{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2211005,"song":"Maintain The Madness","artist":"The Jane Austen Argument","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11468455-maintain-the-madness-chords-by-the-jane-austen-argument/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2211005?type=chord","rating":4.81336,"votes":18,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]         [ch]Dm[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI went to New York and paid lots of money[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nTo stay in the silence and not play for anyone[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Dm[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI picked up a bar tab and drank myself stupid[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI flirted with strangers just to feel attractive[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Dm[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI stood on a rooftop and looked to the skyline[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe cloud started rolling in as I start to say[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Dm[/ch]                                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\"Goodbye\" to my grandfather who's at home dying[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe rain started in and I was left crying...[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI've got to maintain the madness[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]Dm[/ch]       [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nJust so the stillness makes sense to me[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI've got to keep the momentum rolling along[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nSo that no-one can stop me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nNo-one can drag me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]Dm[/ch]   [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nHo-ome[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI went to San Francisco with my best friend[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nTo sing in a bar full of gay men who wanted me[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]                               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut they did not know me though they thought I sang pretty[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI made love to the microphone so they would not feel[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Dm[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo empty inside on this wintery night[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIn this city of madmen and loners and stoners[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd lovers forgotten in favour of rotten misfortunes with money[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut I still went home alone[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI've got to maintain the madness[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]Dm[/ch]       [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nJust so the stillness makes sense to me[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI've got to keep the momentum rolling along[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nSo that no-one can stop me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nNo-one can drag me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]Dm[/ch]   [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nHo-ome[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]     [ch]Bb[/ch]            [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nBut now I'm here in Boston[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bb[/ch]            [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nIn love with Downtown Crossing[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn this very room where some of my favourite songs have been written[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nI'm writing this one[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nTo sing and remember[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThese days in December[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhere I have surrendered[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nI'm not pretending[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]Dm[/ch]   [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nTo stay still...[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]Dm[/ch]   [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nTo stay still...[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]Dm[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo next week I'll go to Iceland[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThen onto London[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]            [ch]Dm[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd into the arms of my favourite stranger[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd then onwards[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]                     \r\nBecause I cannot, I will not,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                  \r\nI will not, I cannot,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nI cannot, I will not[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nI will not, I cannot[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nI will never stop...[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI've got to maintain the madness[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]Dm[/ch]       [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nJust so the stillness makes sense to me[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI've got to keep the momentum rolling along[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nSo that no-one can stop me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nNo-one can drag me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]Dm[/ch]   [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nHo-ome[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]Dm[/ch]   [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nHo-ome[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["A","Dm","C","G","F","Bb","Em"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}