Peter Gabriel

The Boy In The Bubble(Cavaco chords)

Peter Gabriel

Key: D

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Intro 
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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
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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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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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