Intro
(synth)
| Bm | % | % | % |
(melody)
| Bm | Bm A/C# | D | D A/C# A |
| Bm | Bm A/C# | D | % |
| Em D/E | Em |
[Verse]
Bm A/C#
Every day my metal friend
D A/C# A
Shakes my bed at 6am
Bm A/C#
Then the shiny serving clones
D
Run in with my telephones
[Interlude]
| Em D/E | Em | Bm | % |
[Verse] (part)
Bm A/C#
Talking fast I make a deal
D A/C# A
Buy the fake and sell what’s real
Bm Bm/A
What’s this pain here in my chest
[Bridge]
G D/F#
Maybe I should take a rest
Em F#m G A [ B ]
Ah, ah, ah, ah, aaah
[Chorus]
B A/B G#m/B A/B [ B ]
They send the heart police to put you under cardiac arrest
B A/B G#m/B A/B [ Esus2 ]
And as they drag you through the door they tell you that you've failed the test
| Esus2 Esus4/G | Esus2 Esus4/G |
Em F#m G A
Li-ving in the ...
[Verse]
Bm A/C#
Living in the plastic age
D A/C# A
Looking only half my age
Bm A/C#
Hello doctor lift my face
D
I wish my skin could stand the pace
[Interlude]
| Em D/E | Em |
[Verse] (part)
Bm A/C#
In my bed I read my mind
D A/C# A
Remember how the mice were blind
Bm Bm/A
I watch them fighting in their cage
[Bridge]
G D/F#
Could this be the plastic age?
| G D/F# |
Em F#m G A [ B ]
Ah, ah, ah, ah, aaah
[Chorus]
B A/B G#m/B A/B [ B ]
They send the heart police to put you under cardiac arrest
B A/B G#m/B A/B [ Esus2 ]
And as they drag you through the door they tell you that you've failed the test
| Esus2 Esus4/G | Esus2 Esus4/G |
Em F#m G A
Li-ving in the ...
[Middle 8]
Bm
Plastic age
A6
Plastic age
E/G#
Plastic age
| G D/F# | G D/F# |
| Em F#m | G A |
[Chorus]
B A/B G#m/B A/B [ B ]
They send the heart police to put you under cardiac arrest
B A/B G#m/B A/B [ Esus2 ]
And as they drag you through the door they tell you that you've failed the test
| Esus2 Esus4/G | Esus2 Esus4/G |
Em F#m G A
Li-ving in the ...
[Interlude]
| Bm | % | Gmaj7 | % |
| Bm | % | Gmaj7 | % |
[Middle 8]
Bm
Plastic age
A6
Plastic age
E/G#
Plastic age
| G A/G | % | G A/G G A/G [ B ]
Ah, ah, ah, ah, aaah ...
[Outro]
| B | A/B | G#m/B | A/B |
| B | A/B | G#m/B | A/B |
(repeat and fade)
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2. Video Killed the Radio Star – The Buggles
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Capo 1st fret
Play: D
Key: D#/Eb
For chords in original key transpose +1
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[Intro]
Em/G D/F# Em7 Bm
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|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Em/G D/F# Em7 A
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]
D/F# Em Asus4 A D/F# Em Asus4 A
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]
Em/G A D/F# G Em/G A D/F# G
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|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Em/G A F#/A# Bm [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]
Em/G D/A Em7
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---------------|----------------|
A Bm G Bm G A
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
Bm 9 x-0-5-5-0-0
D/F# 0(3)2-0-1-0 or x-x-2-0-1-0
Em/G 1-x-3-2-3-1 or x-x-3-2-3-1
F#/A# 3-x-2-1-0-0
F* (t)1-x-3-2-1-1
G/B x-0-3-2-1-1
F(add9) (t)1-x-3-2-1-3
Gsus2 (t)1-3-3-0-1-1 or x-x-3-0-1-1
Asus4 3-x-0-0-1-3
A/C# x-2-0-0-0-3
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[Intro]
| Em/G | D/F# | Em7 | Bm |
| Em/G | D/F# | Em7 | A |
[Verse]
D/F# Em/G Asus4 A
I heard you on the wireless back in Fifty Two
D/F# Em/G Asus4 A
Lying awake intent at tuning in on you
D/F# Em/G Asus4 A
If I was young it didn't stop you coming through
[Bridge] (part)
D/F# Em/G | Asus4 A |
(Ow-A-ow-a)
[Verse]
D/F# Em/G Asus4 A
They took the credit for your second symphony
D/F# Em/G Asus4 A
Rewritten by machine and new technology
D/F# Em/G Asus4 A
And now I understand the problems you can see
[Bridge]
D/F# Em/G Asus A
(Ow-a-ow-a) I met your children
D/F# Em/G Asus A
(Ow-a-ow-a) What did you tell them?
