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Paul Simon — The Boy In A Bubble bass tabs

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Cheers,

David Cobby
The Boy in a Bubble (Graceland albumn) by Paul Simon
Bassist Baghiti Khumalo.

Transcribed by David Cobby . Please send
any corrections or comments. The timing I've indicated is totally
approximate, but fairly easy to pick up from the actual song.


Intro. Rest for 4 bars of accordian intro then repeat the following twice :

1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

G|2—2—————0—0—1——2——2—————————————|———————————————————————————————0|
D|————2—2—————————————————————————|————————————————————————————————|
A|————————————————————3———5—5————0|————3———5—5—3—5———3——5——5———————|
E|————————————————————————————————|————————————————————————————————|


Verse 1. Only difference from Intro is the slide up in the first bar.
Repeat twice :

1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

G|2—2—————0—0—/4—2——2—————————————|———————————————————————————————0|
D|————2—2—————————————————————————|————————————————————————————————|
A|————————————————————3———5—5————0|————3———5—5—3—5———3——5——5———————|
E|————————————————————————————————|————————————————————————————————|


Chorus. Repeat this riff 4 times :

1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

G|————————————————————————————————|————————————————————————————————|
D|———————————————————————————————5|————————————————————————————————|
A|—10—10—10—10—10—10—10—3—5—5————|————3———5—5—3—5———3——5——5——————/|
E|————————————————————————————————|————————————————————————————————|

and then the following post—chorus bit twice:

1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

G|————————————7———5———————————————|————————————————————————————————|
D|/7——————————————————————————————|————————————————————————————————|
A|————————————————————33——5—5————0|————3———5—5—3—5———3——5——5———————|
E|————————————————————————————————|————————————————————————————————|


Verse 2. Same as intro riff repeated twice.
Chorus. As above, including the 4 bars of post—chorus stuff.
Verse 3. Same as verse 1.
Chorus. Without the 4 bars of post—chorus. Repeat to fade.


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