This is as close to Asylum as i can get... I hope u'll enjoy. May take a few times to figure out.
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Asylum - Supertramp
[Intro] - Bb Eb Bb Eb Bb Eb Bb Eb C#
[Verse] -
Bb Eb Bb Eb
Jimmy cream was keen, his brain was always winnin’,
Bb Eb Bb Eb
I can’t keep tabs on mine, it’s really quite a joke
Bb Eb Bb Eb
I see him down the road, I ask if he’d be willing
Bb Eb Bb Eb
To lend me 15p - I’m dying for a smoke
[Chorus] -
Cm Cm/Bb Ab Ab Gm
Don’t arrange to have me sent to no asylum
F Bb
I’m just as sane as anyone
Eb Bb Eb Eb C#
It’s a just a game I play for fun - for fun.
[Verse] -
Bb Eb Bb Eb
I told em - look! - I said I’m not the way you’re thinkin,
Bb Eb Bb Eb
Just when I’m down, I’ll be a clown, I’ll play the fool.
Cm Cm/Bb Ab Ab Gm
Please don’t arrange to have me sent to no asylum
F Bb
I'm just as sane as anyone
Eb Bb Eb
It’s just a game I play for fun - for fun.
Eb F F# F# Ab A A B
[Breakdown] -
C F/C
Will he take a sailboat ride?
F G F
He is very likely to,
C F/C
Will he feel good inside?
F G F
He ain’t very likely to,
C F/C
Will he tell you he’s alive?
F G F
He is always trying to
C C/Bb Am
But nothin’, no nothin’, does he say
Dm Em F A Ab
In the morning when the day’s begun
- ’hello good morning, how are you? ’
C Dm Em G Am
And in the evening or the noonday sun
- ’what a lovely afternoon!’
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/supertramp/asylum_crd.html ]
Dm Em F Am Bb Eb Bb Eb
Well I’ve been living next to you
[Verse] -
Bb Eb Bb Eb
Bluesy monday is the one day that they come here,
Bb Eb Bb Eb
When they haunt me and taunt me in my cage.
Bb Eb Bb Eb
I mock them all, they’re feelin’ small, they got no answer
Bb Eb Bb Eb Gm
They’re playin’ dumb but I’m just lauging as they rage
[Chorus] -
Cm Cm/Bb Ab Ab Gm
Please Don’t arrange to have me sent to no asylum
F Bb
It’s only a game I play for fun
Eb Bb Eb
I’ve been foolin’ everyone - everyone.
Eb F F# F# Ab A A B
[Breakdown] -
C F/C
Will he take a sailboat ride?
F G F
He is very likely to
C F/C
Will he feel good inside?
F G F
He ain’t very likely to
C F/C
Will he tell you he’s alive?
F G F
He is always tryin’ to
C C/Bb Am
But nothin’, no nothin’ does he vere say
Dm Em F Am Ab
In the morning when the day’s begun
- ’do you think it looks like rain’?
C Dm Em G Am
And in the evening or the noonday sun
- ’you know I nearly missed my train’
Dm Em F G Am Ab
Well I’ve been living next to you my friend
Ab
But what kind of friend are you?
C Dm Em F G Am
Is it the beginning or the sorry end?
Am
Will I ever see it through?
Am
I’ve never been insane
Ab
Oh what’s the game?
Dm Em F G Am
I believe I’m dy-ing...
[Outro] -
Dm Em F Em
Bb
Dm Em F Em
Bb
(He's mad, mad, mad, mad...)
Dm Em F Em
Bb
(NOT QUITE RIGHT!)
Dm Em F Em
Bb
(WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW!)
Dm Em F Em
Bb
Dm Em F Em
Bb
repeat [Intro] and fade