[Chorus]
D Gsus2
Video killed the radio star
D Gsus2
Video killed the radio star
[Interlude]
D A/C# G/B
Pictures came and broke your heart
Asus4 Bm9
Ow-A-A-A-ow
[Verse]
D/F# Em/G Asus4 A
And now we meet in an abandoned studio
D/F# Em/G Asus4 A
We hear the playback and it seems so long ago
D/F# Em/G Asus4 A
And you remember the jingles used to go
[Bridge]
D/F# Em/G Asus A
(Ow-a-ow-a) You were the first one
D/F# Em/G Asus A
(Ow-a-ow-a) You were the last one
[Chorus]
D Gsus2
Video killed the radio star
D Gsus2
Video killed the radio star
[Interlude]
D A/C# G/B
In my mind and in my car
D A/C# G/B
We can't rewind we've gone too far
Asus4 Bm9
Ow-A-A-A-ow
[Solo]
| Em/G A | D/F# G |
| Em/G A | D/F# G |
| Em/G A | F#/A# Bm (break] |
[Link 1] 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
| Em/G | D/A | Em7 | A Bm G | Bm G A |
[Chorus]
D Gsus2
Video killed the radio star
D Gsus2
Video killed the radio star
[Interlude]
D A/C# G/B
In my mind and in my car,
D A/C# G/B
We can't rewind we've gone too far
D A/C# G/B
Pictures came and broke your heart,
D/A A F* Fadd9 Fadd9 [break]
Put the blame on V T R
[Link 2] (= verse)
D/F# Em Asus4 A D/F# Em Asus4 A
You a-------re a radio sta-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ar
D/F# Em Asus4 A D/F# Em Asus4 A
You a-------re a radio sta-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ar
[Chorus]
D Gsus2
Video killed the radio star
D Gsus2
Video killed the radio star
D Gsus2
Video killed the radio star
D Gsus2
Video killed the radio star
[Outro]
D Gsus2 D Gsus2
Video killed the radio star Video killed the radio star
(You a--------------re a radio star)
D Gsus2 D Gsus2
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
F#maj7 (0-2)2-4-4-4
F#6 (0-2)2-1-2-0
A#m7/F x-6-4-4-4-x
F/A 3-6-5-3-4-3
Dsus4 x-3-3-0-1-1
G#/A# 4-x-4-3-2-2
F#/A# 4-x-2-1-0-0
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[Intro]
| F#maj7 | F#6 | A#m7/F | D#m |
| F#maj7 | F#6 | A#m7/F | D#m |
| Gm | % |
[Verse]
Gm
Though today you might be riding
Dm
The engines of progress
Gm F/A A# C | Dsus4 | D |
Working in the major factories
Eb F Gm
Call me if you ever feel like letting go
Cm D5
I still remember the days of
[Chorus]
A#m F#
Kid Dynamo, Kid Dynamo
A#m F#
Kid Dynamo, Kid Dynamo
F#maj7
Kid Dy-na-mo, [ I am ]
Gm Gm F | Eb | Eb F |
Oh-o-o-o-o-o-o-o, oh-o-o-o, oh-oh-oh
Gm Gm F | Eb | % |
Oh-o-o-o-o-o-o-o, oh-o-o-o, oh-oh-oh
[Verse]
Gm
Spreading in the subways
Dm
