| DK. . "A Question of Balance". .August 1970. Mike Pinder |
| Could play 1st 2 strums of chords in minor or major and then add 7th for the next 2 |
| of each chord except for C#m after G# |
| INTRO (play 2x)Start w/3rd string 6th fret:C# C# B B |
| A G#, F# F# E E D# |
| C#, D# D# C# C# C C C# D# E. REPEAT |
| C#m | F#m7 | G# | C#m |
| CHORUS |
| C#m | F#m7 | |
| N.C. I'm a | melancholy man, | that's what I am, |
| G# | C#m | |
| All | the world surrounds me and my | feet, are on the ground. |
| C#m | F#m7 | |
| N.C.I'm a | very lonely man, | doing what I can, |
| G# | C#m | |
| All the world astounds me and I | think, I understand |
| G#7 | C#m | C#m | |
| That we're | going, to keep growing, wait and | see. |
| VERSE 1 |
| C#m | |
| When all the stars are falling down, |
| F#m7 | |
| Into the sea and on the ground, |
| G# | C#m | |
| And angry voices carry on the | wind. |
| VERSE 2 |
| C#m | |
| A beam of light will fill your head, |
| F#m7 | |
| And you'll remember what's been said |
| G# | C#m | |
| By all the good men this world's ever | known. |
| VERSE 3 |
| C#m | |
| Another man is what you'll see, |
| F#m7 | |
| Who looks like you, and looks like me, |
| G# | C#m | |
| And yet somehow, he will not feel the | same. |
| VERSE 4 |
| C#m | F#m7 | |
| His life caught up in misery, | he doesn't think like you and me, |
| G# | C#m | |
| 'Cause he can't see, what you and I can | see. |
| SOLO |
| C#m F#m7 G# C#m repeat 4 times |
| REPEAT ALL VERSES AND THEN CHORUS |
| VERSE 1 |
| C#m | |
| When all the stars are falling down, |
| F#m7 | |
| Into the sea and on the ground, |
| G# | C#m | |
| And angry voices carry on the | wind. |
| VERSE 2 |
| C#m | |
| A beam of light will fill your head, |
| F#m7 | |
| And you'll remember what's been said |
| G# | C#m | |
| By all the good men this world's ever | known. |
| VERSE 3 |
| C#m | |
| Another man is what you'll see, |
| F#m7 | |
| Who looks like you, and looks like me, |
| G# | C#m | |
| And yet somehow, he will not feel the | same. |
| VERSE 4 |
| C#m | F#m7 | |
| His life caught up in misery, | he doesn't think like you and me, |
| G# | C#m | |
| 'Cause he can't see what you and I can | see. |
| CHORUS (with verse 1 sung underneath) |
| C#m | F#m7 | |
| N.C. I'm a | melancholy man, | that's what I am, |
| G# | C#m | |
| All | the world surrounds me and my | feet, are on the ground. |
| C#m | F#m7 | |
| N.C.I'm a | very lonely man, | doing what I can, |
| G# | C#m | |
| All the world astounds me and I | think, I understand |
| G#7 | C#m | |
| That we're | going, to keep growing, wait and | see. |
| (Repeat all verses with the chorus sung underneath.) |
| END |