The Mad Ones - The Mad Ones chords by Misc Musicals

• Difficulty: Advanced 🤯

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
KELLY:
N.C.
Tell me the part about the candles



SAM:
N.C.
Uh...

KELLY:
N.C.
Do not pretend you don't have it memorized

SAM, spoken:
N.C.
The only ones for me are the mad ones.
G
Mad to talk, mad to be saved
G
Desirous of everything at the same time

KELLY:
G
If we’re gonna go, we gotta go tonight...

SAM, spoken:
G
The ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing
G
But burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles
G
Exploding like spiders across the stars...


Chorus:
KELLY:
C
Oh...  If we're gonna go, we gotta go tonight
C                  C
Go tonight - Go tonight - I'm in!


SAM, spoken:
     D
For what?


Verse 1:
KELLY:
                  Em   C
We’re taking the risk
           D             Em           C
We're the fools who will never learn
 D            Em                C
Pushed to the edge, out on the ledge
                    Em                 N.C.
Will you die out or burn, burn, burn?
                 Em    C
Don't ask if you can
                 F          D
No, that's a mistake girls make
              D   Em   C
'Cause those good old boys
                D   Em   F
They had their good old days
D                  Em
- But now they're gone
               G
And now their world
            F
Is ours to take...
       D     Em
We're mad to go
 D      Em
Mad to drive
 D          Em
Mad to be alive
       D       Em
We're chasing stars
   D        Em
A thousand suns
     C      D
The mad... mad ones
     G
Whoa-oh-oh


SAM:
     G
Whoa-oh-oh


KELLY:
     D
Whoa-oh-oh


SAM:
     D
Whoa-oh-oh


KELLY:
         G
We break - the lock
        G            D
We kick - the door - Mad...

SAM:
D
Mad...


KELLY & SAM:
    D
To reach for more

KELLY:
        Em
We make -- the rules
          Em          D
We make - a vow to be mad
N.C.
Girl, we’re what matter now
A
Okay, first thing’s first:
     A
You have to go tell that TA I'm not coming back


SAM, spoken:
N.C.
What?


Chorus:
KELLY:
E
If we’re gonna go, we gotta go tonight
E
Screw it, he'll figure it out
E
If we're gonna go, we gotta go tonight


Interlude:
KELLY, spoken:
N.C.
Where are my keys?

SAM, spoken:
N.C.
Just calm down, there's planning involved.
N.C.
What are we living on?
N.C.
Who’s paying our cell phone bills?


KELLY, spoken:
N.C.
Well, A...

SAM, spoken:
N.C.
Kelly!


KELLY:
N.C.
And two, Sam:

Chorus:
E
If we're gonna go, we gotta go tonight
E            E
Go tonight - go tonight


SAM:
E
You're drunk!


KELLY:
E
You're drunk!
E
If we're gonna go, we gotta go tonight
E            E
Go tonight - go tonight


SAM, spoken:
E
I am drunk, and I only have a permit! We can't


KELLY, spoken:
 E
Stop saying 'can't'


SAM, spoken:
 E
Stop telling me what to do!


KELLY:
E
If we're gonna go, we gotta go tonight
E
If we're gonna go, we gotta go tonight


SAM:
E
If we're gonna go, we gotta go tonight


KELLY & SAM:
E            E
Go tonight - go tonight...


Verse 2:
SAM:
            Gbm    D
Without any plan
                   E  Gbm
Just the keys and the radio


KELLY:
        D
Yea-ea-eah!


KELLY & SAM:
        E  Gbm
Living for us
                D
Kicking up dust

SAM:
                 E  Gbm
We just pick up and go, go, go


KELLY, screaming:
 E
YEAH!


SAM:
E               Gbm
- It's never or now

KELLY:
Gbm
Never or now, yes!


KELLY & SAM:
 D                     G        E
Time to take your foot off the brake...