Of the playback from the train tracks
Gm F/A A# C | Dsus4 | D |
I think your mind was born with water wings
Eb F Gm
And now when I see you all the generation screams
Cm D5
I remember the dreams of
[Chorus]
A#m F#
Kid Dynamo, Kid Dynamo
A#m F#
Kid Dynamo, Kid Dynamo
F#maj7
Kid Dy-na-mo, [ I am ]
A#m
Kid Dynamo (I remember you)
F#
Kid Dynamo (The hours I spent with you)
A#m
Kid Dynamo (Cause I invented you)
[Interlude]
| F#maj7 | F#6 | A#m7/F | D#m |
F#maj7 F#6
(Spoken) All that we said
A#m7/F D#m
(Spoken) Of how the media builds stars
F#maj7 F#6
(Spoken) And our minds will not change
A#m7/F D#m
(Spoken) Only our cars
[Chorus]
| A#m | % | F# | % |
| A#m | % | F# | % |
A#m F#
Kid Dynamo, Kid Dynamo
A#m F#
Kid Dynamo, Kid Dynamo
A#m
Kid Dynamo (I remember you)
F#
Kid Dynamo (The hours I spent with you)
A#m
Kid Dynamo (Cause I invented you)
| A#m | % | F# | % |
| A#m | % | F# | % |
A#m F#
Kid Dynamo, Kid Dynamo
A#m F#
Kid Dynamo, Kid Dynamo
[Coda]
| A#m | G#/A# | F#/A# | G#/A# |
A#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
Dmaj7 x-3-2-0-0-0
A/C# x-2-0-0-0-3
F#sus4 0-2-2-2-0-0
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[Chorus]
| Dmaj7 | % | % | % |
2/4 4/4
| Dmaj7 | Dmaj7 | C#m | % |
| Dmaj7 | % | % | % |
2/4 4/4
| Dmaj7 | Dmaj7 | C#m | % |
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[Intro]
| F#m | % | % | % |
[Chorus]
Dmaj7
I love you Miss Robot
Dmaj7 C#m
Electronic tease
Dmaj7
I love you Miss Robot
Dmaj7 C#m
Programmed just to please
[Interlude]
| Bm | % |
[Verse]
F#m
You make love like a metronome
F#m D
Don’t drive too fast when you take me home
F#m
Touch the seam on your silver skin
F#m D
That feels so hard when you take me in
[Bridge]
D
Ah-ah, ah-ah
A/C#
Ah-ah, ah-ah
Bm
Ah-ah, ah-ah
A E
Ah-ah, ah-ah, aaah
[Chorus]
Dmaj7
I love you Miss Robot
Dmaj7 C#m
Programmed just to please
Dmaj7
I love you Miss Robot
Dmaj7 C#m
Electronic tease
[Interlude]
| Bm | % |
[Verse]
F#m
Talk of love on the telephone
F#m D
When your voice fades there’s a paying tone
F#m
Force a coin and you’re there again
F#m D
DI the loneliness brain to brain
[Bridge]
D
Ah-ah, ah-ah
A/C#
Ah-ah, ah-ah
Bm
Ah-ah, ah-ah
A | E | % |
Ah-ah, ah-ah, aaah
[Chorus]
Dmaj7
I love you Miss Robot
Dmaj7 C#m
Programmed just to please
Dmaj7
I love you Miss Robot
Dmaj7 C#m
Electronic tease
[Chorus]
Dmaj7
Endlessly Miss Robot
Dmaj7 C#m
Give your love to me
Dmaj7
I love you Miss Robot
Dmaj7 F#m
Do you love me?
