![]() ![]() It’s great fun to play and perfect if you’re new to fingerstyle. For this arrangement though we’re focusing more on Gary Jules’ haunting cover. While the Tears for Fears version featured synthesisers and heavy percussion, the Andrews/Jules version was stripped down instead of a full musical backing, it used only a set of piano chords, a mellotron imitating a cello, very light touches of electric piano, and modest use of a vocoder on the chorus. Mad World was originally written in 1982 by Roland Orzabal for the band Tears for Fears and the song became a hit for the band, reaching the number 3 spot in the UK. ![]() "Mad World" achieved a second round of success almost 20 years later after it was covered by Michael Andrews and Gary Jules for the film Donnie Darko (2001). In the same time, the song eventually became Tears for Fears' first international hit, reaching the Top 40 in several countries in 19, peaking notably at #2 in South Africa. Both "Mad World" and its B-side, "Ideas as Opiates", appeared on the band's debut LP The Hurting the following year. It was the band's third single release and first chart hit, reaching #3 on the UK Singles Chart in November 1982. Info: "Mad World" is a song by the British band Tears for Fears, written by Roland Orzabal and sung by bassist Curt Smith. look right through me, look right through me Made to feel the way that every child should, Children waiting for the day they feel good, ![]() When people run in circles, it’s a very very mad world, I find it hard to tell you ‘cos I find it hard to take The dreams in which I’m dying are the best I’ve ever had And I find it kind of funny, I find it kind of sad And the tears are filling up their glasses, Tears for Fears, written by Roland Orzabal Scroll Stop Speed Chords: Hide Show Top Right ![]()
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