The Moody Blues - Melancholy man
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Tuning: E A D G B E
Title: Melancholy Man
Subtitle: The Moody Blues
DK. . "A Question of Balance". .August 1970. Mike Pinder
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[INTRO]
(play 2x)Start w/3rd string 6th fret, while chords below are played:
C# C# B B A G#
F# F# E E D# C#
D# D# C# C# C C C# D# E
REPEAT
C#m F#m7 G# C#m
C#m F#m7 G# C#m
[Chorus]
N.C. I'm a C#mmelancholy man, F#m7that's what I am,
All G#the world surrounds me and my C#mfeet, are on the ground.
N.C.I'm a C#mvery lonely man, F#m7doing what I can,
G#All the world astounds me and I C#mthink, I understand
That we're G#7going, to keep growing, wait and C#msee.C#m
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[Verse 1]
C#mWhen all the stars are falling down,
F#m7Into the sea and on the ground,
G#And angry voices carry on the C#mwind.
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[Verse 2]
C#mA beam of light will fill your head,
F#m7And you'll remember what's been said
G#By all the good men this world's ever C#mknown.
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[Verse 3]
C#mAnother man is what you'll see,
F#m7Who looks like you, and looks like me,
G#And yet somehow, he will not feel the C#msame.
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[Verse 4]
C#mHis life caught up in misery, F#m7he doesn't think like you and me,
G#'Cause he can't see, what you and I can C#msee.
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[Solo]
C#m F#m7 G# C#m repeat 4 times
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REPEAT ALL VERSES AND THEN CHORUS
[Verse 1]
C#mWhen all the stars are falling down,
F#m7Into the sea and on the ground,
G#And angry voices carry on the C#mwind.
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[Verse 2]
C#mA beam of light will fill your head,
F#m7And you'll remember what's been said
G#By all the good men this world's ever C#mknown.
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[Verse 3]
C#mAnother man is what you'll see,
F#m7Who looks like you, and looks like me,
G#And yet somehow, he will not feel the C#msame.
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[Verse 4]
C#mHis life caught up in misery, F#m7he doesn't think like you and me,
G#'Cause he can't see what you and I can C#msee.
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[Chorus]
(with verse 1 & 2 sung underneath)
N.C. I'm a C#mmelancholy man, F#m7that's what I am,
All G#the world surrounds me and my C#mfeet, are on the ground.
N.C.I'm a C#mvery lonely man, F#m7doing what I can,
G#All the world astounds me and I C#mthink, I understand
That we're G#7going, to keep growing, wait and C#msee.
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(Repeat all verses with the chorus sung underneath.)
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