Mad World Outlive Me
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Capo 3
Intro: Am/E Am/B C F
Verse:
C
Feast on the labour
G
Of your mind
F
And you go hungry
C G
And you won?t go blind
Am
Feed on the pictures
Am/B F
Of all you're left behind
E
Knowing they are just pictures
Am Am/B C (Csus4 C) F
Still and sad and refined
Pre-Chorus
C
It's a mad world
G
To be stuck on the living
F
And it's a heartbreaker
C G
To succumb to forgetting
Am
I keep wishing for something
F
And it gets in my way
E
My path is a jungle
Am Am/B C (Csus4 C)
It's got too much to say
[Refrão]
F
Outlive me outlive me
Am Am/B C (Csus4 C) G
I love you too much
G Am
Rubies and emeralds
Am/B C (Csus4 C)
And sapphires and such
F
Outlive me outlive me
C C/B Am
I love you too much
E Am
Coal into diamonds
Am/B C (Csus4 C) F
Ashes and dust
Verse:
There is a fire
In place of a stone
It softens the letters
And it takes you back home
Where once it was written
The lines we obeyed
Now tenderly questions
The choices we?ve made
Outlive me outlive me
I love you too much
Rubies and emeralds
And sapphires and such
Outlive me outlive me
I love you too much
Coal into diamonds
Ashes and dust
End: C C/B Am C G C
How to play Mad World Outlive Me
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What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is Am/E. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.