Elton John

Madman across the water

Elton John


Tom: C

              Am  Am/G    F               C/E                     D/F#
        I can see    very well, there's a boat on the reef with a broken back
                  F      G    Am
        And I can see it very well
        There's a joke and I know it very well  It's one of those that
        I told you long ago, Take my word I'm a madman don't you know
        C             G/B          Esus  E
        Get a load of him he's so insane  
                        C/E  D/F#    F       G    A
        Better get your coat dear it looks like rain
        C/E        D/F#       F        G    Am    C/E        D/F#         F
    --- We'll come again next thursday afternoon  The inlaws hope they'll see
            G    Am   Fmaj7                                     Esus  E
        you very soon,  But is it in your conscious that you're after
    F G Am                     F      G          Am
        Another glimpse of the madman across the water

                          Am/G             F
        Once a fool had a good part in the play
                C/E                 D/F#
        If it's so would I still be here today
                   F             G             Am
        It's quite peculiar in a funny sort of way
                        F          G            Am
        They think it's very funny everything I say
        C                G/B                      Esus    E
        Is the nightmare black or are the windows painted
                      C/E        D/F#          F   G     A
        Will you come agian next week well I'm not gonna fake it