Tears For Fears Tabs/Chords
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MAD WORLD
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 every had.
A
I find it hard to tell you,
Em
cause I find it hard to take,
A
when people run in circles,
it's a very, very
Em G A
Em G A Em G
A Em G A
Mad World mad world
mad world mad world
Children waiting
for the day they feel good,
Happy birthday, happy birthday,
Made to feel the way that every
child should
sit and listen, sit and listen.
Went to school and I was very nervous,
No one knew me, no one knew me,
Hello teacher, tell me what's my
lesson,
look right through me, look right through me
PALE SHELTER
Fmaj7
How can I be sure
G
when your intrusion is my illusion?
Fmaj7
How can I be sure?
G
when all the time you changed my
mind
Fmaj7
I asked for more and more.
Am
How can I be sure?
C
Am
When you don't give me love
G D
(you give me Pale Shelter)
C
Am
You don't give me love
G D
(you give me cold hands)
C
Am G D
And I can't operate on this failure
C
Am
When all I want to be is
D
C F B7
Completely in command
How can I be sure,
for all you say you keep me waiting
How can I be sure,
when all you do is see me through
I asked for more and more,
How can I be sure
I've been here
before,
there is no why, no need to try,
I thought you had it all,
I'm calling you, I'm calling you,
I ask for more and more,
How can I be sure?
MEMORIES FADE
Em
There's only need, I love your need,
Am
So much I'm losing me.
Em
Am
I cannot see the reason for the
pain.
Em
With hungry joy, I'll be your toy,
Am
Just hoping you will play,
Em
Am
Without the hope, my body starts
to fail
Bm
B
Memories fade but the scars still linger,
C
Goodbye my friend,
Am
Will I ever love again,
Bm
B
C Am
Memories fade but the scars still
linger... oh.....
(slide base E 5th
fret down to open)
I cannot grow, I
canot move,
I cannot feel my age,
The vice like grip of tension holds me fast,
Engulged by you, what can I do,
When history's my cage.
Look forward to a future in the
past.
The more I talk,
the more I say,
The less you seem to hear.
I'm speechless in a most peculiar way.
Your mind is weak, your need is
great,
And nothing is too dear,
For you to use to take the pain
away.
Memories fade,
No don't pretend you can justify
the end,
Memories fade but the scars still linger
EVERYBODY WANTS
TO RULE THE WORLD
Intro: 4 times
|A/D G/D- -| |
A/D G/D
A/D
G/D
A/D G/D
Welcome to your
life, there's no turning back,
A/D G/D
Even while we
sleep, we will find you
Em
F#m
Acting on your best behavior
G
F#m
Turn your back on mother nature,
Em F#m
G
A A/D
G/D Ab G/D
Everybody wants to rule the world
It's my own
design, it's my own remorse,
Help me to decide, help me make
the most
Of freedom and of pleasure,
Nothing ever lasts forever,
Em F#m
G
A G
Everybody wants to rule the world
D A
There's a room where the light won't find you
G
D
A G
Holding hands while the walls come tumbling down
D A
When they do, I'll be right behind you
Em
F#m
So glad we've almost made it
G
F#m
So sad they had to fade it
Em F#m
G
A
D G|D A|G |D A|
Everybody wants to rule the world
Pseudotab Solo:
e-----10-9-7---------------|
| |
B--10--------10-7-8-10-----| (repeat 3x) then end
with | |
G----------------------7---|
| |
D--------------------------|
| D--9-7-- |
I can't stand
this indecision
Married with a lack of vision
Em F#m
G
A D A
Everybody wants to rule the world
Instrumental bit:
|Bm |C |Bm |C
|G |A |A/D G/D| |A/D G/D| |
Say that you'll
never, never, never,
never need it.
One headline, why believe it?
Everybody wants to rule the world.
All for freedom
and for pleasure,
nothing ever lasts forever,
Everybody wants to rule the world
Outro: |A/D
G/D | | repeat and fade
I BELIEVE
Intro:
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FMaj7
Ab
I Believe that when the hurting and the pain has
gone
Gm7
EbMaj7
Gm
We will be strong, oh yes we will be strong
FMaj7
Ab
And I believe that if I'm crying while I write
these words
Gm7
EbMaj7
Gm
Is it absurd or am I being real?
