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.