mad world

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Quick AI estimate · chord sheet Fingerpicked · 4/4 · about 100 BPM

Likely slow, even 4/4 accompaniment: repeating arpeggios in verses and intro, with a slightly fuller pattern in choruses.

Intro/verse: strings 6-3-2-1-2-3-6-3 Chorus: D U D U D U D U Chorus ending: strings 6-3-2-1-2-3-2-1

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Key: Em
Tempo: 100 BPM

Built from 2 playable sources, using ultimate-guitar as the structural base. Chord-sequence agreement: 0%.

Pick 6 - 3 - 2 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 6 - 3 · Applies to: Intro/Verse D U D U D U D U · Applies to: Chorus Pick 6 - 3 - 2 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 2 - 1 · Applies to: Chorus Ending

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[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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All around me are familiar faces
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Worn out places, worn out faces
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Bright and early for their daily races
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Going nowhere, going nowhere
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Their tears are filling up their glasses
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No expression, no expression
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Hide my head, I want to drown my sorrow
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No tomorrow, no tomorrow

[Chorus]
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And I find it kinda funny, I find it kinda sad
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The dreams in which I'm dying are the best I've ever had
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I find it hard to tell you, I find it hard to take
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When people run in circles, it's a very, very
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Mad world
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Mad world

[Verse 2]
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Children waiting for the day they feel good
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Happy birthday, happy birthday
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And I feel the way that every child should
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Sit and listen, sit and listen
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Went to school, and I was very nervous
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No one knew me, no one knew me
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Hello, teacher, tell me what's my lesson
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Look right through me, look right through me

[Chorus]
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And I find it kinda funny, I find it kinda sad
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The dreams in which I'm dying are the best I've ever had
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I find it hard to tell you, I find it hard to take
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When people run in circles, it's a very, very
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Mad world
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Mad world
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Enlarging your world
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Mad world

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