Mad John Chords

KeyAm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays531

Mad John by Small Faces is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Am. It uses the chords Am, C, D, Bb, Eb, G#, C#, F#, B, E and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Am
Text
16
Speed
  			Am                       C            D  
There was an old man who lived in the greenwood 
Am                 C           D  
nobody knew him or what he had done 
    Am                         C         D            C  
but mothers words say to their children beware of Mad John. 
 
John would sing with the birds in the morning 
laugh with the wind in the cold end of night 
but people from behind their curtains, said he's not quite right. 
 
Bb          Eb            G#                   C#  
John had it sussed he was living the life of a tramp 
        F#                       B			  E  
yes his bed was the cold and the damp but the sun was his friend 
       F 
he was free 
 
So here was a wise one who loved all the haters 
he loved them so much that their hate turned to fear 
and shaking from behind their curtains the loved ones would hear 
 
 
 
 
By: José Duarte 
[email protected] 

    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante