Key: D minor
Intro 1
Ebm
Verse 1
Ebm
The fuse is set and
checked once more
Bb
Ebm
Then left beside a back street door
B
Gb
And in the cold grey light
Bb
B
Someone sees a shadow run through
Gb
Bb
the night and out of sight
Ebm
B
Ebm
They hide inside a smoke
Bb
Ebm
filled room
B
Ebm
To hear at last the blast of doom
B
Db
Gb
And so the deed is done
B
They listen to the final countdown begun,
Db
Gb
Bb
three, two, one
Verse 2
Abm
Dbsus4
Db
Madness, it's a kind of madness
Gb
E
Ebm
Tat turns good men bad
Abm
And we're helpless caught
Db
up in the madness
Ebm
B
Bb
Of a world gone mad
Interlude 1
Bb
Ebm
Bb
Ebm
Verse 3
Ebm
B
Ebm
Bb
Ebm
The roar of fire rings out on high
B
Ebm
And flames light up the
Bb
Ebm
black night sky
B
Db
Gb
A child screams out in fear
B
A hopeless cry for help but no one is near enough
Db
to hear
Interlude 2
Gb
Bb
Ebm
Bb
C
Ab
Fm
C
Fm
C
Db
Gb
C
Verse 4
Fm
Db
Fm
As walls collapse and timbers flare
Db
Fm
The smell of death hangs in the air
Db
Eb
Ab
When help at last arrives
Db
Eb
They try to fight the flame but nothing survives of all
Interlude 3
those lives
Ab
Fm
C
Fm
Db
Eb
C
Fm
Db
Fm
C
Fm
Verse 5
Fm
And it's madness,
Db
Fm
F
Fm
every time a victim dies
There is madness,
Eb
burning in a blind man's eyes
Fm
And it's madness,
Db
Fm
Eb
hidden in the hate and pain
Fm
There is madness,
Eb
burning in a wild man's brain
Fm
And it's madness,
Eb
every time the bullets start
Fm
There is madness, burning in a poor man's
Eb
heart
Interlude 4
Fm
Eb
Fm
Eb
Fm
Eb
Fm
Eb
Verse 6
Fm
And it's madness,
Db
Fm
C
Fm
something that we can't control
Eb
Fm
There is madness,
Db
Fm
Fm
Db
Fm
burning in a madman's soul
Eb
Fm
Madness
Madness
Eb
Fm
Fm
Mad ness
Eb
Fm
Madness, madness
Fm
Fm
Eb
Eb
Fm
Mad ness, madness
Fm
Fm
Madness, madness, madness
Outro 1
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