Asylum by Supertramp

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!’

     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

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