[Interlude]
F#m Bm
Aah, aah, aah, aaaah
Bm F#sus4
Aah, aah, aah, aaaah
F#m Bm
Aah, aah, aah, aaaah
Bm F#sus4
Aah, aah, aah, aaaah
[Bridge]
D
Ah-ah, ah-ah
A/C#
Ah-ah, ah-ah
Bm
Ah-ah, ah-ah
A | E | % |
Ah-ah, ah-ah, aaah
[Chorus]
Dmaj7
I love you Miss Robot
Dmaj7 C#m
Electronic tease
Dmaj7
I love you Miss Robot
Dmaj7 C#m
Programmed just to please
[Chorus]
Dmaj7
Endlessly Miss Robot
Dmaj7 C#m
Give yourself to me
Dmaj7
I love you Miss Robot
Dmaj7 F#m
Do you love me?
[Outro]
| F#m | % | % | % |
| F#m | % | % | % |
F#sus4
Aah, aah, aah, aaaah
F#sus4
Aah, aah, aah, aaaah
(repeat and fade)
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5. Clean, Clean – Buggles
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Capo: 2nd fret
Play: Bm
Key: C#m
For chords in original key transpose +2
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
Cm x-1-3-3-2-x
Cm7/A# 4-x-3-1-2-x
Cm/A 3-x-3-3-2-x
Cm/G 1-x-3-3-2-x
Gm/D x-3-x-1-1-1
Dsus4 x-3-x-0-1-1
E/G# 2-x-0-2-3-2
Bm9 x-0-5-5-0-0
Amadd9/G 1-3-3-2-0-0
Bm9/A 3-x-5-5-0-0
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[Intro]
| Cm Cm/A# | Cm/A Cm/G | D Gm/D | Dsus4 D | Bsus4
| Bm | % | A | E/G# | % | A | % |
[Verse]
Bm
Oh go Johnny kick me in the head
A [ Bm |
Aimin' for the floorboard but they pick me up instead
Bm
Through the ringing from the night before
D E
The engines running gotta pay a call
[Verse]
Bm [ A |
Johnny drove the halftrack cause we could not find the jeep
A [ Bm |
Wake me in the morning gotta get some sleep
Bm
Driving all night out of fear
D E
Got it in the ribs every time I changed gear
[Pre-Chorus]
Bm9
I'm gonna take a ride, gonna pick up the team
Amadd9/G | F#sus4 | F#m |
Gonna go where we've never been
Bm9 Bm9/A [ Amadd9/G ]
I'm gonna take a ride, gonna pick up the team (Pickin’ up, pickin’ up the tea-ea- eam)
Amadd9/G | F#sus4 | F#m |
Now you know how it's hard to keep the fighting clean
[Chorus]
Bm
Clean clean
A G
Clean clean
A Bm
Clean clean
A G
Clean clean
[Verse]
Bm
Oh go Johnny gonna fight the war
A [ Bm |
Shotgun in the morning at the local liquor store
Bm
Oh go talking bout them diesel fuels
D E
Johnny tell the chaplain go and polish his tombs
[Verse]
Bm [ A |
Lying on the wasteground with a blanket on his face
A [ Bm ]
Indicating that he's left the human race
Bm
Hell went open when the world came in
D E
Gotta keep your head if you wanna win
[Pre-Chorus]
Bm9
I'm gonna take a ride, gonna pick up the team
Amadd9/G | F#sus4 | F#m |
Gonna go where we've never been
Bm9 Bm9/A [ Amadd9/G ]
I'm gonna take a ride, gonna pick up the team (Pickin’ up, pickin’ up the tea-ea- eam)
Amadd9/G | F#sus4 | F#m |
Now you know how it's hard to keep the fighting clean
[Chorus]
Bm
Clean clean
A G
Clean clean
A Bm
Clean clean
A G
Clean clean
[Instrumental]
| Bm | % | G | % |
(Squad, quick march!)
| D | % | Em | F# |
(Squad dismissed!)
