MADNESS Year : 1978 Album : A Single Man Writers : Elton John & Gary Osborne Intro: Dm Bb/D C/D - C#dim/D Dm Dm Bb/D C/D C#dim/D Dm Dm Bb/D C/D C#dim/D Dm The fuse is set and checked once more. Then left beside a back street door. Bb /Bb-/F-/Bb-/Bb /F C/Bb /Bb-/F-/Bb-/Bb /F F/A /A-/F-/A-/A /F And in the cold grey light - Eb/Bb Bb F/Bb Bb Eb/Bb Bb F/Bb Bb F/Bb Bb C/Bb F/A Some - one sees a sha - dow run through the night, and out of sight Dm Bb/D C/D C#dim/D Dm Dm Bb/D C/D C#dim/D Dm They hide inside a smoke filled room, to hear at last the blast of doom. Bb /Bb-/F-/Bb-/Bb /F C/Bb /Bb-/F-/Bb-/Bb /F F/A /A-/F-/A-/A /F And so the deed is done - Eb/Bb Bb F/Bb Bb Eb/Bb Bb F/Bb Bb F/Bb Bb C/Bb F/A A7 They lis - ten to the fi - nal count-down be - gun, three, two, one. Gm7 Bb/C C F Cm6/Eb Dsus Madness, it's a kind of mad - ness that turns good men bad. D Gm7 Bb/C C Dm Bbmaj7 A And we're helpless caught up in the mad - ness of a world gone mad. Dm Bb/D C/D C#dim/D Dm Dm Bb/D C/D C#dim/D Dm The roar of fire rings out on high & flames light up the black night sky Bb /Bb-/F-/Bb-/Bb /F C/Bb /Bb-/F-/Bb-/Bb /F F/A /A-/F-/A-/A /F A child screams out in fear - Eb/Bb Bb F/Bb Bb Eb/Bb Bb F/Bb Bb F/Bb Bb C/Bb F/A A hope-less cry for help but no one is near enough to hear Instr: A Dm/A B7/A Em/G B7/F# Em B7 C F/A B7 Em C/E D/E D#dim/E Em Em C/E D/E D#dim/E Em As walls collapse & tim-bers flare - the smell of death hangs in the air C /C-/G-/C-/C /G D/C /C-/G-/C-/C /G G/B /B-/G-/B-/B /G When help at last ar-rives - F/C C G/C C F/C C G/C C G/C C D/C G/B B7 They try to fight the flame but no - thing sur-vives of all those lives Instr: Em C/E D/E - D#dim/E Em {repeated} Em C/E D/E D#dim/E Em And it's madness, every time a vic - tim dies. Em C/E D/E D#dim/E Em D C D There is madness, burning in a blind man's eyes. And it's madness, hidden in the hate and pain. There is madness, burning in a wild man's brain. And it's madness, every time the bul - lets start. There is madness, burning in a poor man's heart. And it's madness, something that we can't con - troll. There is madness, burning in a mad - man's soul. Madness. Em C/E D/E D#dim/E Em D C D Madness. Ma____________dness. (Repeat, ad lib, fade), Chorded by David Bisese Edited by Rob Davies