Intro
(synth)
| Am | % | % | % |
(melody)
| Am | Am G/B | C | C G/B G |
| Am | Am G/B | C | % |
| Dm C/D | Dm |
[Verse]
Am G/B
Every day my metal friend
C G/B G
Shakes my bed at 6am
Am G/B
Then the shiny serving clones
C
Run in with my telephones
[Interlude]
| Dm C/D | Dm | Am | % |
[Verse] (part)
Am G/B
Talking fast I make a deal
C G/B G
Buy the fake and sell what’s real
Am Am/G
What’s this pain here in my chest
[Bridge]
F C/E
Maybe I should take a rest
Dm Em F G [ A ]
Ah, ah, ah, ah, aaah
[Chorus]
A G/A F#m/A G/A [ A ]
They send the heart police to put you under cardiac arrest
A G/A F#m/A G/A [ Dsus2 ]
And as they drag you through the door they tell you that you've failed the test
| Dsus2 Dsus4/F | Dsus2 Dsus4/F |
Dm Em F G
Li-ving in the ...
[Verse]
Am G/B
Living in the plastic age
C G/B G
Looking only half my age
Am G/B
Hello doctor lift my face
C
I wish my skin could stand the pace
[Interlude]
| Dm C/D | Dm |
[Verse] (part)
Am G/B
In my bed I read my mind
C G/B G
Remember how the mice were blind
Am Am/G
I watch them fighting in their cage
[Bridge]
F C/E
Could this be the plastic age?
| F C/E |
Dm Em F G [ A ]
Ah, ah, ah, ah, aaah
[Chorus]
A G/A F#m/A G/A [ A ]
They send the heart police to put you under cardiac arrest
A G/A F#m/A G/A [ Dsus2 ]
And as they drag you through the door they tell you that you've failed the test
| Dsus2 Dsus4/F | Dsus2 Dsus4/F |
Dm Em F G
Li-ving in the ...
[Middle 8]
Am
Plastic age
G6
Plastic age
D/F#
Plastic age
| F C/E | F C/E |
| Dm Em | F G |
[Chorus]
A G/A F#m/A G/A [ A ]
They send the heart police to put you under cardiac arrest
A G/A F#m/A G/A [ Dsus2 ]
And as they drag you through the door they tell you that you've failed the test
| Dsus2 Dsus4/F | Dsus2 Dsus4/F |
Dm Em F G
Li-ving in the ...
[Interlude]
| Am | % | Fmaj7 | % |
| Am | % | Fmaj7 | % |
[Middle 8]
Am
Plastic age
G6
Plastic age
D/F#
Plastic age
| F G/F | % | F G/F F G/F [ A ]
Ah, ah, ah, ah, aaah ...
[Outro]
| A | G/A | F#m/A | G/A |
| A | G/A | F#m/A | G/A |
(repeat and fade)
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2. Video Killed the Radio Star – The Buggles
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Capo 1st fret
Play: C
Key: C#/Db
For chords in original key transpose +1
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[Intro]
Dm/F C/E Dm7 Am
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|------5---------|------3---------|------1---------|----------------|
B|----3-----------|----1-----------|----1-----------|1-----0---------|
G|--2-------------|--0-------------|--2-------------|2-----------2---|
D|3---------------|2---------------|0---------------|2---------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|0---------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Dm/F C/E Dm7 G
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|------5---------|------3---------|------1---------|3---------------|
B|----3-----------|----1-----------|----1-----------|0---------------|
G|--2-------------|--0-------------|--2-------------|0---------------|
D|3---------------|2---------------|0---------------|0---------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|3---------------|