| Bm | % | G | % |
| D | % | Em | F# |
[Chorus]
Bm
Clean clean
A G
Clean clean
A Bm
Clean clean
A G
Clean clean
A Bm
Clean clean (Lost a million in our very first attack)
A G
Clean clean (Don't you worry cause you know we'll get them back)
A Bm
Clean clean (Lost a million in our very first attack)
A G
Clean clean (Don't you worry cause you know we'll get them back)
[Outro]
| C | % |
| Cm | % | C | % |
| Cm | % | C | % |
(repeat and fade)
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6. Elstree – The Buggles
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capo: 1st fret
play: Bm
key: Cm
For chords in original key transpose +1
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CHORDS
F#-A-D-G-B-E
Em/G 1-x-3-2-3-1
Asus4 3-x-0-0-1-3
D/F# 0(3)2-0-1-0
Em6 x-x-0-2-0-1
D/C# x-2-x-0-1-0
D/A 3-x-2-0-1-0
A/G 3-x-0-0-x-x
F#/E x-x-0-1-0-0
F#/D x-3-x-1-0-0
F#/C# x-2-x-1-0-0
Bm x-0-2-2-1-x
Bsus2 x-0-2-2-0-x
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[Intro]
| Bm | Em/G | Asus4 | D/F# |
| G | Em6 | C# | F#sus4 F# |
ACTION!
| A | C#m | G | D D/C# Bm |
[Verse]
A C#m
I had a dream on a back lot
G D D/C# Bm
I saw my life like a long shot
A C#m
I smile at faces in a picture parade
G D D/C# Bm
Of all the stills from the films that you've made
A C#m
That we would see in the Essoldo
G D/F# G D/A A
After drinking coffee at the Gi- o-con-do
[Chorus]
Bm Em/G
Elstree, remember me?
Asus4 A/G D/F#
I had a part in a C# movie
G Em6 | C# | F# |
I played a man from history
Bm Em/G
Elstree, ah look at me (Oh-o-oh)
Asus4 A/G D/F#
Now I work for the C#BC (Oh-o-oh)
G Em6 | C# | F# F#/E F#/D F#/C# |
Life is not what it used to be
[Verse]
A C#m
I took no dives in the fight scene
G D D/C# Bm
I had a stuntman, keep my suit clean
A C#m
There’s no technology to fake-up a song
G D/F# G D/A A
They stop the orchestra if you get it wrong
[Chorus]
Bm Em/G
Elstree, remember me?
Asus4 A/G D/F#
I had a part in a C# movie
G Em6 | C# | F# |
I played a man from history
Bm Em/G
Elstree, ah look at me (Oh-o-oh)
Asus4 A/G D/F#
Now I work for the C#BC (Oh-o-oh)
G Em6 | C# | F# | C# | F# F#/E F#/D F#/C# | [Am]
Life is not what it used to be Elstree ...
[Interlude]
(no beat)
| Bm | Em/G | Asus4 | D/F# | G | A |
| Bm | Em/G | Asus4 | D/F# |
| G | Em6 | C# | F# F#/E F#/D F#/C# |
[Verse]
A C#m
They made a field into a war zone
G D D/C# Bm
I beat the enemy on my own
A C#m
All the bullets just went over my head
G D/F# G D/A A [break] | % |
There’s no reality and no one dead in
[Chorus]
(part)
Bm Em/G
Elstree, remember me?
