Gary Jules - Mad World Acoustic Chords & Tabs

Mad world – Gary Jules

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Capo (optional): Capo 2

*You can also play it without a capo.*

I’ve figured this out by ear so, if there’s any problem or feedback or stuff, let me know :)

Strumming Pattern (D = Down, U = Up)
DDDDDDDD

Chords (with Capo)
Em – 022000
C – 032010
G – 320033
D – xx0232

Chords (without Capo)
F#m – 244222/ x44222
D – xx0232
A – x02220
E – 022100

*I’m going to write the chords to be played without the Capo here, but obviously 
chords with the Capo come in the same places!*

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Piano intro
OR
F#m – D – A – E 

F#m                              D 
     All around me are familiar faces

A                                E
Worn out places, worn out faces

F#m                                          D
   Bright and early for their daily races

A                              E
Going nowhere, going nowhere

F#m                                         D
         The tears are filling up their glasses	

A                           E
No expression, no expression

F#m                                          D
   Hide my head I want to drown my sorrow
A                         E
No tomorrow, no tomorrow

F#m                              D
   And I find it kinda funny

                           A
I find it kinda sad

                                                   E
The dreams in which I'm dying

                                          F#m
Are the best I've ever had

                              D
I find it hard to tell you

                              A
I find it hard to take
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                                       E
When people run in circles

It's a very, very

F#m              D
          Mad world 

 A              E       
        Mad world

F#m                                            D 
     Children waiting for the day they feel good

A                              E
Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday

F#m                                        D
     And I feel the way that every child should

A                         E
Sit and listen, sit and listen

F#m                                             D
    Went to school and I was very nervous

A                                E
No one knew me, no one knew me

F#m                                       D
    Hello teacher tell me what's my lesson

A                                           E
Look right through me, look right through me

F#m                              D
   And I find it kinda funny

                           A
I find it kinda sad

                                                   E
The dreams in which I'm dying

                                          F#m
Are the best I've ever had

                              D
I find it hard to tell you

                              A
I find it hard to take

                                       E
When people run in circles

It's a very, very

F#m              D
          Mad world 

 A              E       
        Mad world

F#m                      D
     Enlarge your world

A        E
Mad world…

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