Mad World - Gary Jules

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Tuning: Standard, E A D G B E

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These chords are the ones used in the piano part and are all played in their
root position from the octave below middle C. The main riff is based around
the Fm pentatonic scale and starts on an Ab, if you understand that! This is
basically a piano/keyboard tab and doesn't work as well on guitar, but try it
anyway!


[Intro]
 
 


[Verse 1]
            
   All around 

         
me are familia

r faces
            
Worn out place

   
s, worn out fa

ces
            
   Bright and 

              
early for thei

  
r daily races
            
Going nowhere,

 
 going nowhere
            
   Their tears

             
 are filling u


p their glasse

s
            
No expression,

 
 no expression
            
   Hide my hea

             
d, I want to d


rown my sorrow
           
No tomorrow, n


o tomorrow


[Chorus]
            
   And I find 

            
it kinda funny

              
, I find it ki

    
nda sad
              
The dreams in 

            
which I'm dyin

              
g are the best

           
 I've ever had
              
I find it hard

            
 to tell you, 

              
I find it hard

    
 to take
              
When people ru

     
n in circles, 

it's a very, v

ery
     
   Mad world
     
   Mad world


[Verse 2]
            
   Children wa

              
iting for the 


day they feel 

good
            
Happy birthday

  
, happy birthd

ay
            
   Made to fee

              
l the way that

 
 every child s

hould
            
Sit and listen

  
, sit and list

en
            
   Went to sch

              
ool, and I was

 
 very nervous
            
No one knew me

  
, no one knew 

me
            
   Hello, teac

             
her, tell me w


hat's my lesso

n
            
Look right thr

         
ough me, look 

right through 

me


[Chorus]
            
   And I find 

            
it kinda funny

              
, I find it ki

    
nda sad
              
The dreams in 

            
which I'm dyin

              
g are the best

           
 I've ever had
              
I find it hard

            
 to tell you, 

              
I find it hard

    
 to take
              
When people ru

     
n in circles, 

it's a very, v

ery
     
   Mad world
     
   Mad world
            
   Enlarge you

  
r world
     
   Mad world