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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Living in the Plastic Age – The Buggles
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Written by: Geoff Downes, Trevor Horn
From: "Living in the Plastic Age" (Single, 3:51)
Album Version (5:13) on: "The Age of Plastic" (1980)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-E
G/B x-2-0-0-0-3
C/D x-x-0-0-1-0
Am/G 3-x-2-2-1-0
C/E 0(3)2-0-1-0
A x-0-7-6-5-5
G/A x-0-5-4-3-3
F#m/A x-0-4-2-2-2
Dsus4/F x-x-3-0-3-3
D/F# 2-x-0-2-3(3)
Fmaj7 (t)1-3-3-2-1-0
G/F 1-x-0-0-0-3
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INTRO
(synth)
| Am | % | % | % |
(melody)
| Am | Am G/B | C | C G/B G |
| Am | Am G/B | C | % |
| Dm C/D | Dm |
VERSE
Am G/B
Every day my metal friend
C G/B G
Shakes my bed at 6am
Am G/B
Then the shiny serving clones
C
Run in with my telephones
INTERLUDE
| Dm C/D | Dm | Am | % |
VERSE (part)
Am G/B
Talking fast I make a deal
C G/B G
Buy the fake and sell what’s real
Am Am/G
What’s this pain here in my chest
BRIDGE
F C/E
Maybe I should take a rest
Dm Em F G [A]
Ah, ah, ah, ah, aaah
CHORUS
A G/A F#m/A G/A [A]
They send the heart police to put you under cardiac arrest
A G/A F#m/A G/A [Dsus2]
And as they drag you through the door they tell you that you've failed the test
| Dsus2 Dsus4/F | Dsus2 Dsus4/F |
Dm Em F G
Li-ving in the ...
VERSE
Am G/B
Living in the plastic age
C G/B G
Looking only half my age
Am G/B
Hello doctor lift my face
C
I wish my skin could stand the pace
INTERLUDE
| Dm C/D | Dm |
VERSE (part)
Am G/B
In my bed I read my mind
C G/B G
Remember how the mice were blind
Am Am/G
I watch them fighting in their cage
BRIDGE
F C/E
Could this be the plastic age?
| F C/E |
Dm Em F G [A]
Ah, ah, ah, ah, aaah
CHORUS
A G/A F#m/A G/A [A]
They send the heart police to put you under cardiac arrest
A G/A F#m/A G/A [Dsus2]
And as they drag you through the door they tell you that you've failed the test
| Dsus2 Dsus4/F | Dsus2 Dsus4/F |
Dm Em F G
Li-ving in the ...
MIDDLE 8
Am
Plastic age
G
Plastic age
D/F#
Plastic age
| F C/E | F C/E |
| Dm Em | F G |
CHORUS
A G/A F#m/A G/A [A]
They send the heart police to put you under cardiac arrest
A G/A F#m/A G/A [Dsus2]
And as they drag you through the door they tell you that you've failed the test
| Dsus2 Dsus4/F | Dsus2 Dsus4/F |
Dm Em F G
Li-ving in the ...
CODA
| Am | % | Fmaj7 | % |
| Am | % | Fmaj7 | % |
Am
Plastic age
G
Plastic age
D/F#
Plastic age
| F G/F | % | F G/F F G/F [A]
Ah, ah, ah, ah, aaah ...
| A | G/A | F#m/A | G/A |
| A | G/A | F#m/A | G/A |
(repeat and fade)
Living in the Plastic Age – The Buggles
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Written by: Geoff Downes, Trevor Horn
From: "Living in the Plastic Age" (Single, 3:51)
Album Version (5:13) on: "The Age of Plastic" (1980)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-E
G/B x-2-0-0-0-3
C/D x-x-0-0-1-0
Am/G 3-x-2-2-1-0
C/E 0(3)2-0-1-0
A x-0-7-6-5-5
G/A x-0-5-4-3-3
F#m/A x-0-4-2-2-2
Dsus4/F x-x-3-0-3-3
D/F# 2-x-0-2-3(3)
Fmaj7 (t)1-3-3-2-1-0
G/F 1-x-0-0-0-3
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INTRO
(synth)
| Am | % | % | % |
(melody)
| Am | Am G/B | C | C G/B G |
| Am | Am G/B | C | % |
| Dm C/D | Dm |
VERSE
Am G/B
Every day my metal friend
C G/B G
Shakes my bed at 6am
Am G/B
Then the shiny serving clones
C
Run in with my telephones
INTERLUDE
| Dm C/D | Dm | Am | % |
VERSE (part)
Am G/B
Talking fast I make a deal
C G/B G
Buy the fake and sell what’s real
Am Am/G
What’s this pain here in my chest
BRIDGE
F C/E
Maybe I should take a rest
Dm Em F G [A]
Ah, ah, ah, ah, aaah
CHORUS
A G/A F#m/A G/A [A]
They send the heart police to put you under cardiac arrest
A G/A F#m/A G/A [Dsus2]
And as they drag you through the door they tell you that you've failed the test
| Dsus2 Dsus4/F | Dsus2 Dsus4/F |
Dm Em F G
Li-ving in the ...
VERSE
Am G/B
Living in the plastic age
C G/B G
Looking only half my age
Am G/B
Hello doctor lift my face
C
I wish my skin could stand the pace
INTERLUDE
| Dm C/D | Dm |
VERSE (part)
Am G/B
In my bed I read my mind
C G/B G
Remember how the mice were blind
Am Am/G
I watch them fighting in their cage
BRIDGE
F C/E
Could this be the plastic age?
| F C/E |
Dm Em F G [A]
Ah, ah, ah, ah, aaah
CHORUS
A G/A F#m/A G/A [A]
They send the heart police to put you under cardiac arrest
A G/A F#m/A G/A [Dsus2]
And as they drag you through the door they tell you that you've failed the test
| Dsus2 Dsus4/F | Dsus2 Dsus4/F |
Dm Em F G
Li-ving in the ...
MIDDLE 8
Am
Plastic age
G
Plastic age
D/F#
Plastic age
| F C/E | F C/E |
| Dm Em | F G |
CHORUS
A G/A F#m/A G/A [A]
They send the heart police to put you under cardiac arrest
A G/A F#m/A G/A [Dsus2]
And as they drag you through the door they tell you that you've failed the test
| Dsus2 Dsus4/F | Dsus2 Dsus4/F |
Dm Em F G
Li-ving in the ...
CODA
| Am | % | Fmaj7 | % |
| Am | % | Fmaj7 | % |
Am
Plastic age
G
Plastic age
D/F#
Plastic age
| F G/F | % | F G/F F G/F [A]
Ah, ah, ah, ah, aaah ...
| A | G/A | F#m/A | G/A |
| A | G/A | F#m/A | G/A |
(repeat and fade)
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