The Boy In The Bubble chords

Peter Gabriel

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  			DROP D

Intro 
   (pno.) 
     F#5 
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d||--4---4-|--4---4-|| 
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   F#m F#m6 F#m E    F#m F#m6 F#m D2 
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A||-4---6--|-4---2--|-4---6--|-4---0--|| 
D||4---4---|4---2---|4---4---|4-2-0---|| 

Verse
         F#m 
It was a slow day 
        F#m6 
And the sun was beating 
       F#m                         E 
On the soldiers by the side of the road 
                   F#m 
There was a bright light 
  F#m6 
A shattering of shop windows 
    F#m         E 
The bomb in the baby carriage 
    D2 
Was wired to the radio, and 

 
   E5  D2   E   D2   E2  D2   E5  B     
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A||-2---0--|-2---0--|-2---0--|-2--2---| 
D||2---0---|2---0---|2---0---|2-0-----| 

   C#m B4   E/G# D2  F#m E D5 E5  D2  (D2) 
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B||------4-|--------|--------|--------|----|| 
G||--5---4-|--------|--2-----|--------|----|| 
d||-6---2--|--9---2-|--------|------2-|----|| 
A||4---2---|-7---0--|-4---2-0|-2---0--|----|| 
D||-------7|6---0---|4---2-0-|2---0---|----|| 

E                      Dsus2 
 These are the days of miracle and wonder 
E                          Dsus2 
 This is the long-distance call 
E                   Dsus2 
 The way the camera follows us in slow-mo 
E           Dsus       B 
 The way we look to us all 
C#m                   B4      
 The way we look to a distant constellation 
       E/G#                     D2 
That's dying in a corner of the sky 
F#m                    E5          D5 
 These are the days of miracle and wonder 
    E5               D2 
And don't cry, baby, don't cry, don't cry 

Instrumental (cello, pno.)
 
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   F#m E    E7/D Bm/D 
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 ||      "don't cry"|| 
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 ||(pno.)  |        || 
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d||--7-----|------4-|| 
A||-4---2--|-2---2--|| 
D||4---2---|0---0---|| 



 
   F#m E    D6  C#m  F#m E    D6  B 
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d||--------|-----246|--------|-----4--|| 
A||-4---2--|-2--4---|-4---2--|-2--2---|| 
D||4---2---|0-------|4---2---|0-------|| 

Verse
             F#m 
It was a dry wind 
       E 
And it swept across the desert 
       D6                        C#m 
And it curled into the circle of birth 
        F#m 
And the dead sand 
E 
Falling on the children 
    D6 
The mothers and the fathers 
        B 
And the automatic earth 

 
   C#m9 B5  A6  B  C#m E   B C# B A5    
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B||--4---5-|--5---4-|------4-|---4--5-| 
G||--------|--------|--------|--------| 
d||-6---4--|-4---4--|-6-----4|-7---0--| 
A||4---2---|0---2---|4--2-22-|4-2-0---| 
D||--------|--------|--2-6---|--------| 

   E/G# D2  C#m D    E   B    A B D 
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B||--------|--------|------5-|--------|----|| 
G||--------|--------|--1-----|--------|----|| 
d||--9---2-|-6----4-|-----4--|-2-4--4-|----|| 
A||-7---0--|4-2--0--|-2--2---|0-2--0--|----|| 
D||6---0---|----0---|2-------|----0---|----|| 

C#m9                   B5 
 These are the days of miracle and wonder 
A6                        B 
 This is the long-distance call 
C#m          E      E/G#          B 
 The way the camera follows us in slow-mo 
C#m         B          A5 
 The way we look to us all 
E/G#                 D2 
The way we look to a distant constellation 
       C#m        B             D2              
That's dying in a corner of the sky 
E                      B 
 These are the days of miracle and wonder 
    A          B           D 
And don't cry, baby, don't cry, don't cry 

Instrumental 
   (cello) 
   F#m B/F# F#m B/F# 
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G||--------|2-------|| 
d||--------|--------|| 
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 ||(bass clarinet)  || 
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d||--4---4-|--4---4-|| 
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D||4---4---|4---4---|| 

 

   F#m E A  Bm  C#m  F#m E2   D2  B 
e||--2-----|--------|--5---2-|--0-----|| 
B||-------2|--3---5-|--------|------4-|| 
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d||--------|-4---6--|--------|-----4--|| 
A||-4---70-|2---4---|-4---2--|-0--2---|| 
D||4---6---|--------|4---2---|0-------|| 

Verse

            F#m 
Well it's a turn-around jump shot 
     E         A 
It's everybody jump start 
     Bm                        C#m 
It's every generation throws a hero up the pop charts 
F#m                      E2 
 Medicine is magical and magical is art 
D2 
Think of the boy in the bubble 
        B 
And the baby with the baboon heart 


 
   E   D2   A/C# D5  E   Bm7  A/C# B 
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d||--------|-2------|--------|-2---4--|| 
A||-2---0--|4----0--|-2---2--|4---2---|| 
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Verse

E                  D2 
 These are days of lasers in the jungle 
A/C#                     D5 
Lasers in the jungle somewhere 
E                    Bm7/D 
 Staccato signals of constant information 
  A/C#                        B 
A loose affiliation of millionaires 
And billionaires, and, baby 


   E     B  A5  B    C#m E B C#m B A5 
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B||--------|------4-|------4-|---4----| 
G||--1-----|--------|--------|--------| 
d||-------4|-2---4--|-6-----4|-6---2--| 
A||-2---72-|0---2---|4--0-72-|4-2-0---| 
D||2---6---|--------|--0-6---|--------| 

   B   A    E A B    G#m   F# C#m Bsus B 
e||--------|--------|--------|4-------|----|| 
B||--0---2-|-----54-|--0-----|-----5--|4---|| 
G||--------|--------|------3-|--4-----|----|| 
d||-1---2-2|-2-2----|--------|-2---4--|-4--|| 
A||2---0---|--0-2---|-6---6-4|4---2---|2---|| 
D||--------|6-------|6---6-4-|--------|----|| 


E                      E/G#        B 
 These are the days of miracle and wonder 
A5                         B 
 This is the long-distance call 
C#m          E      E/G#          B 
 The way the camera follows us in slow-mo 
C#m         B          A5 
 The way we look to us all, oh, yeah 
B                     A 
 The way we look to a distant constellation 
       E/G#       A             B 
That's dying in a corner of the sky 
G#m                                F# 
 These are the days of miracle and wonder 
    C#m                    Bsus        B 
And don't cry, baby, don't cry, don't cry 



Instrumental -- OUTRO 
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   F#m B/F# F#m B/F# F#m B/F# F#m B 
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                                 (*bottom split cello)