FMaj7
Ab
I believe that if you knew just what these tears
were for
Gm7
EbMaj7
They would just pour like every
drop of rain
Gm/C Ab/D AbMaj7
Ab
(Intro)
That's why I believe it is
too
late
for anyone to believe
Verse Two:
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I believe that if you thought for a moment, took
your time
You would not resign yourself, resign yourself to
your fate
And I believe that if it's written in the stars,
that's fine
I can't deny that I'm a Virgo too
I believe that if you're bristling while you hear
this song
I could be wrong or have I hit a nerve?
That's why I believe it is too late for anyone to
believe
Verse Three:
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I believe that maybe somewhere in the darkness,
In the nighttime, in the storm,
In the casino
Casino Spanish eyes
I believe, no I can't believe that every time you
hear a newborn scream
You just can't see the shaping of a life
The shaping of a life
(End with intro)
SHOUT
CHORUS:
G# (IV)
Shout, shout, let it all out,
B (VII)
these are the things I can do without,
C#
(IX)
G# (IV)
Come on, I'm talking to you, come on.
VERSES:
B
(VII)
C# (IX)
In violent times, you shouldn't
through your soul away,
B
(VII)
C# (IX)
I've called outside,
???
???
???,
C# (IX)
I really want to...
...Chorus:
G# (IV)
Shout, shout, ...
SOWING THE SEEDS
OF LOVE
Gm7
F
High time we made a stand
EbMaj7
Am/D
And shook up the views of the common man
EbMaj7
Am/D
And the love train, rides from coast to coast
EbMaj7
Am/D
DJ's the man we love the most
Gm7
F
Could you be could you be squeaky clean
EbMaj7
Am7
And smash every hope of democracy
EbMaj7
Am/D
As the headline says you're free
to choose
EbMaj7
Am/D
There's egg on your face and mud
on your shoes
EbMaj7
Am/D
One of these days they're gonna
call it the blues
Chorus:
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C
CMaj7
Am
Sowing the seeds of love
AmMaj7
FMaj7
Seeds of love
Ab
G7
Sowing the seeds
(Repeat)
Verse two (same
chords as verse one):
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I spy, tears in their eyes
They look to the skies for some
kind of divine
intervention, food goes to waste
So nice to eat, so nice to taste
Politician granny
with your high ideals
Have you no idea how the majority feels
So without love and a promised land
We're fools to the rules of the
government plan
Kick out the style, bring back the jam
(Chorus)
Instrumental:
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Fmaj7 EbMaj7
Fmaj7 EbMaj7
F
EbMaj7
F
EbMaj7
F
Eb Bb
F
Eb Bb
F
Eb Bb
F
Eb Bb
Verse Three:
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FMaj7
EbMaj7
Feel the pain, talk about it
FMaj7
EbMaj7
If you're a worried man, then shout about it
FMaj7
EbMaj7
Open hearts, feel about it
FMaj7
EbMaj7
Open minds, think about it
FMaj7 EbMaj7
Everyone, read about it
FMaj7 EbMaj7
Everyone, scream about it
FMaj7
EbMaj7
Everyone, everyone
FMaj7 EbMaj7
Everyone, read about it
Eb
D7
Read it in the books, in the crannies and the
nooks there are books to read
(Chorus -- omit words)
Bridge:
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Am7
D
Sowing the seeds of love
Am7 D
Sowing the seeds
Am7
D
Sowing the seeds of love
Am7
D
Sowing the seeds of love
D
Ddim
G5
D
Mister England sowing the seeds
of love
Verse Four:
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Gm7
F
Time to eat all your words
EbMaj7
Am/D
Swallow your pride, Open your eyes
Gm7
F
Time to eat all your words
EbMaj7
Am/D
Swallow your pride, Open your eyes
Gm7
F
High time we made a stand
EbMaj7
Am/D
And shook up the views of the common man
EbMaj7
Am/D
And the love train, rides from coast to coast
EbMaj7
Am/D
Every minute of every hour
EbMaj7 Am/D
I love a sunflower
EbMaj7
Am/D EbMaj7 Am/D EbMaj7
Am/D EbMaj7 Am/D
And I
believe in
love power,
love power, love
power
(Chorus)
Ending:
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Ab
G7
Sowing the seeds
Ab G7
An end to need
Ab G7
And the politics of greed
BREAK IT DOWN
AGAIN
Intro:
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C
Dm7 C F
C
Dm7 C F
Am7
Verse one:
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C
Break it down again
Am
So those are
my dreams
G
And
these are my eyes
C
Stand
tall like a man
C
Head
strong like a horse
Amj7
When
it's all mixed up
C7
C
Better break
it down
Am7
In a world
of secrets
C7
C
In a world
of sounds
Chorus One:
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F/G
Gsus4
It's in the
way you're always hiding from the light
Am7
G
See for
yourself you have been sitting on a time bomb
F/G
Gsus4
No revolution maybe
someone somewhere else
Am7
G
Could show you something new
about you and your inner song
F/G
Gsus4
And all the love and all the love in
the world
Am7
C7
Won't stop the rain from
fallling, waste seeping underground