[Verse] / [Bridge] / [Link 2]
C/E Dm Gsus4 G C/E Dm Gsus4 G
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|--1-1-3-3-1-1-3-|3-1-1-0-0-1-3---|--1-1-3-3-1-1-3-|3-1-1-0-0-1-3---|
G|--0-0-2-2-2-2-0-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|--0-0-2-2-2-2-0-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
D|2-----0---------|--------------3-|2-----0---------|-------------(3)|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|3---------------|----------------|3---------------|
[Solo]
Dm/F G C/E F Dm/F G C/E F
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|5---5-----------|----------------|----5-----------|----------------|
B|------8---6---5-|----------------|------8---6---5-|--6-8-----------|
G|--7-------------|--5-------------|--7-------------|------5---------|
D|----------------|------7---------|7---------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Dm/F G E/G# Am [break]
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----5-----------|----------------|
B|------8---6---5-|----------------|
G|--7-------------|--7---5---------|
D|7---------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|
[Link 1]
Dm/F C/G Dm7
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|------5---------|------3---------|------1---------|
B|----3-----------|----1-----------|----1-----------|
G|--2-------------|--0-------------|--2-------------|
D|3---------------|----------------|0---------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|3---------------|----------------|
G Am F Am F G
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|10—10b12r10-8-— 10b12r10-8---10--| (second guitar)
B|8---8b10r8--6---|8b10r8--6---8---| (first guitar)
G|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|
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CHORDS (alphabetically)
E-A-D-G-B-e
Am 9 x-0-5-5-0-0
C/E 0(3)2-0-1-0 or x-x-2-0-1-0
Dm/F 1-x-3-2-3-1 or x-x-3-2-3-1
E/G# 3-x-2-1-0-0
F* (t)1-x-3-2-1-1
F/A x-0-3-2-1-1
F(add9) (t)1-x-3-2-1-3
Fsus2 (t)1-3-3-0-1-1 or x-x-3-0-1-1
Gsus4 3-x-0-0-1-3
G/B x-2-0-0-0-3
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[Intro]
| Dm/F | C/E | Dm7 | Am |
| Dm/F | C/E | Dm7 | G |
[Verse]
C/E Dm/F Gsus4 G
I heard you on the wireless back in Fifty Two
C/E Dm/F Gsus4 G
Lying awake intent at tuning in on you
C/E Dm/F Gsus4 G
If I was young it didn't stop you coming through
[Bridge] (part)
C/E Dm/F | Gsus4 G |
(Ow-A-ow-a)
[Verse]
C/E Dm/F Gsus4 G
They took the credit for your second symphony
C/E Dm/F Gsus4 G
Rewritten by machine and new technology
C/E Dm/F Gsus4 G
And now I understand the problems you can see
[Bridge]
C/E Dm/F Gsus G
(Ow-a-ow-a) I met your children
C/E Dm/F Gsus G
(Ow-a-ow-a) What did you tell them?
[Chorus]
C Fsus2
Video killed the radio star
C Fsus2
Video killed the radio star
[Interlude]
C G/B F/A
Pictures came and broke your heart
Gsus4 Am9
Ow-A-A-A-ow
[Verse]
C/E Dm/F Gsus4 G
And now we meet in an abandoned studio
C/E Dm/F Gsus4 G
We hear the playback and it seems so long ago
C/E Dm/F Gsus4 G
And you remember the jingles used to go
[Bridge]
C/E Dm/F Gsus G
(Ow-a-ow-a) You were the first one
C/E Dm/F Gsus G
(Ow-a-ow-a) You were the last one
[Chorus]
