Verse One:   
Em                        G   
All around me are familiar faces,   
D                A                           
worn out places, worn out faces,   
Em                         G   
Bright and early for their daily races,   
D              A                           
going nowhere, going nowhere,   
Em                          G   
And their tears are filling up their glasses,   
D              A                      
no expression, no expression,   
Em                      G   
Hide my head, I want to drown my sorrow,   
D            A  
no tomorrow, no tomorrow,   
  
Em                    A   
And I find it kind of funny,   
                  Em  
I find it kind of sad,  
                        A   
The dreams in which I'm dying   
                       Em  
are the best I've ever had.  
                  A   
I find it hard to tell you,   
                        Em   
cause I find it hard to take,   
                   A   
when people run in circles,  
                          Em   
it's a very, very   
G   A          Em     G   A   
Mad World             mad world
  
  
  
 Verse Two:   
Em                                G   
Children waiting for the day they feel good,   
D               A   
Happy birthday, happy birthday,   
Em                        G   
Made to feel the way that every child should   
D               A  
sit and listen, sit and listen.   
Em                       G   
Went to school and I was very nervous,   
D               A   
No one knew me, no one knew me,   
Em                     G  
Hello teacher, tell me what's my lesson,  
D                     A   
look right through me, look right through me   
  
  
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