Melancholy Man
DK. . "A Question of Balance". .August 1970. Mike Pinder
Could play 1st 2 strums of chords in minor or major and then add 7th for the next 2
of each chord except for C#m after G#
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INTRO (play 2x)Start w/3rd string 6th fret:C# C# B B
A G#, F# F# E E D#
C#, D# D# C# C# C C C# D# E. REPEAT
CFGC#m
CHORUS
C#m F#m7
N.C. I'm a melancholy man, that's what I am,
G# C#m
All the world surrounds me and my feet, are on the ground.
C#m F#m7
N.C.I'm a very lonely man, doing what I can,
G# C#m
All the world astounds me and I think, I understand
G#7 C#m C#m
That we're going, to keep growing, wait and see.
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VERSE 1
C#m
When all the stars are falling down,
F#m7
Into the sea and on the ground,
G# C#m
And angry voices carry on the wind.
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VERSE 2
C#m
A beam of light will fill your head,
F#m7
And you'll remember what's been said
G# C#m
By all the good men this world's ever known.
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VERSE 3
C#m
Another man is what you'll see,
F#m7
Who looks like you, and looks like me,
G# C#m
And yet somehow, he will not feel the same.
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VERSE 4
C#m F#m7
His life caught up in misery, he doesn't think like you and me,
G# C#m
'Cause he can't see, what you and I can see.
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SOLO
C#m F#m7 G# C#m repeat 4 times
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REPEAT ALL VERSES AND THEN CHORUS
VERSE 1
C#m
When all the stars are falling down,
F#m7
Into the sea and on the ground,
G# C#m
And angry voices carry on the wind.
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VERSE 2
C#m
A beam of light will fill your head,
F#m7
And you'll remember what's been said
G# C#m
By all the good men this world's ever known.
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VERSE 3
C#m
Another man is what you'll see,
F#m7
Who looks like you, and looks like me,
G# C#m
And yet somehow, he will not feel the same.
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VERSE 4
C#m F#m7
His life caught up in misery, he doesn't think like you and me,
G# C#m
'Cause he can't see what you and I can see.
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CHORUS (with verse 1 sung underneath)
C#m F#m7
N.C. I'm a melancholy man, that's what I am,
G# C#m
All the world surrounds me and my feet, are on the ground.
C#m F#m7
N.C.I'm a very lonely man, doing what I can,
G# C#m
All the world astounds me and I think, I understand
G#7 C#m
That we're going, to keep growing, wait and see.
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(Repeat all verses with the chorus sung underneath.)
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