I want to break
it down (break
it down again)
Verse two (as
verse one):
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Break it down again
So those are my schemes
And these are my plans
Hot tips for the boys
Fresh news from the force
When it's all mixed up
Better break it down
In the world of silence
In the world of sound
Chorus two (as
chorus one):
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No sleep for dreaming say the architects of life
Big bouncing babies bread and butter can I have a
slice
They make no mention for the beauty of decay
Blue yellow pink umberella save
it for a rainy day
And all the love and all the love in the world
Won't stop the rain from falling
Waste seeping underground
I want to break it down (break it down again)
Instrumental:
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C
Dm7 C F
C Dm7
C F
Am7
Coda:
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Am7
Horsing around
D7
Pray to the power
Am7
Play to the crowd with your big
hit sound
Edim
And they won't simmer won't simmer won't simmer
down
Am7
Play to the crowd
D7
Play to the crowd
D7
Play
Chorus Three (as
chorus one):
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It's in the way you always hiding from the light
Fast off from heaven just like Moses on a
motorbike
No revolution maybe someone somewhere else
Could show you something new to
help you with the ups and downs
I want to break it down (break it down
again)
Ending:
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(No chord)
Break it down again
No more sleepy
dreaming
C
No more building up
FMaj7
C7 F
It is time to
dissolve
C
FMaj7
Break it down again
C7
F
C
No more sleepy dreaming
GOODNIGHT SONG
Intro:
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F
C/E
C
F
C/E
C, Am
Verse one:
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F
C/E
Here on the stage the time has
come
F
C/E
With the strains on "Be My
Angel" of rock in 2/4
F
C/E
Time may keep alive that old swan song
C
Am
Gsus4
That we've been playing forever
Am
C
'Till the time may be right to say goodbye
F
C/E Am
My voice is
aching, I'm tongue tired,
F
G
And the sounds we are making
are so...
Chorus:
----------
F
Goodnight song
C
Am
Played so wrong
F
C/E
Blame the crowd
Am
They scream so loud so long
Dm, C
Verse two:
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Fmaj7
Get
some honesty
Gsus4
G
Am
Take the best of me and then the
rest let go
Fmaj7
In every situation with its tireless rage
Gsus4
G
Am
Step outside your cage and let the real fool show
(the real fool show)
Dm9
I should have stayed 'round to break the ice
G
I thought about it once or twice
Am
A
But nothing ever changes unless
there's some pain and our...
(Chorus -- repeat
to fade)
FALLING DOWN
Verse one:
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Is
this world
spin - ning round
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Has
the ship
run a - ground
What's that
shape, what's that sound?
That's just me falling down
Some of us are
free, some are bound
Some will swim, some will drown
Some of us are saints, some are
clowns
Just like me, they're falling down
Chorus:
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C
Well I lied to the nation
Em
While my reputation ran dry
C
>From my lungs to my liver
Em
Clung to the river bank's side
C
Yeah well I'm back in the water
Doing what I
oughtta
Em
Trying to lead an ordinary life
Verse two (as
verse one):
---------------------------------
Is this world spinning round
Has the ship run aground
What's that shape, what's that sound
That's just me falling down
Some of us are
green, some are brown
Some are lost, some are found
Sight unseen, baby, sound on sound
Pray for me, I'm falling down
Chorus Two (as
chorus one):
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I was lost in the jungle
Crossed over enemy lines
Well I got me a red nose
By sleeping under hedgerows at night
Yeah well I tried levitation
Flying in formation
Heaven knows the weight of this
crime
(Repeat verse one
omitting second stanza)
Ending:
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C
Em
Falling down
C
Em
Falling down
C
Em
Falling down
C
Em
Falling down
(Play verse
"riff" twice ending with slight crescendo on second time)
WHEN IN LOVE WITH
A BLIND MAN
F#m9
Amaj7
Dmaj7
When in love with
a blind man
Bm
You watch what you say
F#m9
And watch yourself burn
Amaj7
With dreams of escaping
Dmaj7
Make love to the man
Bm
Who shapes your behaviour
F#m9
Amaj7
Dmaj7
When in
love with blind man
Bm
You love on your own
F#m9
To an occasional smile
Amaj7
You never know why but
Dmaj7
Sometimes he smiles
Bm
And sometimes just lies there
So jealous
SUFFER THE
CHILDREN
[G]It's a sad
affair,
[G7]when there's no one there,
[C]He calls out in the [G]night.