C Fsus2
Video killed the radio star
C Fsus2
Video killed the radio star
[Interlude]
C G/B F/A
In my mind and in my car
C G/B F/A
We can't rewind we've gone too far
Gsus4 Am9
Ow-A-A-A-ow
[Solo]
| Dm/F G | C/E F |
| Dm/F G | C/E F |
| Dm/F G | E/G# Am (break] |
[Link 1] 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
| Dm/F | C/G | Dm7 | G Am F | Am F G |
[Chorus]
C Fsus2
Video killed the radio star
C Fsus2
Video killed the radio star
[Interlude]
C G/B F/A
In my mind and in my car,
C G/B F/A
We can't rewind we've gone too far
C G/B F/A
Pictures came and broke your heart,
C/G G F* Fadd9 Fadd9 [break]
Put the blame on V T R
[Link 2] (= verse)
C/E Dm Gsus4 G C/E Dm Gsus4 G
You a-------re a radio sta-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ar
C/E Dm Gsus4 G C/E Dm Gsus4 G
You a-------re a radio sta-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ar
[Chorus]
C Fsus2
Video killed the radio star
C Fsus2
Video killed the radio star
C Fsus2
Video killed the radio star
C Fsus2
Video killed the radio star
[Outro]
C Fsus2 C Fsus2
Video killed the radio star Video killed the radio star
(You a--------------re a radio star)
C Fsus2 C Fsus2
Video killed the radio star Video killed the radio star
(You a--------------re a radio star)
(repeat and fade)
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3. Kid Dynamo - Buggles
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
Emaj7 (0-2)2-4-4-4
E6 (0-2)2-1-2-0
G#m7/D# x-6-4-4-4-x
Eb/G 3-6-5-3-4-3
Csus4 x-3-3-0-1-1
F#/G# 4-x-4-3-2-2
E/G# 4-x-2-1-0-0
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[Intro]
| Emaj7 | E6 | G#m7/D# | C#m |
| Emaj7 | E6 | G#m7/D# | C#m |
| Fm | % |
[Verse]
Fm
Though today you might be riding
Cm
The engines of progress
Fm Eb/G Ab A# | Csus4 | C |
Working in the major factories
Db Eb Fm
Call me if you ever feel like letting go
A#m C5
I still remember the days of
[Chorus]
G#m E
Kid Dynamo, Kid Dynamo
G#m E
Kid Dynamo, Kid Dynamo
Emaj7
Kid Dy-na-mo, [ I am ]
Fm Fm Eb | Db | Db Eb |
Oh-o-o-o-o-o-o-o, oh-o-o-o, oh-oh-oh
Fm Fm Eb | Db | % |
Oh-o-o-o-o-o-o-o, oh-o-o-o, oh-oh-oh
[Verse]
Fm
Spreading in the subways
Cm
Of the playback from the train tracks
Fm Eb/G Ab A# | Csus4 | C |
I think your mind was born with water wings
Db Eb Fm
And now when I see you all the generation screams
A#m C5
I remember the dreams of
[Chorus]
G#m E
Kid Dynamo, Kid Dynamo
G#m E
Kid Dynamo, Kid Dynamo
Emaj7
Kid Dy-na-mo, [ I am ]
G#m
Kid Dynamo (I remember you)
E
Kid Dynamo (The hours I spent with you)
G#m
Kid Dynamo (Cause I invented you)
[Interlude]
| Emaj7 | E6 | G#m7/D# | C#m |
Emaj7 E6
(Spoken) All that we said
G#m7/D# C#m
(Spoken) Of how the media builds stars
Emaj7 E6
(Spoken) And our minds will not change
G#m7/D# C#m
(Spoken) Only our cars
[Chorus]
| G#m | % | E | % |
| G#m | % | E | % |
G#m E
Kid Dynamo, Kid Dynamo
G#m E
Kid Dynamo, Kid Dynamo
G#m
Kid Dynamo (I remember you)
E
Kid Dynamo (The hours I spent with you)
G#m
Kid Dynamo (Cause I invented you)
| G#m | % | E | % |
| G#m | % | E | % |
G#m E
Kid Dynamo, Kid Dynamo
G#m E
Kid Dynamo, Kid Dynamo
[Coda]
| G#m | F#/G# | E/G# | F#/G# |
G#m
(fade)
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4. I Love You (Miss Robot) – The Buggles
