Mad World Uke tab by Gary Jules (Baritone Chords)

4 Chords used in the song: Em, G, D, A

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Artist: 
Year:  2002
Difficulty: 
3.5
(Intermediate)
Key: D, BmChords
Original key: +0.5 step(s) (original tuning)
Chord progression arranged for the Ukulele
Verses: Em Em G G D D A A
Chorus: Em Em A A

Verse 1:
All around me are familiar faces.
Worn out places. Worn out faces.
Bright and early for their daily races.
Going nowhere. Going nowhere.
And their tears are filling up their glasses.
No expression. No expression.
Hide my head; I want to drown my sorrow.
No tomorrow. No tomorrow.

Chorus:
And I find it kinda funny.
I find it kinda sad.
The dreams in which I'm dying
Are the best I've ever had.
I find it hard to tell you
Cuz I find it hard to take.
When people run in circles it's a very, very

Em Em G G A A
Mad world.
Em Em G G A A
Mad world.
Em Em G G A A
Mad world.
Em Em G G A A
Mad world.

Verse 2:
Children waiting for the day they feel good.
Happy birthday. Happy birthday.
Made to feel the way that every child should.
Sit and listen. Sit and listen.
Went to school and I was very nervous.
No one knew me. No one knew me.
Hello, teacher tell me what's my lesson?
Look right through me. Look right through me.

Chorus

Em Em G G A A
Mad world.
Em Em G G A A
Mad world.
Em Em G G A A
Mad world.
Em Em G G A A
Mad world.
...And it goes on ad lib for a bit.

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slezinka_the_best avatar
I'm using just DDDDD... it works perfectly ;)
15 May 2020
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Bitter_Lemonboy avatar
flag for DK(ISO2) (Frederiksværk)
DDUUDU works for me, but i play a kinda jazzy version, so might not work if you're playing it normally..?
25 May 2019
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emilieprd avatar
mobile flag for FR(ISO2) (Tupin et semons)
perso je l'ai mit en tonalit
22 Jul 2018
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ukuleeee avatar
rythem ? beautiful song
13 Mar 2018
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penama avatar
wich is the strumming pattern?
25 Feb 2017
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About this song: Mad World

"Mad World" was covered by Michael Andrews and Gary Jules for the film Donnie Darko (2001), achieving a second round of success almost twenty years after the original. While the Tears for Fears version featured various synthesizers and percussion, the Andrews/Jules version was stripped down; instead of a full musical backing, it used only a set of piano chords, a cello, and modest use of a vocoder on the chorus.

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