[G]And it's so unfair,
[G7]at least it seems that way,
when [C]you gave him his [G]life.
{start_of_chorus}
And [F]all this time he's been getting you down,
You ought to [C]pick him up when
there's no one around,
And con[F]vince him,
Oh just [C]talk to him,
Cause he [F]knows in his heart you won't be home
soon,
And he's an [C]only child in an
only room
And he's [F]dependent on you
Oh he's [C]dependent on you
{end_of_chorus}
[G]And it seems
so strange,
[G7]That at the end of the day,
[C]Making love can be so [G]good,
[G]But the pain of birth,
[G7]Oh what is it worth,
When it don't [C]turn out the way that it
[G]should
{Chorus}
COLD
C#no3 Dno3 E G6 Asus4
B Aadd9 C# D G
A F#
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|--2-------3--------------3------4---2------2----3-------2---2-----|
|--1-------2------1-------2------4---4------1----2-------2---3-----|
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Intro:
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C#no3
Dno3
E
G6
E
G6
E
G6
Asus4
Verse 1:
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B
B
The coldest shoulder cast in metal, frozen to the
bone,
Add9
to rely on hook, line and sinker, what a sinker,
sinking like a stone.
You'd be better of alone
B
She saw me on the television underneath the sun,
Add9
thought that I was warm like a mother, lover,
brother she was wrong.
C#
D
Me, I don't lon to be - long
Chorus:
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E
G
E G
Cold, been ex-communnicated 'cause I'm cold, my
temp'rature's been rated
E
and I'm cold
G
Asus4
Bring to me my big old sweater,
nothing more will make me better
Play verse 1 with
there lyrics (of verse 2):
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I met her on a Monday and my heart did nothing new
Seems she thought of me as some
mystic, fatalistic,
Mystical guru.
Me, I'haven't got a clue.
But floating on a migc carpet high above the
earth,
You can see the world like a Buddha, bread and
Buddha,
Bigger thant you hurt.
Don't you know that love is work?
Play chorus 1
with these lyrics (of chorus 2):
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Cold, no heat on the horizon, guess I'm cold,
And Capricorn is rising, yes I'm
cold.
Listened to my old friend Nockles,
Hoped that it would warm the cockles
Middle:
-------
B
A
You can't fight the fear, you can't, this is the
road you're on.
E
D
You don't belong to me you don't
belong to anyone
B
A
Your reputation lies not in your
eyes but those who dare
E
will bite the hand that feeds when it don't meet
your needs
F#
G
when you got blood to bleed you
got a life to lead...
B
Aadd9
C#
In the flood with
my blood I can hold you in the flood with my blood
Play chorus 1,
and then
Chorus 4:
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E
G6
E
G6
Cold no heat on the horizon, guess I'm cold
there'll be no compromising
E
G6 Asus4
Cold, cool, cold, stone
E
G6
E G6
cold, stone cold, stone cold, stone cold, stone |
repeat and fade out
End of song
FISH OUT OF WATER
Intro:
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Am9
C Am9
G Gsus4 G
F/B F
F/B
G E
Gsus4 G G2
D
/ / / / / / Bm Em
D
/ / / / / / Bm Em
Verse One:
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Dm9
Am
G
Am
You always said you were the compassionate one
Dm9
Am
G
Am9
But now you're laughing at the sun
Dm9
FMaj7
Am
G
With all your high class friends you think you've got it made
Dm9
Gsus4
The only thing you made was that tanned look on your face
Dm
G
With all your cigarettes and fancy cars
Dm7
Em
You ain't a clue who or what you are
Chorus:
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Am9 A Am9
You're dreaming your life away
G
Gsus4
G
F/B F F/B
Fish out of water
G E
Gsus4 G G2
Am9 Am Am9
Go swim in the tide today
G
Gsus4
G
F/B F F/B
Fish out of water
G E
Gsus4 G G2
Verse
Two (as verse one):
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We
used to sit and talk about primsl scream
To
exorcise our past was our adolescent dream
But
now it's sink or swim since
your memory fails
Now
in Neptune's kitchen you will be food for killer whales
And
on the crucifix his mother made
Hangs one more martyr to the hit
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