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
Cmaj7 x-3-2-0-0-0
G/B x-2-0-0-0-3
Esus4 0-2-2-2-0-0
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[Chorus]
| Cmaj7 | % | % | % |
2/4 4/4
| Cmaj7 | Cmaj7 | Bm | % |
| Cmaj7 | % | % | % |
2/4 4/4
| Cmaj7 | Cmaj7 | Bm | % |
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[Intro]
| Em | % | % | % |
[Chorus]
Cmaj7
I love you Miss Robot
Cmaj7 Bm
Electronic tease
Cmaj7
I love you Miss Robot
Cmaj7 Bm
Programmed just to please
[Interlude]
| Am | % |
[Verse]
Em
You make love like a metronome
Em C
Don’t drive too fast when you take me home
Em
Touch the seam on your silver skin
Em C
That feels so hard when you take me in
[Bridge]
C
Ah-ah, ah-ah
G/B
Ah-ah, ah-ah
Am
Ah-ah, ah-ah
G D
Ah-ah, ah-ah, aaah
[Chorus]
Cmaj7
I love you Miss Robot
Cmaj7 Bm
Programmed just to please
Cmaj7
I love you Miss Robot
Cmaj7 Bm
Electronic tease
[Interlude]
| Am | % |
[Verse]
Em
Talk of love on the telephone
Em C
When your voice fades there’s a paying tone
Em
Force a coin and you’re there again
Em C
DI the loneliness brain to brain
[Bridge]
C
Ah-ah, ah-ah
G/B
Ah-ah, ah-ah
Am
Ah-ah, ah-ah
G | D | % |
Ah-ah, ah-ah, aaah
[Chorus]
Cmaj7
I love you Miss Robot
Cmaj7 Bm
Programmed just to please
Cmaj7
I love you Miss Robot
Cmaj7 Bm
Electronic tease
[Chorus]
Cmaj7
Endlessly Miss Robot
Cmaj7 Bm
Give your love to me
Cmaj7
I love you Miss Robot
Cmaj7 Em
Do you love me?
[Interlude]
Em Am
Aah, aah, aah, aaaah
Am Esus4
Aah, aah, aah, aaaah
Em Am
Aah, aah, aah, aaaah
Am Esus4
Aah, aah, aah, aaaah
[Bridge]
C
Ah-ah, ah-ah
G/B
Ah-ah, ah-ah
Am
Ah-ah, ah-ah
G | D | % |
Ah-ah, ah-ah, aaah
[Chorus]
Cmaj7
I love you Miss Robot
Cmaj7 Bm
Electronic tease
Cmaj7
I love you Miss Robot
Cmaj7 Bm
Programmed just to please
[Chorus]
Cmaj7
Endlessly Miss Robot
Cmaj7 Bm
Give yourself to me
Cmaj7
I love you Miss Robot
Cmaj7 Em
Do you love me?
[Outro]
| Em | % | % | % |
| Em | % | % | % |
Esus4
Aah, aah, aah, aaaah
Esus4
Aah, aah, aah, aaaah
(repeat and fade)
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5. Clean, Clean – Buggles
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Capo: 2nd fret
Play: Am
Key: Bm
For chords in original key transpose +2
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
A#m x-1-3-3-2-x
A#m7/Ab 4-x-3-1-2-x
A#m/G 3-x-3-3-2-x
A#m/F 1-x-3-3-2-x
Fm/C x-3-x-1-1-1
Csus4 x-3-x-0-1-1
D/F# 2-x-0-2-3-2
Am9 x-0-5-5-0-0
Amadd9/F 1-3-3-2-0-0
Am9/G 3-x-5-5-0-0
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[Intro]
| A#m A#m/Ab | A#m/G A#m/F | C Fm/C | Csus4 C | Asus4
| Am | % | G | D/F# | % | G | % |
[Verse]
Am
Oh go Johnny kick me in the head
G [ Am |
Aimin' for the floorboard but they pick me up instead
Am
Through the ringing from the night before
C D
The engines running gotta pay a call
[Verse]
Am [ G |
Johnny drove the halftrack cause we could not find the jeep
G [ Am |
Wake me in the morning gotta get some sleep
Am
Driving all night out of fear
C D
Got it in the ribs every time I changed gear
[Pre-Chorus]
Am9
I'm gonna take a ride, gonna pick up the team
Amadd9/F | Esus4 | Em |
Gonna go where we've never been
Am9 Am9/G [ Amadd9/F ]
