Key: D minor
Intro 1
Gm
Verse 1
Gm
The fuse is set and
checked once more
D
Gm
Then left beside a back street door
Eb
Bb
And in the cold grey light
D
Eb
Someone sees a shadow run through
Bb
D
the night and out of sight
Gm
Eb
Gm
They hide inside a smoke
D
Gm
filled room
Eb
Gm
To hear at last the blast of doom
Eb
F
Bb
And so the deed is done
Eb
They listen to the final countdown begun,
F
Bb
D
three, two, one
Verse 2
Cm
Fsus4
F
Madness, it's a kind of madness
Bb
Ab
Gm
Tat turns good men bad
Cm
And we're helpless caught
F
up in the madness
Gm
Eb
D
Of a world gone mad
Interlude 1
D
Gm
D
Gm
Verse 3
Gm
Eb
Gm
D
Gm
The roar of fire rings out on high
Eb
Gm
And flames light up the
D
Gm
black night sky
Eb
F
Bb
A child screams out in fear
Eb
A hopeless cry for help but no one is near enough
F
to hear
Interlude 2
Bb
D
Gm
D
E
C
Am
E
Am
E
F
Bb
E
Verse 4
Am
F
Am
As walls collapse and timbers flare
F
Am
The smell of death hangs in the air
F
G
C
When help at last arrives
F
G
They try to fight the flame but nothing survives of all
Interlude 3
those lives
C
Am
E
Am
F
G
E
Am
F
Am
E
Am
Verse 5
Am
And it's madness,
F
Am
A
Am
every time a victim dies
There is madness,
G
burning in a blind man's eyes
Am
And it's madness,
F
Am
G
hidden in the hate and pain
Am
There is madness,
G
burning in a wild man's brain
Am
And it's madness,
G
every time the bullets start
Am
There is madness, burning in a poor man's
G
heart
Interlude 4
Am
G
Am
G
Am
G
Am
G
Verse 6
Am
And it's madness,
F
Am
E
Am
something that we can't control
G
Am
There is madness,
F
Am
Am
F
Am
burning in a madman's soul
G
Am
Madness
Madness
G
Am
Am
Mad ness
G
Am
Madness, madness
Am
Am
G
G
Am
Mad ness, madness
Am
Am
Madness, madness, madness
Outro 1
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