{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1514004,"song":"The Boy In The Bubble","artist":"Paul Simon","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11280043-the-boy-in-the-bubble-chords-by-paul-simon/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1514004?type=chord","rating":4.94842,"votes":131,"content":"---------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n---------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\nTuning: Standard\r\n\r\nhave to tune up a little to match the tuning there.\r\n\r\n\r\n---------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\n[tab]CHORDS\r\n      E-A-D-G-B-e\r\nC     x-3-x-0-1-x\r\nD     x-x-0-2-3-x[/tab]\r\n\r\n---------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\nWhatever your strumming pattern, try to incorporate the following\r\n\r\n[tab][Verse] / [Intro] / [Post-Chorus]\r\n [Am              [Am [C  [D       [Am [C  [D  [C [D    [C  [D[D\r\n  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +\r\ne|----0-------0---|----------------|----------------|----------------|\r\nB|----1-------1---|----1---3-3-----|----1---3---1-3-|----1---3-3-----|\r\nG|----2-------2---|----0---2-2-----|----0---2---0-2-|----0---2-2-----|\r\nD|2-----------2---|2---x---0-------|2---x---0---x-0-|----x---0-0-----|\r\nA|0-------0-------|0---3-----------|0---3-------3---|----3-----------|\r\nE|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][Chorus] / [Outro]\r\n [G               [G  [C  [D       [G  [C  [D  [C[D     [C  [D[D\r\n  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +\r\ne|----3-------3---|----------------|----------------|----------------|\r\nB|----0-------0---|----1---3-3-----|----1---3---1-3-|----1---3-3-----|\r\nG|----0-------0---|----0---2-2-----|----0---2---0-2-|----0---2-2-----|\r\nD|0-----------0---|0---x---0-------|0---x---0---x-0-|----x---0-0-----|\r\nA|x---------------|x---3-----------|x---3-------3---|----3-----------|\r\nE|3-------3-------|3---------------|3---------------|----------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n---------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n| [ch]Am[/ch] | [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]   | [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] |  [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]    | \r\n[tab]| [ch]Am[/ch] | [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]   | [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] |  [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]    |\r\n          full band[/tab]\r\n| [ch]Am[/ch] | [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]   | [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] |  [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]    | \r\n| [ch]Am[/ch] | [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]   | [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] |  [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]    |\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIt was a slow day[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the sun was beating[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOn the soldiers by the side of the road[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThere was a bright light[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nA shattering of shop windows[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe bomb in the baby carriage was wired to the radio[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\n These are the days of miracle and wonder[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n This is the long distance call[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\n The way the camera follows us in slo-mo[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n The way we look to us all[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\n The way we look to a distant constellation[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThat's dying in a corner of the sky[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\n These are the days of miracle and wonder[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd don't cry baby, don't cry, don't cry[/tab]\r\n\r\n| [ch]Am[/ch] | [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]   | [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] |  [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]    |\r\n| [ch]Am[/ch] | [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]   | [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] |  [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]    |\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIt was a dry wind[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd it swept across the desert[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd it curled into the circle of birth[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd the dead sand[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFalling on the children[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe mothers and the fathers and the automatic earth[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\n These are the days of miracle and wonder[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n This is the long distance call[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\n The way the camera follows us in slo-mo[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n The way we look to us all[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\n The way we look to a distant constellation[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThat's dying in a corner of the sky[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\n These are the days of miracle and wonder[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd don't cry baby, don't cry, don't cry[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]| [ch]Am[/ch] | [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]   | [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] |  [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]    |\r\n (synth guitar lick)[/tab]\r\n[tab]| [ch]Am[/ch] | [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]   | [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] |  [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]    |\r\n (synth guitar lick)[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIt's a turn-around jump shot[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIt's everybody jump start[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIt's every generation throws a hero up the pop charts[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMedicine is magical and magical is art[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThink of the Boy in the Bubble[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the baby with the baboon heart[/tab]\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd I believe, these are the days of lasers in the jungle[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nLasers in the jungle somewhere[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\n Staccato signals of constant information[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nA loose affiliation of millionaires and billionaires and baby[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\n These are the days of miracle and wonder[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n This is the long distance call[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\n The way the camera follows us in slo-mo[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n The way we look to us all[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\n The way we look to a distant constellation[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThat's dying in a corner of the sky[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\n These are the days of miracle and wonder[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd don't cry baby, don't cry, don't cry[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n| [ch]G[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]   | [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] |  [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]    |\r\n[tab]| [ch]G[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]   | [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] |  [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]    |\r\n(repeat and fade)[/tab]","plain_text":"---------------------------------------------------------------------------\n---------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nTuning: Standard\n\nhave to tune up a little to match the tuning there.\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nWhatever your strumming pattern, try to incorporate the following\n\n\n\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n[Intro]\n| Am | Am C D   | Am C D  C D |  C D    | \n\n| Am | Am C D   | Am C D  C D |  C D    | \n| Am | Am C D   | Am C D  C D |  C D    |\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n| Am | Am C D   | Am C D  C D |  C D    |\n| Am | Am C D   | Am C D  C D |  C D    |\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\n| G | G C D   | G C D  C D |  C D    |","chords":["E","A","D","G","B","C","Am"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}