Key: C major
Verse 1
C
F
Dm
D
G
C
Cm
In
tropical climes
When all the citizens retire
G
E
that the greatest fools obey
Because the sun is much too sultry
and one must avoid its
G
C
F
G
ultraviolet ray
a, bubble like a boo
Eb
C
Dig a rag a, dig a rag a, dig a rag a doo
Ab
C
The natives grieve
G
C
when the white men leave their huts
C
Dm
definitely nuts
G
C
F
C
Mad dogs and Englishmen
D
G
C
go out in the midday sun
the Chinese wouldn't dare to
C
E
Hindus and Argentines
G
C
G
C
sleep firmly from twelve to one
D
G
But Englishmen detester, siesta
there are lovely screens
F
Dm
to protect you from the glare
there are hats like plates
C
F
C
At 12 noon the natives swoon
E
Am
and no further work is done
F
D
G
A
But mad dogs and Englishmen
Bb
G
C
Cm
go out in the midday sun
It's such a surprise
C
Ab
C
for the eastern eyes to see
they're quite impervious to heat
When the white man rides
Because the simple creatures
B
E
G
hope he will impale his solar topi
C
G
C
G
Eb
Ab
Eb
on a tree
That they give rise to
G
C
G
such hilarity and mirth
C
F
C
Mad dogs and Englishmen
G
C
go out in the midday sun
can never understand it
G
C
is just what the natives shun
C
G
In a jungle town where
F
D
to the rage of man or beast,
The English garb of the English Tsar
F
E
Am
they foam at the mouth and run ,
A
D
G
A
But mad dogs and Englishmen
Am
G
go out in the midday sun.
C
F
C
Mad dogs and Englishmen
G
C
go out in the midday sun.
deplores this foolish habit.
C
F
C
In Hong Kong they strike a gong
and fire off a noonday gun
D
G
To reprimand each inmate who's in late.
C
G
In the mangrove swamps
F
Dm
there is peace from twelve to two.
A
D
G
But mad dogs an d Englishmen
go out in the midday,
out in the midday,
out in the midday,
out in the midday,
out in the midday,
out in the midday,
out in the midday,
out in the midday sun.
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