I'm gonna take a ride, gonna pick up the team (Pickin’ up, pickin’ up the tea-ea- eam)
Amadd9/F | Esus4 | Em |
Now you know how it's hard to keep the fighting clean
[Chorus]
Am
Clean clean
G F
Clean clean
G Am
Clean clean
G F
Clean clean
[Verse]
Am
Oh go Johnny gonna fight the war
G [ Am |
Shotgun in the morning at the local liquor store
Am
Oh go talking bout them diesel fuels
C D
Johnny tell the chaplain go and polish his tombs
[Verse]
Am [ G |
Lying on the wasteground with a blanket on his face
G [ Am ]
Indicating that he's left the human race
Am
Hell went open when the world came in
C D
Gotta keep your head if you wanna win
[Pre-Chorus]
Am9
I'm gonna take a ride, gonna pick up the team
Amadd9/F | Esus4 | Em |
Gonna go where we've never been
Am9 Am9/G [ Amadd9/F ]
I'm gonna take a ride, gonna pick up the team (Pickin’ up, pickin’ up the tea-ea- eam)
Amadd9/F | Esus4 | Em |
Now you know how it's hard to keep the fighting clean
[Chorus]
Am
Clean clean
G F
Clean clean
G Am
Clean clean
G F
Clean clean
[Instrumental]
| Am | % | F | % |
(Squad, quick march!)
| C | % | Dm | E |
(Squad dismissed!)
| Am | % | F | % |
| C | % | Dm | E |
[Chorus]
Am
Clean clean
G F
Clean clean
G Am
Clean clean
G F
Clean clean
G Am
Clean clean (Lost a million in our very first attack)
G F
Clean clean (Don't you worry cause you know we'll get them back)
G Am
Clean clean (Lost a million in our very first attack)
G F
Clean clean (Don't you worry cause you know we'll get them back)
[Outro]
| A# | % |
| A#m | % | A# | % |
| A#m | % | A# | % |
(repeat and fade)
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6. Elstree – The Buggles
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capo: 1st fret
play: Am
key: A#m
For chords in original key transpose +1
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-E
Dm/F 1-x-3-2-3-1
Gsus4 3-x-0-0-1-3
C/E 0(3)2-0-1-0
Dm6 x-x-0-2-0-1
C/B x-2-x-0-1-0
C/G 3-x-2-0-1-0
G/F 3-x-0-0-x-x
E/D x-x-0-1-0-0
E/C x-3-x-1-0-0
E/B x-2-x-1-0-0
Am x-0-2-2-1-x
Asus2 x-0-2-2-0-x
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[Intro]
| Am | Dm/F | Gsus4 | C/E |
| F | Dm6 | B | Esus4 E |
ACTION!
| G | Bm | F | C C/B Am |
[Verse]
G Bm
I had a dream on a back lot
F C C/B Am
I saw my life like a long shot
G Bm
I smile at faces in a picture parade
F C C/B Am
Of all the stills from the films that you've made
G Bm
That we would see in the Essoldo
F C/E F C/G G
After drinking coffee at the Gi- o-con-do
[Chorus]
Am Dm/F
Elstree, remember me?
Gsus4 G/F C/E
I had a part in a B movie
F Dm6 | B | E |
I played a man from history
Am Dm/F
Elstree, ah look at me (Oh-o-oh)
Gsus4 G/F C/E
Now I work for the BBC (Oh-o-oh)
F Dm6 | B | E E/D E/C E/B |
Life is not what it used to be
[Verse]
G Bm
I took no dives in the fight scene
F C C/B Am
I had a stuntman, keep my suit clean
G Bm
There’s no technology to fake-up a song
F C/E F C/G G
They stop the orchestra if you get it wrong
[Chorus]
Am Dm/F
Elstree, remember me?
Gsus4 G/F C/E
I had a part in a B movie
F Dm6 | B | E |
I played a man from history
Am Dm/F
Elstree, ah look at me (Oh-o-oh)
Gsus4 G/F C/E
Now I work for the BBC (Oh-o-oh)
F Dm6 | B | E | B | E E/D E/C E/B | [Am]
Life is not what it used to be Elstree ...
