{"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":53816,"song":"Mad World","artist":"Tears For Fears","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11540541-mad-world-chords-by-tears-for-fears/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/53816?type=chord","rating":4.93122,"votes":1676,"content":"Mad World - Tears For Fears\r\n\r\nHey, I have changed the key of this piece a minor third up from where it's\r\nusually written as. It's easier to play and I personally find it easier to sing to...\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAll around me are familiar faces[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWorn out places, worn out faces[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBright and early for their daily races[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nGoing nowhere, going nowhere[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd their tears are filling up their glasses[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNo expression, no expression[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHide my head; I want to drown my sorrow[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNo tomorrow, no tomorrow[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\n   And I find it kind of funny[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI find it kind of sad[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe dreams in which I'm dying[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAre the best I've ever had[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI find it hard to tell you,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n'cause I find it hard to take[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen people run in circles it's a very, very...[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\n   Mad world[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\n   Mad world[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\n   Mad world[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\n   Mad world[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nChildren waiting for the day they feel good[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHappy birthday, happy birthday[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMade to feel the way that every child should[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSit and listen, sit and listen[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWent to school and I was very nervous[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNo one knew me, no one knew me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHello, teacher tell me what's my lesson?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nLook right through me, look right through me[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\n   And I find it kind of funny[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI find it kind of sad[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe dreams in which I'm dying[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAre the best I've ever had[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI find it hard to tell you,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n'cause I find it hard to take[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen people run in circles it's a very, very...[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\n   Mad world[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\n   Mad world[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\n   Mad world[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\n   Mad world[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n\r\n| [ch]D[/ch]    | [ch]D[/ch]    | [ch]D[/ch]    |\r\n\r\n| [ch]Am[/ch]   | [ch]C[/ch]    | [ch]G[/ch]    | [ch]D[/ch]    |\r\n| [ch]Am[/ch]   | [ch]C[/ch]    | [ch]G[/ch]    | [ch]D[/ch]    |\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\n   And I find it kind of funny[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI find it kind of sad[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe dreams in which I'm dying[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAre the best I've ever had[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI find it hard to tell you,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n'cause I find it hard to take[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen people run in circles it's a very, very...[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\n   Mad world[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\n   Mad world[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\n   Halargian world[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\n   Mad world[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n(At the end here, on the last 'world' I like to finish on A (major) chord instead\r\nof D, I feel it ends the piece better and sounds more meaningful... but that's just me!)","plain_text":"Mad World - Tears For Fears\n\nHey, I have changed the key of this piece a minor third up from where it's\nusually written as. It's easier to play and I personally find it easier to sing to...\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\n\n| D    | D    | D    |\n\n| Am   | C    | G    | D    |\n| Am   | C    | G    | D    |\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(At the end here, on the last 'world' I like to finish on A (major) chord instead\nof D, I feel it ends the piece better and sounds more meaningful... but that's just me!)","chords":["Am","C","G","D","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}