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Mad World
Intro
EM G A A
EMAll the time I see Gweird things happening,
AWeird things happen all Athe time,
EMon the streets and Gmaybe at home,
ASometimes you just cant Atrust people.
(bridge)
GWhen I walk into a shop DI see a sale,
GAnd its just not Dworth the Dprice,
DBut really I Djust thinDk,
GPeople are only doing this Gbecause its for money,
(chorus)
EMBut in this Gmad world,
EMPeople don't care about Aother people,
DThey just care about tDhere screens,
DBut this mad world Gis never gonna stop Abeing crazy,
EMI walk down the street and feel sorry Gfor the people who have no homes,
and people just walk past,
EMPersonally I just think it unfair cause people Gjust walk right past,
(chorus)
EMBut in this Gmad world,
EMPeople don't care about Aother people,
DThey just care about tDhere screens,
DBut this mad world Gis never gonna stop Abeing crazy,
(chorus)
EMBut in this Gmad world,
EMPeople don't care about Aother people,
DThey just care about tDhere screens,
DBut this mad world Gis never gonna stop Abeing crazy,

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Mad World

by Ellis Cohen

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Mad World

Intro

EM G A A

EM G

All the time I see weird things happening,

A A

Weird things happen all the time,

EM G

on the streets and maybe at home,

A A

Sometimes you just cant trust people.

(bridge)

G D

When I walk into a shop I see a sale,

G D D

And its just not worth the price,

D D D

But really I just think,

G G

People are only doing this because its for money,

(chorus)

EM G

But in this mad world,

EM A

People don't care about other people,

D D

They just care about there screens,

D G A

But this mad world is never gonna stop being crazy,

EM G

I walk down the street and feel sorry for the people who have no homes,

and people just walk past,

EM G

Personally I just think it unfair cause people just walk right past,

(chorus)

EM G

But in this mad world,

EM A

People don't care about other people,

D D

They just care about there screens,

D G A

But this mad world is never gonna stop being crazy,

(chorus)

EM G

But in this mad world,

EM A

People don't care about other people,

D D

They just care about there screens,

D G A

But this mad world is never gonna stop being crazy,

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