[Interlude]
(no beat)
| Am | Dm/F | Gsus4 | C/E | F | G |
| Am | Dm/F | Gsus4 | C/E |
| F | Dm6 | B | E E/D E/C E/B |
[Verse]
G Bm
They made a field into a war zone
F C C/B Am
I beat the enemy on my own
G Bm
All the bullets just went over my head
F C/E F C/G G [break] | % |
There’s no reality and no one dead in
[Chorus]
(part)
Am Dm/F
Elstree, remember me?
Gsus4 C/E
I had a part in a B movie
F Dm6 | B | E E/D E/C E/B |
I played a man from history
[Outro]
Am Dm/F Gsus4 C/E F Gsus4
Elstree Oh-o-oh Oh-o-oh
Am Dm/F Gsus4 C/E F Gsus4
Elstree Oh-o-oh Oh-o-oh
| Am | Dm/F | Gsus4 | C/E | F | Gsus4 G |
Elstree
| Am | Dm/F | Gsus4 | C/E | F | Gsus4 G |
| Am | Dm/F | Gsus4 | C/E | F | Gsus4 G |
Elstree Oh-o-oh Oh-o-oh
(no beat)
| Am | Dm/F | Gsus4 | C/E | F | Gsus4 G | Am |
Elstree
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
| Am Asus2 Am Asus2 Am Asus2 Am Asus2 | Am Asus2 Am Asus2 Am [break] |
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
| Am Asus2 Am Asus2 Am Asus2 Am Asus2 | Am Asus2 Am Asus2 Am [break] |
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
| Am Asus2 Am Asus2 Am Asus2 Am Asus2 | Am Asus2 Am Asus2 Am [break] |
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
| Am Asus2 Am Asus2 Am Asus2 Am Asus2 | Am Asus2 Am Asus2 Am [break] |
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
| Am Asus2 Am Asus2 Am Asus2 Am Asus2 | Am Asus2 Am Asus2 Am [break] |
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4
| Am Asus2 Am Asus2 Am Asus2 Am Asus2 | Am Asus2 Am Asus2 Am [break]
CUT!
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7. Astroboy (And the Proles on Parade) – The Buggles
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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]
Emaj7 Emaj7 Emaj7 Emaj7 Emaj7 Emaj7
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|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
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|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
[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
E E [break]
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 | % |
[Verse]
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
E E [break]
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)
E E [break]
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
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8. Johnny On The Monorail – Buggles
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For less barre chords transpose -2 and use a capo 2nd fret
to match the original key
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[Intro]
Dmaj7 D A/G Gmaj7 A7
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|2---------------|----------------|0-0-0-0-0-2---0-|----------------|
B|2-----3---------|----------------|2-2-2-2-2-3---2-|----------------|
G|2-----2---------|----------------|0-0-0-0-0-0---0-|----------------|
D|0-----0---------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Dmaj7 D A/G Gmaj7 F#sus4 F#
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|2---------------|----------------|0-0-0-0-0-2---2-|------2---------|
B|2-----3---------|----------------|2-2-2-2-2-3---2-|------2---------|
G|2-----2---------|----------------|0-0-0-0-0-0---4-|------3---------|
D|0-----0---------|----------------|--------------4-|------4---------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
[Outro]
Bm B7sus2 Bm B7sus2 Gmaj7 G6 G Gmaj7 G6
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|2-----2---------|2-----2---------|2-----0-----3---|2-----0---------|
B|3-----2---------|3-----2---------|0-----0---------|0-----0---------|
G|4-----2-----2---|4-----2-----2---|0-----0---------|0-----0---------|
D|4-----4---------|4-----4---------|0-----0---------|0-----0---------|
A|2-----2---------|2-----2---------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|3-----3---------|3-----3---------|
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
F#sus4 2-4-4-4-2-2
F# 2-4-4-3-2-2
Esus4 0-2-2-2-0-0
E 0-2-2-1-0-0
Esus2 0-2-4-x-0-0
G 3-x-0-0-0-x
Gadd9 3-x-0-2-x-x
G5 3-x-0-0-x-x
Asus4 x-0-2-2-3-0
Asus2 x-0-2-2-0-0
F# x-x-4-3-2-2
F#/E x-x-2-3-2-2
F#/D x-x-0-3-2-2
F#/C# x-4-x-2-1-1
[Intro] and [Outro] chords: see tabs
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[Intro]
| Dmaj7 D | N.C. | A/G Gmaj7 A/G | N.C. |
| Dmaj7 D | N.C. | A/G Gmaj7 F#sus4 | F# |
[Verse]
Bm D E
Down, down to pause and walk away
Bm D E
Even in the streets your feet don't move
C#m
See their faces through the perspex
E F#sus4 F#
Turn to stare back up at you
[Verse]
Bm D E
You, your eyes are green and mine are blue
Bm D E
In the subway darkness I am watching you
C#m
Oh my, my, you are so sci-fi,
E F#sus4 F#
Please will you let me ride?
