Mad World Tears for Fears
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#]All around me are [A]familiar faces
[E]Worn out places, [Bsus2]worn out faces
[F#]Bright and early for their [A]daily races
[E]Going nowhere, [Bsus2]going nowhere
[F#]Their tears are filling [A]up their glasses
[E]No expression, [Bsus2]no expression
[F#]Hide my head I want to [A]drown my sorrow
[E]No tomorrow, [Bsus2]no tomorrow
Chorus One:
[F#]And I find it kind of [Bsus2]funny
I find it kind of [F#]sad
The dreams in which I'm [Bsus2]dying
Are the best I've ever [F#]had
I find it hard to [Bsus2]tell you
'Cause I find it hard to [F#]take
When people run in [Bsus2]circles
It's a very, very
[F#]Mad W[A]orld[Bsus2]
[F#]Mad W[A]orld[Bsus2]
[F#]Mad W[A]orld[Bsus2]
[F#]Mad W[A]orld[Bsus2]
Verse Two:
[F#]Children waiting for the [A]day they feel good
[E]Happy Birthday, [Bsus2]Happy Birthday
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[F#]Made to feel the way that [A]every child should
[E]Sit and listen, [Bsus2]sit and listen
[F#]Went to school and I was [A]very nervous
[E]No one knew me, [Bsus2]no one knew me
[F#]Hello teacher, tell me [A]what's my lesson
[E]Look right through me, [Bsus2]look right through me
Chorus Two:
[F#]And I find it kind of [Bsus2]funny
I find it kind of [F#]sad
The dreams in which I'm [Bsus2]dying
Are the best I've ever [F#]had
I find it hard to [Bsus2]tell you
'Cause I find it hard to [F#]take
When people run in [Bsus2]circles
It's a very, very
[F#]Mad W[A]orld[Bsus2]
[F#]Mad W[A]orld[Bsus2]
[F#]Mad W[A]orld[Bsus2]
[F#]Mad W[A]orld[Bsus2]
Bridge:
[F#] [-] [A] [-] [E] [-] [Bsus2]
[F#] [-] [A] [-] [E] [-] [Bsus2]
Chorus Three:
[F#]And I find it kind of [Bsus2]funny
I find it kind of [F#]sad
The dreams in which I'm [Bsus2]dying
Are the best I've ever [F#]had
I find it hard to [Bsus2]tell you
'Cause I find it hard to [F#]take
When people run in [Bsus2]circles
It's a very, very
[F#]Mad W[A]orld[Bsus2]
[F#]Mad W[A]orld[Bsus2]
[F#]Enlar[A]ging [Bsus2]Your World
[F#]Mad W[A]orld[Bsus2]
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