Key: D minor
Intro 1
Fm
Verse 1
Fm
The fuse is set and
checked once more
C
Fm
Then left beside a back street door
Db
Ab
And in the cold grey light
C
Db
Someone sees a shadow run through
Ab
C
the night and out of sight
Fm
Db
Fm
They hide inside a smoke
C
Fm
filled room
Db
Fm
To hear at last the blast of doom
Db
Eb
Ab
And so the deed is done
Db
They listen to the final countdown begun,
Eb
Ab
C
three, two, one
Verse 2
Bbm
Ebsus4
Eb
Madness, it's a kind of madness
Ab
Gb
Fm
Tat turns good men bad
Bbm
And we're helpless caught
Eb
up in the madness
Fm
Db
C
Of a world gone mad
Interlude 1
C
Fm
C
Fm
Verse 3
Fm
Db
Fm
C
Fm
The roar of fire rings out on high
Db
Fm
And flames light up the
C
Fm
black night sky
Db
Eb
Ab
A child screams out in fear
Db
A hopeless cry for help but no one is near enough
Eb
to hear
Interlude 2
Ab
C
Fm
C
D
Bb
Gm
D
Gm
D
Eb
Ab
D
Verse 4
Gm
Eb
Gm
As walls collapse and timbers flare
Eb
Gm
The smell of death hangs in the air
Eb
F
Bb
When help at last arrives
Eb
F
They try to fight the flame but nothing survives of all
Interlude 3
those lives
Bb
Gm
D
Gm
Eb
F
D
Gm
Eb
Gm
D
Gm
Verse 5
Gm
And it's madness,
Eb
Gm
G
Gm
every time a victim dies
There is madness,
F
burning in a blind man's eyes
Gm
And it's madness,
Eb
Gm
F
hidden in the hate and pain
Gm
There is madness,
F
burning in a wild man's brain
Gm
And it's madness,
F
every time the bullets start
Gm
There is madness, burning in a poor man's
F
heart
Interlude 4
Gm
F
Gm
F
Gm
F
Gm
F
Verse 6
Gm
And it's madness,
Eb
Gm
D
Gm
something that we can't control
F
Gm
There is madness,
Eb
Gm
Gm
Eb
Gm
burning in a madman's soul
F
Gm
Madness
Madness
F
Gm
Gm
Mad ness
F
Gm
Madness, madness
Gm
Gm
F
F
Gm
Mad ness, madness
Gm
Gm
Madness, madness, madness
Outro 1
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