Madman Across The Water

 
Am 
 
Dsus4 
 
D 
Am 
 
Dsus4 
 
D 
 
I can  
Am 
see
G 
very 
 
w
F 
ell
 
There’s a b
C/E 
oat on the reef with a  
D7/F# 
broken 
 
back
 
And I can  
F 
see it  
G 
very 
 
 
Am 
well  
Dsus4 
D 
 
Am 
 
Dsus4 
 
D 
 
There’s a  
Am 
joke and I  
G 
know it very  
F 
well
 
It’s one of  
C/E 
those that I told you  
D7/F# 
long 
 
ago
 
Take my  
F 
word I’m a  
G 
madman don’t you  
Am 
know
Dsus4 
 
D 
 
Am 
 
Dsus4 
 
D 
 
Once a  
Am 
fool had a  
G 
good part in the  
F 
play
 
If it’s  
C/E 
so would I still be  
D7/F 
here 
 
today
 
It’s quite pec
F 
uliar in a  
G 
funny sort of  
Am 
way
 
They think it’s  
F 
very funny  
G 
everything I  
Am 
say  
D 
C 
Get a load of  
G/B 
him, he’s so in
E7 
sane
 
You better get your  
Am 
coat 
 
 
C 
dear  
Dm 
 
It  
F 
looks 
 
 
G 
like 
 
 
A5 
rain
 
C 
We’ll come a
D 
gain next T
F 
hursday 
 
a
G 
fterno
Am 
on
C 
The In-laws  
D 
hope they’ll  
F 
see you  
G 
very 
 
so
Am7 
on
F 
But is it in your conscience that you’re  
E7 
after
Am 
Another glimpse of the  
C 
madman 
 
 
Dm 
across 
 
 
F 
the 
 
 
G 
wat
Am 
er

I can see very well

There’s a boat on the reef with a broken back
And I can see it very well
There’s a joke and I know it very well
It’s one of those that I told you long ago
Take my word I’m a madman don’t you know

 
The  
F 
ground’s a long way  
G 
down but I need m
Am 
ore  
G/B 
C 
Is the nightmare  
G/B 
black or are the windows p
E7 
ainted
 
Will they come a
Am 
gain 
 
n
C 
ext 
 
 
Dm 
week can my m
F 
ind 
 
re
G 
ally 
 
tak
Am 
 
it

2 Comments:

  1. Thanks so much. To make the site better, maybe you would want to add “printable versions” of each? Just a thought.

    • Yes for sure. Right now at least you can highlight the chords and print the selection or copy and paste into a text editor or word processor to format to your liking.

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