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Asylum
Supertramp
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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