Asylum


This is as close to Asylum as i can get... I hope u'll enjoy. May take a few times to figure out. Suggestion: Play w/ song to get down accurate chord changes 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 Will he take a sailboat ride? F G F He is very likely to, C F Will he feel good inside? F G F He ain’t very likely to, C F 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 Will he take a sailboat ride? F G F He is very likely to C F Will he feel good inside? F G F He ain’t very likely to C F 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