Tears For Fears - Mad World (1983)
Tabbed by: trevgreg
Email: trevgreg1227@hotmail.com
Tuning: Standard
I couldn't find a tab with chords that actually sounded like the song, but I found out
it was pretty easy to play this song with the popular chord progression of F#-A-E-B.
Chords:
F# 2 4 4 x x x
A x 0 2 2 2 0
E 0 2 2 1 0 0
Bsus2 x 2 4 4 2 2
Verse One:
F# A
All around me are familiar faces
E Bsus2
Worn out places, worn out faces
F# A
Bright and early for their daily races
E Bsus2
Going nowhere, going nowhere
F# A
Their tears are filling up their glasses
E Bsus2
No expression, no expression
F# A
Hide my head I want to drown my sorrow
E Bsus2
No tomorrow, no tomorrow
Chorus One:
F# Bsus2
And I find it kind of funny
F#
I find it kind of sad
Bsus2
The dreams in which I'm dying
F#
Are the best I've ever had
Bsus2
I find it hard to tell you
F#
'Cause I find it hard to take
Bsus2
When people run in circles
It's a very, very
F# A Bsus2
Mad World
F# A Bsus2
Mad World
F# A Bsus2
Mad World
F# A Bsus2
Mad World
Verse Two:
F# A
Children waiting for the day they feel good
E Bsus2
Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday
F# A
Made to feel the way that every child should
E Bsus2
Sit and listen, sit and listen
F# A
Went to school and I was very nervous
E Bsus2
No one knew me, no one knew me
F# A
Hello teacher, tell me what's my lesson
E Bsus2
Look right through me, look right through me
Chorus Two:
F# Bsus2
And I find it kind of funny
F#
I find it kind of sad
Bsus2
The dreams in which I'm dying
F#
Are the best I've ever had
Bsus2
I find it hard to tell you
F#
'Cause I find it hard to take
Bsus2
When people run in circles
It's a very, very
F# A Bsus2
Mad World
F# A Bsus2
Mad World
F# A Bsus2
Mad World
F# A Bsus2
Mad World
Bridge:
F# - A - E - Bsus2
F# - A - E - Bsus2
Chorus Three:
F# Bsus2
And I find it kind of funny
F#
I find it kind of sad
Bsus2
The dreams in which I'm dying
F#
Are the best I've ever had
Bsus2
I find it hard to tell you
F#
'Cause I find it hard to take
Bsus2
When people run in circles
It's a very, very
F# A Bsus2
Mad World
F# A Bsus2
Mad World
F# A Bsus2
Enlarging Your World
F# A Bsus2
Mad World
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Mad World chords by Tears For Fears, added : November 16th, 2005
