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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 Emaj7 /ch Emaj7 ch Emaj7 /ch Emaj7 ch Emaj7 /ch Emaj7 ch /ch ch /ch ch /ch 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|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
ch /ch ch /ch ch /ch 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|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
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 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 break E E 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 break E E 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) break E E 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
Source: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/buggles/astroboy_and_the_proles_on_parade_crd.html