Melancholy Man – The Moody Blues · Song Chords

Melancholy Man

The Moody Blues · C

Real Key

C

C

0.2x

120

BPM

1

2

3

4

Rhythm

2/4

3/4

4/4

5/4

6/8

7/8

No Accent

Downbeat

Backbeat

All Equal

1 & 3

{t:Melancholy Man}

{st: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#m]]melancholy man, [[F#m7]]that's what I am,

All [[G#]]the world surrounds me and my [[C#m]]feet, are on the ground.

N.C.I'm a [[C#m]]very lonely man, [[F#m7]]doing what I can,

[[G#]]All the world astounds me and I [[C#m]]think, I understand

That we're [[G#7]]going, to keep growing, wait and [[C#m]]see.[[C#m]]

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Verse 1

[[C#m]]When all the stars are falling down,

[[F#m7]]Into the sea and on the ground,

[[G#]]And angry voices carry on the [[C#m]]wind.

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Verse 2

[[C#m]]A beam of light will fill your head,

[[F#m7]]And you'll remember what's been said

[[G#]]By all the good men this world's ever [[C#m]]known.

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Verse 3

[[C#m]]Another man is what you'll see,

[[F#m7]]Who looks like you, and looks like me,

[[G#]]And yet somehow, he will not feel the [[C#m]]same.

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Verse 4

[[C#m]]His life caught up in misery, [[F#m7]]he doesn't think like you and me,

[[G#]]'Cause he can't see, what you and I can [[C#m]]see.

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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#m]]When all the stars are falling down,

[[F#m7]]Into the sea and on the ground,

[[G#]]And angry voices carry on the [[C#m]]wind.

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Verse 2

[[C#m]]A beam of light will fill your head,

[[F#m7]]And you'll remember what's been said

[[G#]]By all the good men this world's ever [[C#m]]known.

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Verse 3

[[C#m]]Another man is what you'll see,

[[F#m7]]Who looks like you, and looks like me,

[[G#]]And yet somehow, he will not feel the [[C#m]]same.

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Verse 4

[[C#m]]His life caught up in misery, [[F#m7]]he doesn't think like you and me,

[[G#]]'Cause he can't see what you and I can [[C#m]]see.

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Chorus

(with verse 1 & 2 sung underneath)

N.C. I'm a [[C#m]]melancholy man, [[F#m7]]that's what I am,

All [[G#]]the world surrounds me and my [[C#m]]feet, are on the ground.

N.C.I'm a [[C#m]]very lonely man, [[F#m7]]doing what I can,

[[G#]]All the world astounds me and I [[C#m]]think, I understand

That we're [[G#7]]going, to keep growing, wait and [[C#m]]see.

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(Repeat all verses with the chorus sung underneath.)

END

Chords Used (11)

Guitar

Ukulele

C#

1 / 4

B

1 / 4

A

1 / 4

G#

1 / 4

F#

1 / 4

E

1 / 4

D#

1 / 4

C

1 / 4

C#m

1 / 4

F#m7

1 / 6

G#7

1 / 4

Song Info

Real Key

C

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