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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
[ch]Dma[Emaj7]j7/E[/ch] [Emaj7] [ch]Dmaj[Emaj7]7/E[/ch] [Emaj7] [ch]Dmaj7/[Emaj7]E[/ch] [Emaj7] [ch]Dmaj7/E[/ch] [ch]Dmaj7/E[/ch] [ch]Dmaj7/E[/ch]
[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 [ch]E7/D[/ch] D [ch]E7/D[/ch] D [ch]E7/D[/ch] 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|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
[ Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/buggles/astroboy_and_the_proles_on_parade_crd.html ]
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
Dsus2 [E-A-D-G-B-E]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
Who [Dsus2]talk to you in Paris [A/E]of their lonely [E]lives
[E]School days and last days out there in the Midwest
They [Dsus2]climb on their liners and [A/E]rejoin their [E]wives
BRIDGE
[Bm]Walking down boulevards electric eyes
Would [Cmaj7]gaze at the waveforms and gasp at their size
E E [break]
Let them be lonely and say you don't care
CHORUS
Astro[Cmaj7]boy, I'm [D/E]watching the proles on parade
Astro[Cmaj7]boy, I'm [D/E]watching the proles on parade
INTERLUDE
| C#m | % | B | % |
| C#m | % | B | % |
[E]Una with long hair will stand by your side
And the [Dsus2]friends who were hungry could [A/E]swallow your [E]pride
[E]Chromium pets that video screens would show
[Dsus2]Pictures of helplessness [A/E]old kings and [E]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
Astro[Cmaj7]boy, I'm [D/E]watching the proles on parade
Astro[Cmaj7]boy, I'm [D/E]watching the proles on parade
Astro[Cmaj7]boy, I'm [D/E]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
Astro[Cmaj7]boy, I'm [D/E]watching the proles on parade
Astro[Cmaj7]boy, I'm [D/E]watching the proles on parade
Astro[Cmaj7]boy, I'm [D/E]watching the proles on parade
Astro[Cmaj7]boy, I'm [D/E]watching the proles on parade
OUTRO
| Cmaj7 | % | D/E | % |
| Cmaj7 | % | D/E | % |
| Cmaj7 | % | D/E | % |
| Cmaj7 | % | D/E | % |
| Cmaj7 | % | D/E | % |
| Cmaj7 | % | % | % | % | D/E
