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{t:Melancholy Man}
{st:The Moody Blues}
DK. . "A Question of Balance". .August 1970. Mike Pinder
Could play 1st 2 strums of chords in minor or major and then add 7th for the next 2
of each chord except for C#m after G#
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INTRO (play 2x)Start w/3rd string 6th fret:C# C# B B
A Ab, F# F# E E Eb
C#, Eb Eb C# C# C C C# Eb E. REPEAT
[C#m] [F#m7] [Ab] [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 Ab 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 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.)
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