INTERLUDE 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 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|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| 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) 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---------------| --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHORDS x-x-0-2-3-0 0-x-2-2-2-x x-3-2-0-0-0 0-2-2-2-3-2 INTERLUDE | | % | | | % | VERSE 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 BRIDGE Walking down boulevards electric eyes Would gaze at the waveforms and gasp at their size E break Let them be lonely and say you don't care Chorus Astroboy, I'm watching the proles on parade Astroboy, I'm watching the proles on parade INTERLUDE | | % | | | % | 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 BRIDGE Radio stations that fade as in dust All their transmitters are crumbling with rust E break Let them be broken and say you don't care Chorus Astroboy, I'm watching the proles on parade Astroboy, I'm watching the proles on parade Astroboy, I'm watching the proles on parade INTERLUDE | | % | | | % | | | % | BRIDGE (last part) E break Let them be broken and say you don't care Chorus 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 OUTRO | | % | | | % | | | % | | | % | | | % | |
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