Key: D minor
Intro 1
Em
Verse 1
Em
The fuse is set and
checked once more
B
Em
Then left beside a back street door
C
G
And in the cold grey light
B
C
Someone sees a shadow run through
G
B
the night and out of sight
Em
C
Em
They hide inside a smoke
B
Em
filled room
C
Em
To hear at last the blast of doom
C
D
G
And so the deed is done
C
They listen to the final countdown begun,
D
G
B
three, two, one
Verse 2
Am
Dsus4
D
Madness, it's a kind of madness
G
F
Em
Tat turns good men bad
Am
And we're helpless caught
D
up in the madness
Em
C
B
Of a world gone mad
Interlude 1
B
Em
B
Em
Verse 3
Em
C
Em
B
Em
The roar of fire rings out on high
C
Em
And flames light up the
B
Em
black night sky
C
D
G
A child screams out in fear
C
A hopeless cry for help but no one is near enough
D
to hear
Interlude 2
G
B
Em
B
C#
A
F#m
C#
F#m
C#
D
G
C#
Verse 4
F#m
D
F#m
As walls collapse and timbers flare
D
F#m
The smell of death hangs in the air
D
E
A
When help at last arrives
D
E
They try to fight the flame but nothing survives of all
Interlude 3
those lives
A
F#m
C#
F#m
D
E
C#
F#m
D
F#m
C#
F#m
Verse 5
F#m
And it's madness,
D
F#m
F#
F#m
every time a victim dies
There is madness,
E
burning in a blind man's eyes
F#m
And it's madness,
D
F#m
E
hidden in the hate and pain
F#m
There is madness,
E
burning in a wild man's brain
F#m
And it's madness,
E
every time the bullets start
F#m
There is madness, burning in a poor man's
E
heart
Interlude 4
F#m
E
F#m
E
F#m
E
F#m
E
Verse 6
F#m
And it's madness,
D
F#m
C#
F#m
something that we can't con trol
E
F#m
There is madness,
D
F#m
F#m
D
F#m
burning in a madman's soul
E
F#m
Madness
Madness
E
F#m
F#m
Mad ness
E
F#m
Madness, madness
F#m
F#m
E
E
F#m
Mad ness, madness
F#m
F#m
Madness, madness, madness
Outro 1
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