Astroboy (And the Proles on Parade) Lyrics

Astroboy (And the Proles on Parade) – The Buggles
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.
ch chj7a/chj7 chj7 /ch /ch /ch
ch /chch /chch /ch
BRIDGE (last part)
us2
CHORDS
(drum box)
| N.C. |
(bass only)
| E | % | % | % |
| E | % |
| C#m | % | B | % |
| C#m | % | B | % |
All of those wild American bilinguals
Who talk to you in Paris of their lonely lives
School days and last days out there in the Midwest
They climb on their liners and rejoin their wives
Walking down boulevards electric eyes
Would gaze at the waveforms and gasp at their size
break
Let them be lonely and say you don't care
Astroboy, I'm watching the proles on parade
Astroboy, I'm watching the proles on parade
| C#m | % | B | % |
| C#m | % | B | % |
Una with long hair will stand by your side
And the friends who were hungry could swallow your pride
Chromium pets that video screens would show
Pictures of helplessness old kings and queens
Radio stations that fade as in dust
All their transmitters are crumbling with rust
break
Let them be broken and say you don't care
Astroboy, I'm watching the proles on parade
Astroboy, I'm watching the proles on parade
Astroboy, I'm watching the proles on parade
| C#m | % | B | % |
| C#m | % | B | % |
| A | % | F#m | % |
BRIDGE (last part)
break
Let them be broken and say you don't care
Astroboy, I'm watching the proles on parade
Astroboy, I'm watching the proles on parade
Astroboy, I'm watching the proles on parade
Astroboy, I'm watching the proles on parade
| Cmaj7 | % | D/E | % |
| Cmaj7 | % | D/E | % |
| Cmaj7 | % | D/E | % |
| Cmaj7 | % | D/E | % |
| Cmaj7 | % | D/E | % |
| Cmaj7 | % | % | % | % | D/E