[Chorus]
Bm D
Johnny ... riding on the monorail
Bm D
Johnny ... riding on the monorail
| E | % | % | % |
Monorail
[Verse]
Bm D E
You, you know that life is terminal
Bm D E
It's the Paris Pullman in your mind again
C#m
Eyes like cameras move their lenses
E F#sus4 F#
Take this dream I offer you
[Chorus]
Bm D
Johnny ... riding on the monorail
Bm D
Johnny ... riding on the monorail
Bm D
Johnny ... riding on the monorail
[Interlude]
| Esus4 E | Esus2 E | G Gadd9 | Asus4 A | Asus2 A |
| Bm | % | A | % | G | % | F# | F# A A/C# |
| Bm | % | A | % | G | % | F# F#/E | F#/D F#/C# |
[Verse]
Bm D E
All we cannot see we call invisible
Bm D E
Tracks that move like pylons through the sky
C#m
Oh my, my, you are so sci-fi,
E F#sus4 F#
Please will you let me ride?
[Chorus]
Bm D
Johnny ... riding on the monorail
Bm D
Johnny ... riding on the monorail
Bm D
Johnny ... riding on the monorail
[Interlude]
| Esus4 E | Esus2 E | G Gadd9 | G5 Gadd9 | Asus4 A | Asus2 A | Bm
Aaahh...
[Outro]
| Bm B7sus2 | % | Gmaj7 G6 G | Gmaj7 G6 |
| Bm B7sus2 | % | Gmaj7 G6 G | Gmaj7 G6 |
| Bm B7sus2 | % | Gmaj7 G6 G | Gmaj7 G6 |
| Bm B7sus2 | % | Gmaj7 G6 G | Gmaj7 G6 | [ Bm ]
Johnny on the monorail
| Bm B7sus2 | % | Gmaj7 G6 G | Gmaj7 G6 |
| Bm B7sus2 | % | Gmaj7 G6 G | Gmaj7 G6 | [ Bm ]
Johnny on the monorail
| Bm B7sus2 | % | Gmaj7 G6 G | Gmaj7 G6 |
| Bm B7sus2 | % | Gmaj7 G6 G | Gmaj7 G6 | [ Bm ]
Johnny on the monorail
| Bm B7sus2 | % | Gmaj7 G6 G | Gmaj7 G6 |
| Bm B7sus2 | % | Gmaj7 G6 G | Gmaj7 G6 | [ Bm ]
Johnny on the monorail
| Bm B7sus2 | % | Gmaj7 G6 G | Gmaj7 G6 |
| Bm B7sus2 | % | Gmaj7 G6 G | Gmaj7 G6 | [ Bm ]
Johnny on the monorail
| Bm B7sus2 | % | Gmaj7 G6 G | Gmaj7 G6 |
| Bm B7sus2 | % | Gmaj7 G6 G | Gmaj7 G6 | Bm
Johnny on the monorail