Tuning: G C E A

t:Melancholy Man

st:The Moody Blues

DK. . "A Question of Balance". .August 1970. Mike Pinder Could play 1st 2 strums of chords in minor or major and then add 7th for the next 2 of each chord except for C#m after G#

# INTRO (play 2x)Start w/3rd string 6th fret: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 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

# 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.

# 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.

# 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.

# 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.

# SOLO C#m F#m7 G# C#m repeat 4 times # 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.

# 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.

# 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.

# 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.

# CHORUS (with verse 1 sung underneath)

# (Repeat all verses with the chorus sung underneath.) END

The Moody Blues - Melancholy man