SAM:
             D   Em   C
Yeah, those good old boys
                D   Em   F
They had their good old days


KELLY & SAM:
E                 Am
- But now they're gone
               A
And now their world


KELLY:
            G
Is ours to take


SAM:
              E
It's ours to take


KELLY & SAM:
         A
We're ma-ad to go
   A
Ma-ad to drive


KELLY:
   E
Ma-ad


SAM:
   E
Ma-ad


KELLY & SAM:
   E
To be alive
          Gbm
We're cha-asing stars
       Gbm
A thou-ousand suns


SAM:
     D
The mad

KELLY:
 D
Mad

KELLY & SAM:
 E
Mad ones

SAM:
   A
Whoa-oh-oh

KELLY:
   A
Whoa-oh-oh

SAM:
   E
Whoa-oh-oh

KELLY:
   E
Whoa-oh-oh


Chorus:
KELLY:
Gbm
- If we're gonna go, we gotta go tonight
      D          A
Go tonight, go-o-o tonight
Gbm                                 D
- If we're gonna go, we gotta go tonight
      E
Go tonight


Bridge:
SAM:
       Gbm               A
But we didn't go, didn't go
     D
Go-o-o that night - Did we?


KELLY:
       Gbm               A
No, we didn't go, didn't go
     D
Go-o-o that night


SAM:
E
I mean, obviously
    Gbm    D         Gbm
The whole thing went south
Gbm        Db                    Gbm
Per usual, Kelly's only plan was running her mouth


KELLY:
         D   E        D
Oh, but who let down who?

SAM:
 D   E        D
Who let down who?

KELLY:
 D   E        D
Who let down who?

SAM:
 D   E       Dbm
Who let down who?


KELLY:
Dbm
You were the one who put on the brakes

SAM:
             Gm
I wanted to graduate first

KELLY:
           Bb
You didn't have what it takes

SAM:
    B   Db       Ebm
Oh, who let down who?

KELLY:
Ebm Db       Gb
Who let down who?

SAM:
         Gb                       Bb
Like you ever follow through on a single word you say

KELLY:
        Ebm
If we'd only go that night
       N.C.
Then I wouldn't be dead

KELLY & SAM:
Ebm  Db
Tell me...

SAM:
B   Db       Ebm
Who let down who?

KELLY:
Ebm Db       Ebm
Who let down who?

SAM:
Ebm
Who let down who?

KELLY:
Db
Who let down who?

SAM:
Db
You!

KELLY:
Ebm
You!

SAM:
Ebm
You!

KELLY & SAM:
E    E    E
YOU! YOU! YOU!



KELLY:
G    C
- Whoa-oh-oh

SAM:
G    C
- Whoa-oh-oh

Interlude:
| Ab | E | E | B | B |
| Dbm | Dbm  | D | D |
| E | E |


Bridge:
KELLY & SAM:
 F
Who- aah...

SAM, simultaneously:
 F
Mad...

KELLY, simultaneously:
Ab          Ab
Mad to go - Mad to drive
Eb
Mad

SAM:
Eb
Mad

KELLY & SAM:
   Eb
To be alive
       Fm
We're chasing stars
   Fm
A thousand suns

SAM:
    Db
The mad

KELLY:
Db
Mad

KELLY & SAM:
Eb
Mad ones

SAM:
   Ab
Whoa-oh-oh

KELLY:
   Ab
Whoa-oh-oh

SAM:
   Eb
Whoa-oh-oh

KELLY:
   Eb
Whoa-oh-oh

KELLY & SAM:
    Ab
We break the lock
   Ab
We kick the door

SAM:
Eb
Mad

KELLY:
Eb
Mad

Outro:
KELLY & SAM:
    Eb
To reach for more
    Fm
We make the rules
    Fm
We make a vow
      Gb
To be mad
Eb                        Ab      Eb
- Girl, we're what matter -- now
   Ab
Whoa-oh-oh