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Mad World
Gary Jules/Michael Andrews/Tears For Fears
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00:00 Song Demo
01:28 Lesson Intro
01:43 Chords Em G D Asus2
03:04 Intro/Chorus Riff
05:07 Strumming Pattern (Verse/Prechorus)
07:35 Another strumming pattern you can use
09:35 Tip on playing the intro riff
10:45 Lesson Outro

It's not WHAT you strum...

...But HOW you strum it!

Not sure what to strum for these songs?

How do you come up with strumming patterns?

Fed up strumming D DU UDU all the time?

You need to LEVEL UP YOUR STRUMMING!

CAPO 1

 

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[VERSE 1]

Em                     G

  All around me are familiar faces

 D               Asus2

Worn out places, worn out faces

Em                          G

  Bright and early for the daily races

 D             Asus2

Going nowhere, going nowhere

Em                        G

  Their tears are filling up their glasses

 D            Asus2

No expression, no expression

Em                        G

  Hide my head, I wanna drown my sorrow

 D         Asus2

No tomorrow, no tomorrow 

 

[PRECHORUS/CHORUS]

Em                      Asus2                     Em

  And I find it kind of funny, I find it kind of sad

                        Asus2                         Em

The dreams in which I'm dying are the best I've ever had

                  Asus2                        Em

I find it hard to tell you, I find it hard to take

                   Asus2

When people run in circles, it's a very, very

 

Em      Asus2   Em     Asus2

  Mad world,      mad world 

 

[VERSE 2]

Em                          G

  Children waiting for the day they feel good

 D              Asus2

Happy birthday, happy birthday

Em                        G

  And I feel the way that every child should

 D              Asus2

Sit and listen, sit and listen

Em                          G

  Went to school and I was very nervous

 D             Asus2

No one knew me, no one knew me

Em                         G

  Hello teacher, tell me what's my lesson?

  D                    Asus2

Look right through me, look right through me

 

[PRECHORUS/CHORUS]

Em                      Asus2                     Em

  And I find it kind of funny, I find it kind of sad

                        Asus2                         Em

The dreams in which I'm dying are the best I've ever had

                  Asus2                        Em

I find it hard to tell you, I find it hard to take

                   Asus2

When people run in circles, it's a very, very

 

Em      Asus2   Em     Asus2

  Mad world,      mad world

Em            Asus2   Em   Asus2 

  Enlarging your world, mad world