THE BOY IN THE BUBBLE -by- PETER GABRIEL From: "Scratch My Back"(2010) ** DROP D TUNING! ** Every single piano part that was transcribed for guitar tab follows the voicing of the piano to the best of my ability, short of an octave-change here and there. I worked quite a bit on this one, please give this beautiful song a listen and a play! ======================================================= INTRO (pno.) F#5 e||--------|--------|| B||--------|--------|| G||--------|--------|| d||--4---4-|--4---4-|| A||-4---4--|-4---4--|| D||4---4---|4---4---||
VERSE F#m F#m6 F#m E F#m F#m6 F#m D2 e||--------|--------|--------|--------|| B||--------|--------|--------|--------|| G||--------|------1-|--------|--------|| d||--4---4-|--4-----|--4---4-|------2-|| A||-4---6--|-4---2--|-4---6--|-4---0--|| D||4---4---|4---2---|4---4---|4-2-0---|| 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 CHORUS E5 D2 E D2 E2 D2 E5 B e||--------|--------|--------|--------| B||--------|--------|--------|------4-| G||--------|--1-----|--------|--------| d||--2---2-|------2-|--4---2-|-----4--| 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) e||--------|--------|--------|--------|----|| 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.) (cello) F#m E E7/D Bm/D e||--------|--------|| B||--------|--------|| G||--------|--------|| d||2-------|(2)-----|| A||--------|--------|| D||--------|--------|| || "don't cry"|| ||x...x...|x...x...|| ||(pno.) | || e||--------|--------|| B||--------|--------|| G||------1-|--1-----|| d||--7-----|------4-|| A||-4---2--|-2---2--|| D||4---2---|0---0---|| VERSE F#m E D6 C#m F#m E D6 B e||--------|--------|--------|--------|| B||--------|--------|--------|-----4--|| G||--2---1-|--2-----|--2---1-|--2-----|| d||--------|-----246|--------|-----4--|| A||-4---2--|-2--4---|-4---2--|-2--2---|| D||4---2---|0-------|4---2---|0-------|| 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 CHORUS C#m9 B5 A6 B C#m E B C# B A5 e||--------|--------|--------|--------| 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 e||--------|--------|--------|--------|----|| 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# e||--------|--------|| B||2---0---|----0---|| G||--------|2-------|| d||--------|--------|| A||--------|--------|| D||--------|--------|| || | || ||x...x...|x...x...|| ||(bass clarinet) || e||--------|--------|| B||--------|--------|| G||--------|--------|| d||--4---4-|--4---4-|| A||-4---2--|-4---4--|| D||4---4---|4---4---|| VERSE F#m E A Bm C#m F#m E2 D2 B e||--2-----|--------|--5---2-|--0-----|| B||-------2|--3---5-|--------|------4-|| G||--------|--------|--------|--------|| d||--------|-4---6--|--------|-----4--|| A||-4---70-|2---4---|-4---2--|-0--2---|| D||4---6---|--------|4---2---|0-------|| 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 VERSE E D2 A/C# D5 E Bm7 A/C# B e||--0---0-|--------|-------5|---0----|| B||--------|--------|--0-----|------4-|| G||--------|--2-----|--------|--2----4|| d||--------|-2------|--------|-2---4--|| A||-2---0--|4----0--|-2---2--|4---2---|| D||2---0---|----0---|2---0---|--------|| 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 CHORUS E B A5 B C#m E B C#m B A5 e||---0--0-|--0-----|--------|------0-| 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 (cello) F#m B/F# F#m B/F# F#m B/F# F#m B e||--------|--------|--------|--------|| B||2---0---|----0---|2---0---|----0---|| G||--------|2-------|-------2|2-------|| d||--------|--------|--------|--------|| A||--------|--------|--------|--------|| D||--------|--------|--------|--------|| || | | | || ||x...x...|x...x...|x...x...|x...x...|| ||(bass clarinet) | | || e||--------|--------|--------|--------|| B||--------|--------|--------|--------|| G||--------|--------|--------|--------|| d||--4---4-|--4---4-|--4---4-|--4--1--|| A||-4---2--|-6---4--|-4---2--|-6---2*-|| D||4---4---|4---4---|4---4---|4-------|| (*bottom split cello) ===================================================== Enjoy! 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