Asus4 D/F#
I had a part in a C# movie
G Em6 | C# | F# F#/E F#/D F#/C# |
I played a man from history
[Outro]
Bm Em/G Asus4 D/F# G Asus4
Elstree Oh-o-oh Oh-o-oh
Bm Em/G Asus4 D/F# G Asus4
Elstree Oh-o-oh Oh-o-oh
| Bm | Em/G | Asus4 | D/F# | G | Asus4 A |
Elstree
| Bm | Em/G | Asus4 | D/F# | G | Asus4 A |
| Bm | Em/G | Asus4 | D/F# | G | Asus4 A |
Elstree Oh-o-oh Oh-o-oh
(no beat)
| Bm | Em/G | Asus4 | D/F# | G | Asus4 A | Bm |
Elstree
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
| Bm Bsus2 Bm Bsus2 Bm Bsus2 Bm Bsus2 | Bm Bsus2 Bm Bsus2 Bm [break] |
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
| Bm Bsus2 Bm Bsus2 Bm Bsus2 Bm Bsus2 | Bm Bsus2 Bm Bsus2 Bm [break] |
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
| Bm Bsus2 Bm Bsus2 Bm Bsus2 Bm Bsus2 | Bm Bsus2 Bm Bsus2 Bm [break] |
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
| Bm Bsus2 Bm Bsus2 Bm Bsus2 Bm Bsus2 | Bm Bsus2 Bm Bsus2 Bm [break] |
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
| Bm Bsus2 Bm Bsus2 Bm Bsus2 Bm Bsus2 | Bm Bsus2 Bm Bsus2 Bm [break] |
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4
| Bm Bsus2 Bm Bsus2 Bm Bsus2 Bm Bsus2 | Bm Bsus2 Bm Bsus2 Bm [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]
D#m C#
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]
F#maj7 F#maj7 F#maj7 F#maj7 F#maj7 F#maj7
Emaj7/F# Emaj7/F# Emaj7/F# Emaj7/F# Emaj7/F# Emaj7/F#
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|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E F#7/E E F#7/E E F#7/E B/F# F#
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)
F#5 F#6 F#sus2 F#6 F#sus2 F#6 F#5 F#6 F#sus2 F#6
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
F#-A-D-G-B-E
Esus2 x-x-0-2-3-0
B/F# 0-x-2-2-2-x
Dmaj7 x-3-2-0-0-0
E/F# 0-2-2-2-3-2
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[Intro]
(drum box)
| N.C. |
(bass only)
| F# | % | % | % |
| F# | % |
[Interlude]
| D#m | % | C# | % |
| D#m | % | C# | % |
[Verse]
F#
All of those wild American bilinguals
Esus2 B/F# F#
Who talk to you in Paris of their lonely lives
F#
School days and last days out there in the Midwest
Esus2 B/F# F#
They climb on their liners and rejoin their wives
[Bridge]
C#m
Walking down boulevards electric eyes
Dmaj7
Would gaze at the waveforms and gasp at their size
F# F# [break]
Let them be lonely and say you don't care
[Chorus]
Dmaj7 E/F#
Astroboy, I'm watching the proles on parade
Dmaj7 E/F#
Astroboy, I'm watching the proles on parade
[Interlude]
| D#m | % | C# | % |
| D#m | % | C# | % |
[Verse]
F#
Una with long hair will stand by your side
Esus2 B/F# F#
And the friends who were hungry could swallow your pride
F#
Chromium pets that video screens would show
Esus2 B/F# F#
Pictures of helplessness old kings and queens
[Bridge]
C#m
Radio stations that fade as in dust
Dmaj7
All their transmitters are crumbling with rust
F# F# [break]
Let them be broken and say you don't care
[Chorus]
Dmaj7 E/F#
Astroboy, I'm watching the proles on parade
Dmaj7 E/F#
Astroboy, I'm watching the proles on parade
Dmaj7 E/F#
Astroboy, I'm watching the proles on parade
[Interlude]
| D#m | % | C# | % |
| D#m | % | C# | % |
| B | % | G#m | % |
[Bridge]
(last part)
F# F# [break]
Let them be broken and say you don't care
[Chorus]
Dmaj7 E/F#
Astroboy, I'm watching the proles on parade
Dmaj7 E/F#
Astroboy, I'm watching the proles on parade
Dmaj7 E/F#
Astroboy, I'm watching the proles on parade
Dmaj7 E/F#
Astroboy, I'm watching the proles on parade
[Outro]
| Dmaj7 | % | E/F# | % |
| Dmaj7 | % | E/F# | % |
| Dmaj7 | % | E/F# | % |
| Dmaj7 | % | E/F# | % |
| Dmaj7 | % | E/F# | % |
| Dmaj7 | % | % | % | % | E/F#
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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]
Emaj7 E B/A Amaj7 B7
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|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Emaj7 E B/A Amaj7 G#sus4 G#
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]
C#m C#7sus2 Bm B7sus2 Amaj7 A6 A Amaj7 A6
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
G#sus4 2-4-4-4-2-2
G# 2-4-4-3-2-2
F#sus4 0-2-2-2-0-0
F# 0-2-2-1-0-0
F#sus2 0-2-4-x-0-0
A 3-x-0-0-0-x
Gadd9 3-x-0-2-x-x
A5 3-x-0-0-x-x
Bsus4 x-0-2-2-3-0
Bsus2 x-0-2-2-0-0
G# x-x-4-3-2-2
G#/F# x-x-2-3-2-2
G#/E x-x-0-3-2-2
G#/D# x-4-x-2-1-1
[Intro] and [Outro] chords: see tabs
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[Intro]
| Emaj7 E | N.C. | B/A Amaj7 B/A | N.C. |
| Emaj7 E | N.C. | B/A Amaj7 G#sus4 | G# |
[Verse]
C#m E F#
Down, down to pause and walk away
C#m E F#
Even in the streets your feet don't move
D#m
See their faces through the perspex
F# G#sus4 G#
Turn to stare back up at you
[Verse]
C#m E F#
You, your eyes are green and mine are blue
C#m E F#
In the subway darkness I am watching you
D#m
Oh my, my, you are so sci-fi,
F# G#sus4 G#
Please will you let me ride?
