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Supertramp - Asylum Chords

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Asylum Chords

(ver. 1)
Supertramp
|G       C/G    |G   G7  C/G    |G       C/G    |G       C      |C   C7    |
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[Verse #1]
G        C/G                 G            G7   C/G
   Jimmy Cream was keen, his brain was al ways winnin',
C  G               C/G                G
      I can't keep tabs on mine, it's really quite a
 
|C           C7    |
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 joke
 
[Verse #2]
G            C/G              G      G7      C
   I see him down the road, I ask if he'd be willing
G              C/G       G
    To lend me 15p - I'm dying for a
 
|C       Em       |
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 smoke
[Chorus]
 
Am           Am/G             F
    Don't ar range to have me sent to no asylum
F  F/E  D             D7          G
          I'm just as sane as any one
              C               G    G7
It's a just a game I play for fun    for
 
|C           C7 |
 *   *   *   *
 fun.
 
[Verse #3]
G               C/G                G       G7         C
    I told em - look! - I said I'm not the way you're thinkin,
G                C/G             G               G/B
   Just when I'm down, I'll be a clown, I'll play    the fool.
 
|C       Em/B     |
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 fool
 
[Chorus]
Am           Am/G             F
    Don't ar range to have me sent to no asylum
 
F  F/E  D             D7          G
          I'm just as sane as any one
              C               G    G7
It's a just a game I play for fun    for
 
|C              |Eb             |Gb             |
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 fun.
 
[Bridge]
A                D/A
  Will he take a sailboat ride?
           E           D
He is very likely to,
A               D/A
   Will he feel good inside?
              E          D
He ain't very likely to,
A                   D/A
   Will he tell you he's alive?
             E
He is always trying to
D       A              A/G              Gb7
Ya  but nothin', no no nothin', does he say  oh oh   oh ohh
Bm        Bm/C#            D6       Bm/F#
   In the morning when the day's be gu -un
Fo
   "Hello Good mor ning, how are you?"
A              A/B            A/C#    A/E
    And in the evening or the noonday sun
B7
    "What a lovely afternoon!"
Bm                 Bn/C#  D6          Bm/F#
    Well I've been living next to you
 
|G       C/G    |G   G7  C/G    |
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 [Verse #4]
G         C/G           G       G7        C
   Bluesy Monday is the one day that they come here,
G               C/G          G
   Ya when they haunt me and taunt me in my
 
 |C   C7       |
  *   *   *   *
 cage
G              C/G                  G              G7     C
   I mock them all, they're feelin' small, ya they got no answer
G                     C/G               G
   Ya they're playin' dumb but I'm just lauging as they
 
|C       Em/B     |
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 rage
 
[Chorus]
Am            Am/G             F
     Don't ar range to have me  sent to no asylum
F  F/E  D7                             G
           Wow it's only a game I play for fun
                C                G
Ya I've been to fool  fool every one
 
|C              |Eb             |Gb           |
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[ Bridge ]
A                  D/A
    Will he take a sailboat ride?
           E         D
He is very likely to
A               D/A
   Will he feel good inside?
              E         D
He ain't ever likely to
A                    D/A
    Will he tell you he's alive?
             E
He is always tryin' to
D      A              A/G                  Gb7
Ya but nothin', no no nothin' does he ever say
          Bm       Bm/C#            D6
Yahhhh-ah ahhn the morning when the day's begun
Fo
    "Do you think it looks like rain"?
A          A/B            A/C#    A/E
And in the evening or the noonday sun
B7
   "You know I nearly missed my train"
Bm                 Bm/C#          D6     Bb/F#
    Well I've been living next to you my friend
Fo
    But what kind of friend are you?
A               A/B              A/C#   A/E
   Oh is it the beginning or the sorry  end?
 
B7
    Will I ever see it through?
Bm           Bm/C#         D6     Bm/F#
    Now I've never been in sane
Co
     Oh what's the game?
A/C#            A         F#7
     Yaaa I be  lieve I'm dying...
 
[Coda]
    Bm      Bm/C#  D6  Bm/C#     G7 ............
 ya ahhh ahh
Bm      Bm/C#  D6  Bm/C#     G7 ............
 
Bm      Bm/C#  D6  Bm/C#        G7 ............
                         beeeyoo
Bm      Bm/C#  D6  Bm/C#                 G7 ............
                         not quite right!
Bm      Bm/C#  D6  Bm/C#             G7 ............
                          woooooooooooo   !
Bm      Bm/C#  D6  Bm/C#
 
piano:
 
|G       C/G    |G   G7  C/G    |G       C/G    |G       C      |C   C7    |
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|  ...fade
 
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