Mad World Uke tab by Gary Jules

4 Chords used in the song: Am, C, G, D

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Artist: 
Year:  2002
Difficulty: 
2.5
(Beginner)
Key: G, EmChords
[Verse1]
Am chordAm C chordC
All around me are familiar faces
G chordG D chordD
Worn out places, worn out faces
Am chordAm C chordC
Bright and early for their daily races
G chordG D chordD
Going nowhere, going nowhere
Am chordAm C chordC
And their tears are filling up their glasses
G chordG D chordD
No expression, no expression
Am chordAm C chordC
Hide my head, I want to drown my sorrow
G chordG D chordD
No tomorrow, no tomorrow

[Chorus]
Am chordAm D chordD
And I find it kinda funny, I find
Am chordAm
it kinda sad
D chordD
The dreams in which I'm dying are
Am chordAm
the best I've ever had
D chordD
I find it hard to tell you, I find
Am chordAm
it hard to take
D chordD
When people run in circles it's a very very
Am chordAm D chordD
Mad world,
Am chordAm D chordD
mad world

[Verse2]
Am chordAm C chordC
Children waiting for the day, they feel good
G chordG D chordD
Happy birthday, happy birthday
Am chordAm C chordC
Made to feel the way that every child should
G chordG D chordD
Sit and listen, sit and listen
Am chordAm C chordC
Went to school and I was very nervous
G chordG D chordD
No one knew me, no one knew me
Am chordAm C chordC
Hello teacher, tell me what's my lesson
G chordG D chordD
Look right through me, look right through me

[Chorus]
Am chordAm D chordD
And I find it kinda funny, I find
Am chordAm
it kinda sad
D chordD
The dreams in which I'm dying are
Am chordAm
the best I've ever had
D chordD
I find it hard to tell you, I find
Am chordAm
it hard to take
D chordD
When people run in circles it's a very very

Am chordAm D chordD
Mad world,
Am chordAm D chordD
mad world
Am chordAm D chordD
Enlarge your world
Am chordAm D chordD
Mad world

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I have the SP DD UU and on the long ones, like "all around me are..." I have DD UU DU
12 Apr 2019
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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. Their version was originally released on CD in 2002 on the film's soundtrack Read more on Last.fm.

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