---|6-----4-----6---|------6-----4---|6---------------| A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| E|0---------------|0---------------|0---------------|0---------------|
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHORDS E-A-D-G-B-E Dsus2 x-x-0-2-3-0 A/E 0-x-2-2-2-x Cmaj7 x-3-2-0-0-0 D/E 0-2-2-2-3-2 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- INTRO (drum box) | N.C. | (bass only) | E | % | % | % | | E | % | INTERLUDE | C#m | % | B | % | | C#m | % | B | % | VERSE
EAll of those wild American bilinguals Who Dsus2talk to you in Paris A/Eof their lonely Elives ESchool days and last days out there in the Midwest They Dsus2climb on their liners and A/Erejoin their Ewives
BRIDGE
BmWalking down boulevards electric eyes Would Cmaj7gaze at the waveforms and gasp at their size E E [break] Let them be lonely and say you don't care
CHORUS
AstroCmaj7boy, I'm D/Ewatching the proles on parade AstroCmaj7boy, I'm D/Ewatching the proles on parade
INTERLUDE | C#m | % | B | % | | C#m | % | B | % |
EUna with long hair will stand by your side And the Dsus2friends who were hungry could A/Eswallow your Epride EChromium pets that video screens would show Dsus2Pictures of helplessness A/Eold kings and Equeens
BRIDGE
BmRadio stations that fade as in dust Cmaj7All their transmitters are crumbling with rust E E [break] Let them be broken and say you don't care
CHORUS
AstroCmaj7boy, I'm D/Ewatching the proles on parade AstroCmaj7boy, I'm D/Ewatching the proles on parade AstroCmaj7boy, I'm D/Ewatching the proles on parade
INTERLUDE | C#m | % | B | % | | C#m | % | B | % | | A | % | F#m | % | BRIDGE (last part) E E [break] Let them be broken and say you don't care CHORUS
AstroCmaj7boy, I'm D/Ewatching the proles on parade AstroCmaj7boy, I'm D/Ewatching the proles on parade AstroCmaj7boy, I'm D/Ewatching the proles on parade AstroCmaj7boy, I'm D/Ewatching the proles on parade
OUTRO | Cmaj7 | % | D/E | % | | Cmaj7 | % | D/E | % | | Cmaj7 | % | D/E | % | | Cmaj7 | % | D/E | % | | Cmaj7 | % | D/E | % | | Cmaj7 | % | % | % | % | D/E