Mad World Tab by The Red Paintings


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			     Mad World - The Red Paintings
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Tabbed by: teenguitargod
Email: bigdog5555@comcast.net

Tuning: standard

Alright...good song, very easy to play and sing along to.  The lyrics are at the bottom 
the tab below the key.

Chords used:
      E     A     G     D
e|----0-----0-----3-----3---------------------------------------------------|
B|----0-----2-----3-----2---------------------------------------------------|
G|----0-----2-----0-----3---------------------------------------------------|
D|----2-----2-----0-----0---------------------------------------------------|
A|----2-----0-----2---------------------------------------------------------|
E|----0-----------3---------------------------------------------------------|

The intro is very sad soundong with the guitar and the violins playing their little bit. 
The intro is also the pre-chorus, but slightly modified.

intro:
    E                       A
e|--------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------------------------|
B|--------0-----------0-----------2-----------2-----------------------------|
G|--------0-----------0-----------2-----------2------------X4---------------|
D|--------2-----------2-----2--2--2--2--2--2--2-----------------------------|
A|--2--2--2--2--2--2--2-----0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--------------------------|
E|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--------------------------------------------------|

Then comes the verses which are all the same

Verses:
   E                       G                       D
e|-------0-----------0-----------3-----------3-----------3-----------3------|
B|-------0-----------0-----------3-----------3-----------2-----------2------|
G|-------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------3-----------3------|
D|-------2-----------2-----------0-----------0-----0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0---|
A|-2--2--2--2--2--2--2-----2--2--2--2--2--2--2------------------------------|
E|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3---------------------------|

   A
e|-------0-----------0------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------2-----------2------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------2-----------2-----------X4-----------------------------------------|
D|-2--2--2--2--2--2--2------------------------------------------------------|
A|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0---------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

This is the pre-chorus

pre-chorus:
   E
e|-------0-----------0-----------0-----------0------------------------------|
B|-------0-----------0-----------2-----------2------------------------------|
G|-------0-----------0-----------2-----------2-----------X3-----------------|
D|-------2-----------2-----2--2--2--2--2--2--2------------------------------|
A|-2--2--2--2--2--2--2-----0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0---------------------------|
E|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0---------------------------------------------------|

Reapeat the above riff once more, but instead of playing the A riff, play an open A.  
chorus is the same thing as the intro

intro
verse
pre-chorus
chorus(intro)
verse
pre-chorus
chorus(intro)
intro riff
end on open A


| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note

NOTE*** all of the chords with the ~ symbol next to them means that they are just plain 
not the riff version.

Lyrics:
E                 G                 D                A
All around me are familiar faces.   Worn out places, worn out faces
E                          G             D              A
Bright and early for their daily races.  Going nowhere, going nowhere
E                       G                  D              A
Their tears are filling up their glasses.  No expression, no expression
E                      G                 D            A
Hide my head I want to drown my sorrow.  No tomorrow, no tomorrow


E                   A
And I find it kinda funny
                E
I find it kinda sad
                         A
The dreams in which I'm dying
                       E
Are the best I've ever had
                  A
I find it hard to tell you
                  E
I find it hard to take
                   A ~
When people run in circles

It's a very, very mad world mad world


E                        G                    D               A
Children waiting for the day they feel good.  Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday
E                         G                   D               A
Made to feel the way that every child should. Sit and listen, sit and listen
E                        G              D               A
Went to school and I was very nervous.  No one knew me, no one knew me
E                     G                 D                      A
Hello teacher tell me what's my lesson. Look right through me, look right through you 
me


E                   A
And I find it kinda funny
                E
I find it kinda sad
                        A
The dreams in which I'm dying
                       EA
Are the best I've ever had
                  A
I find it hard to tell you
                  E
I find it hard to take
                   A ~
When people run in circles

It's a very, very mad world ... mad world
E ~       A ~
Enlarging your world (X4)
A
Mad World