Mad World(Chords)

	        
Verse 1: 
Am                   C 
All around me are familiar faces. 
G                 D 
Worn out places.  Worn out faces. 
Am                         C 
Bright and early for their daily races. 
G               D 
Going nowhere.  Going nowhere. 
Am                          C 
And their tears are filling up their glasses. 
G               D 
No expression.  No expression. 
Am                      C 
Hide my head; I want to drown my sorrow. 
G             D 
No tomorrow.  No tomorrow. 

Am                  D 
And I find it kinda funny. 
                Am 
I find it kinda sad. 
                        D 
The dreams in which I'm dying 
                       Am 
Are the best I've ever had. 
                  D 
I find it hard to tell you, 
                      Am 
'Cause I find it hard to take. 
                   D 
When people run in circles it's a very, very... 


Am C   D 
   Mad world. 
Am C   D 
   Mad world 
Am C   D 
   Mad world. 
Am C   D 
   Mad world. 

Verse 2: 
Am                       C 
Children waiting for the day they feel good. 
G                D 
Happy birthday.  Happy birthday. 
Am                        C 
Made to feel the way that every child should. 
G                D 
Sit and listen.  Sit and listen. 
Am                       C 
Went to school and I was very nervous. 
G                D 
No one knew me.  No one knew me. 
Am                     C 
Hello, teacher tell me what's my lesson? 
G                       D 
Look right through me.  Look right through me. 

Am                  D 
And I find it kinda funny. 
                Am 
I find it kinda sad. 
                        D 
The dreams in which I'm dying 
                       Am 
Are the best I've ever had. 
                  D 
I find it hard to tell you, 
                      Am 
'Cause I find it hard to take. 
                   D 
When people run in circles it's a very, very... 


Am C   D 
   Mad world. 
Am C   D 
   Mad world. 
Am C   D 
   Mad world. 
Am C   D 
   Mad world.  
(At the end here, on the last 'world' I like to finish on A (major) chord instead 
of D, I feel it ends the piece better and sounds more meaningful... but that's just me!)
	        

Written by Roland Orzabal