Biography:
Buggles were a UK electro-pop band formed in 1977 consisting of Trevor Horn (bass guitar, guitar, percussion, and vocals), Geoff Downes (percussion and keyboards).
Buggles' sound was characterised by a deliberately synthetic quality in keeping with the technological subject matter of their songs.
Buggles had a smash hit with the first single from their debut album, The Age of Plastic. Video Killed The Radio star was famously the 1st music video ever played on MTV (on August 1, 1981).
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Astroboy (And the Proles on Parade) – The Buggles
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
The Buggles
Astroboy (And the Proles on Parade) (1979)
(Geoff Downes, Trevor Horn)
From: "The Age of Plastic"
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 | % |
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
Astroboy (And the Proles on Parade) – The Buggles
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
The Buggles
Astroboy (And the Proles on Parade) (1979)
(Geoff Downes, Trevor Horn)
From: "The Age of Plastic"
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.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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 | % |
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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