Mad As A Hatter Live chords by Larkin Poe

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Live @ The Convent Club

Key: C#m

These chords are for Mandolin:

    C#m    A   Badd4  F#m7   A5
E|---0-----0-----0-----0-----0---|
A|---7-----4-----6-----0-----0---|
D|---6-----2-----4-----4-----2---|
G|---6-----2-----4-----6-----2---|




Listen to the performance and apply slides as you see fit. Swing the strumming pattern and listen to the
recording to figure out which string(s) to play on each beat of the strum.

Intro:

C#m



Verse 1:
C#m
I know what time is, time is a thief
      A                                    Badd4
It'll steal into bed and rob you while you sleep
                 F#m7    C#m
And you'll never feel it
C#m
It pulls off the covers, and rifles through your head
     A                                                    Badd4
Then you'll wake to find you can't remember what you just said
              F#m7      C#m
It happens to everyone
              C#m
Just like the father of my father, time stole his mind
    A                                              Badd4
And I can't forget that one-fourth of his blood is mine
             F#m7    C#m
I try not to worry

Chorus:
A5                                          C#m
Please don't come for me
I promise I'll be great
                        Badd4
Just let me keep what's mine (let me keep what's mine)
A5                                              C#m
Please don't come for me, if you must then just please wait
                     Badd4
and let me have some time (let me have some time)
A5                    F#m7
Please don't come for me
Badd4     F#m7                   Badd4                     F#m7   C#m
Mind over matter (it don't matter) when you're as mad as a hatter

Verse 2:
C#m
It's hard to draw a clear distinction, who you are, who you were
A                                                       Badd4
Through the looking glass, the past and future begin to blur
               F#m7      C#m
And no-one can blame you
                  C#m
Well they say the world is what you make it, you think, speak and breathe
          A                                           Badd4
And those rules still apply, stuck in a world of make believe
                                   F#m7         C#m
You make the best with what you're given

Chorus:
A5                                          C#m
Please don't come for me
I promise I'll be great
                        Badd4
Just let me keep what's mine (let me keep what's mine)
A5                                              C#m
Please don't come for me, if you must then just please wait
                     Badd4
and let me have some time (let me have some time)
A5                    F#m7
Please don't come for me
Badd4     F#m7                   Badd4                     F#m7   C#m
Mind over matter (it don't matter) when you're as mad as a hatter

Instrumental:
C#m A5 C#m A5

Outro: **
F#m7
Off with her head, off with her head
Paint the roses, paint the roses
F#m7
Off with her head, off with her head
Paint the roses, paint the roses
N.C.
Off with her head, off with her head
Paint the roses, paint the roses
N.C.
Off with her head, off with her head
Paint the roses, paint the roses

A5
ohhhh

F#m7
Off with her head, off with her head
Paint the roses, paint the roses
F#m7
Off with her head, off with her head
Paint the roses, paint the roses
A5
Off with her head, off with her head
Paint the roses, paint the roses
A5
Off with her head, off with her head
Paint the roses, paint the roses

** play the first 2 lines with muted F#m7