The Boy In The Bubble
written and performed by Paul Simon
from "Graceland."
Transcribed by Erik Strom.
A5 C D A5 C D C D C D
A5 C D A5 C D C D C
D A5
It was a slow day
C D
And the sun was beating
A5 C D C D C
On the soldiers by the side of the road
D A5
There was a bright light
C D
A shattering of shop windows
A5 C D C
The bomb in the baby carriage
D C D
Was wired to the radio
G C D
These are the days of miracle and wonder
G C D C D C D
This is the long distance call
G C D
The way the camera follows us in slo-mo
G C D C D C D
The way we look to us all
G C D
The way we look to a distant constellation
G C D C D C D
That's dying in a corner of the sky
G C D
These are the days of miracle and wonder
G C D C D C D
And don't cry baby, don't cry, don't cry
A5 C D A5 C D C D C D
A5 C D A5 C D C D C
D A5
It was a dry wind
C D
And it swept across the desert
A5 C D C D C
And it curled into the circle of birth
D A5
And the dead sand
C D
Falling on the children
A5 C D
The mothers and the fathers
C D C D
And the automatic earth
G C D
These are the days of miracle and wonder
G C D C D C D
This is the long distance call
G C D
The way the camera follows us in slo-mo
G C D C D C D
The way we look to us all
G C D
The way we look to a distant constellation
G C D C D C D
That's dying in a corner of the sky
G C D
These are the days of miracle and wonder
G C D C D C D
And don't cry baby, don't cry, don't cry
A5 C D A5 C D C D C D
A5 C D A5 C D C D C
D A5
It's a turn-around jump shot
C D
It's everybody jump start
A5 C D C D C D
It's every generation throws a hero up the pop charts
A5 C D
Medicine is magical and magical is art
A5 C D
The Boy in the Bubble
C D C D
And the baby with the baboon heart
And I believe
G C D
These are the days of lasers in the jungle
G C D C D C D
Lasers in the jungle some--where
G C D
Staccato signals of constant information
G C D C D C D
A loose affiliation of millionaires and billionaires and baby
G C D
These are the days of miracle and wonder
G C D C D C D
This is the long distance call
G C D
The way the camera follows us in slo-mo
G C D C D C D
The way we look to us all, oh yeah
G C D
The way we look to a distant constellation
G C D C D C D
That's dying in a corner of the sky
G C D
These are the days of miracle and wonder
G C D C D C D
And don't cry baby, don't cry, don't cry
Don't cry
Repeat and fade:
G C D G C D C D C D
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