Big Madness / Monday Club Carol by the Fatima Mansions
From the Fatima Mansions’ 1989 Against Nature album. Written by Cathal Coughlan. No capo.
INTRO
[D6] [Amaj7sus4]
VERSE 1
[D6] In the winter in a seaside boarding [Abm7] house
The killer swigs and reels ’round his [C#m7] room
Telling how he made that [F#7] weeping spinster kneel [G7] [F#7]
[D6] Yellow light seeps through a flyblown lampshade
[Abm7] Fading with the dawn
He yells and [C#m7] laughs, “They all wanted it. It was easy so …
[G6] How could it be wrong?”
CHORUS
[Em] Five A. [G6] M. and the [B7] seas are [Cmaj7] boiling
[Em] Five A. [G6] M. and the [B7] windows [Cmaj7] crack
[Em] Five A. [G6] M. and my [B7] hands are [Cmaj7] on you
[E7sus4] Big [A7sus2] madness
[E7sus4] Big [A7sus2] madness
VERSE 2
[D6] When I phone you just to hear your voice
Oh please, [Abm7] don’t judge me so
It’s just that [C#m7] I don’t think I’ll rise again
Till I’ve seen [F#7] how low I can [G7] go [F#7]
[D6] Next springtime when I’m gone for good
And you [Abm7] struggle to find the words cruel e [C#m7] nough
Through all these dying continents
[G6] My stupid laughter will be heard
CHORUS
[Em] Five A. [G6] M. and the [B7] seas are [Cmaj7] boiling
[Em] Five A. [G6] M. and the [B7] windows [Cmaj7] crack
[Em] Five A. [G6] M. and my [B7] hands are [Cmaj7] on you
[E7sus4] Big [A7sus2] madness
[E7sus4] Big [A7sus2] madness
[Bm7] Big [A7sus2] madness
OUTRO/FADE
[D] [Bm7] [C] [Am] [Em] [Cmaj7] [Em6] [G6]
[D] [Bm7] [E] [C] [Em] [C] [C#m7] [F#]