Mad as the Mist and Snow by The Waterboys
Album: An Appointment with Mr. Yeats
Tabbed by Michiel Buis
Verse 1:
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Bolt and bar the shutter,
D A
For the foul winds blow:
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Our minds are at their best this night,
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And I seem to know
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That everything outside us is
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Mad as the mist and snow. (2x)
Verse 2:
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Horace by Homer stands,
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Plato stands below,
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And here is Tully's open page.
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How many years ago
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Were you and I lads
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Mad as the mist and snow? (2x)
Instrumental:
G D A G D A Etc.
Verse 3:
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What makes me sigh
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What makes me shudder so?
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I shudder and I sigh to think
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That even Cicero
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And many-minded Homer were
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Mad as the mist and snow.
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And Cicero and Homer were
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Mad as the mist and snow (3x)
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Mad as the mist and snow!
G D A G D A G D A Etc.