[Chorus]
C#m E
Johnny ... riding on the monorail
C#m E
Johnny ... riding on the monorail
| F# | % | % | % |
Monorail
[Verse]
C#m E F#
You, you know that life is terminal
C#m E F#
It's the Paris Pullman in your mind again
D#m
Eyes like cameras move their lenses
F# G#sus4 G#
Take this dream I offer you
[Chorus]
C#m E
Johnny ... riding on the monorail
C#m E
Johnny ... riding on the monorail
C#m E
Johnny ... riding on the monorail
[Interlude]
| F#sus4 F# | F#sus2 F# | A Gadd9 | Bsus4 B | Bsus2 B |
| C#m | % | B | % | A | % | G# | G# B B/D# |
| C#m | % | B | % | A | % | G# G#/F# | G#/E G#/D# |
[Verse]
C#m E F#
All we cannot see we call invisible
C#m E F#
Tracks that move like pylons through the sky
D#m
Oh my, my, you are so sci-fi,
F# G#sus4 G#
Please will you let me ride?
[Chorus]
C#m E
Johnny ... riding on the monorail
C#m E
Johnny ... riding on the monorail
C#m E
Johnny ... riding on the monorail
[Interlude]
| F#sus4 F# | F#sus2 F# | A Aadd9 | G5 Gadd9 | Bsus4 B | Bsus2 B | C#m
Aaahh...
[Outro]
| C#m B7sus2 | % | Amaj7 A6 A | Amaj7 A6 |
| C#m B7sus2 | % | Amaj7 A6 A | Amaj7 A6 |
| C#m B7sus2 | % | Amaj7 A6 A | Amaj7 A6 |
| C#m B7sus2 | % | Amaj7 A6 A | Amaj7 A6 | [ C#m ]
Johnny on the monorail
| C#m B7sus2 | % | Amaj7 A6 A | Amaj7 A6 |
| C#m B7sus2 | % | Amaj7 A6 A | Amaj7 A6 | [ C#m ]
Johnny on the monorail
| C#m B7sus2 | % | Amaj7 A6 A | Amaj7 A6 |
| C#m B7sus2 | % | Amaj7 A6 A | Amaj7 A6 | [ C#m ]
Johnny on the monorail
| C#m B7sus2 | % | Amaj7 A6 A | Amaj7 A6 |
| C#m B7sus2 | % | Amaj7 A6 A | Amaj7 A6 | [ C#m ]
Johnny on the monorail
| C#m B7sus2 | % | Amaj7 A6 A | Amaj7 A6 |
| C#m B7sus2 | % | Amaj7 A6 A | Amaj7 A6 | [ C#m ]
Johnny on the monorail
| C#m B7sus2 | % | Amaj7 A6 A | Amaj7 A6 |
| C#m B7sus2 | % | Amaj7 A6 A | Amaj7 A6 | C#m
Johnny on the monorail
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