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Astroboy (And the Proles on Parade) – The Buggles
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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.
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INTERLUDE
C#m B
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 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 Dmaj7/E Dmaj7/E Dmaj7/E Dmaj7/E Dmaj7/E
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 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 E7/D D E7/D D E7/D A/E E
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 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 E6 Esus2 E6 Esus2 E6 E5 E6 Esus2 E6
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 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---------------|
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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
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INTRO
(drum box)
| N.C. |
(bass only)
| E | % | % | % |
| E | % |
INTERLUDE
| C#m | % | B | % |
| C#m | % | B | % |
VERSE
E
All of those wild American bilinguals
Dsus2 A/E E
Who talk to you in Paris of their lonely lives
E
School days and last days out there in the Midwest
Dsus2 A/E E
They climb on their liners and rejoin their wives
BRIDGE
Bm
Walking down boulevards electric eyes
Cmaj7
Would gaze at the waveforms and gasp at their size
E E [break]
Let them be lonely and say you don't care
CHORUS
Cmaj7 D/E
Astroboy, I'm watching the proles on parade
Cmaj7 D/E
Astroboy, I'm watching the proles on parade
INTERLUDE
| C#m | % | B | % |
| C#m | % | B | % |
E
Una with long hair will stand by your side
Dsus2 A/E E
And the friends who were hungry could swallow your pride
E
Chromium pets that video screens would show
Dsus2 A/E E
Pictures of helplessness old kings and queens
BRIDGE
Bm
Radio stations that fade as in dust
Cmaj7
All their transmitters are crumbling with rust
E E [break]
Let them be broken and say you don't care
CHORUS
Cmaj7 D/E
Astroboy, I'm watching the proles on parade
Cmaj7 D/E
Astroboy, I'm watching the proles on parade
Cmaj7 D/E
Astroboy, I'm watching 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
Cmaj7 D/E
Astroboy, I'm watching the proles on parade
Cmaj7 D/E
Astroboy, I'm watching the proles on parade
Cmaj7 D/E
Astroboy, I'm watching the proles on parade
Cmaj7 D/E
Astroboy, I'm watching the proles on parade
OUTRO
| Cmaj7 | % | D/E | % |
| Cmaj7 | % | D/E | % |
| Cmaj7 | % | D/E | % |
| Cmaj7 | % | D/E | % |
| Cmaj7 | % | D/E | % |
| Cmaj7 | % | % | % | % | D/E
