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From: macon@cbmvax.commodore.com (Glen Macon)
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Subject: madman across the water (elton john)
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Madman across the water Elton John
Am Am/G F C/E D/F#
I can see very well, there's a boat on the reef with a broken back
F G Am
And I can see it very well
There's a joke and I know it very well It's one of those that
I told you long ago, Take my word I'm a madman don't you know
C G/B Esus E
Get a load of him he's so insane
C/E D/F# F G A
Better get your coat dear it looks like rain
C/E D/F# F G Am C/E D/F# F
--- We'll come again next thursday afternoon The inlaws hope they'll see
G Am Fmaj7 Esus E
you very soon, But is it in your conscious that you're after
F G Am F G Am
Another glimpse of the madman across the water
Am/G F
Once a fool had a good part in the play
C/E D/F#
If it's so would I still be here today
F G Am
It's quite peculiar in a funny sort of way
F G Am
They think it's very funny everything I say
C G/B Esus E
Is the nightmare black or are the windows painted
C/E D/F# F G A
Will you come agian next week well I'm not gonna fake it
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All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in the rain.
Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Caitlin Rhythm Player |
#1 by Caitlin Carlisle at Sep 27, 2007 at 12:41 PM EST |
| This is easily one of Elton's most powerful and yet underrated songs. If you ever get the chance, give a listen to Bruce Hornsby's interpretation of it on the Elton/Bernie Tribute album "Two Rooms". At this point, the meaning for me is rather abstract...I agree with what one person said about the song being autobiographical. I also think that the person (Suzy34) who mentioned it was about Bernie's wife and in-laws driving him crazy. They may both be right. They may both be wrong too. Hard to say. I also agree with Suzy about the song blowing me away. Its is easily his most intense and darkest piece of all. 1 | |
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chris Average |
#2 by chris - at Oct 3, 2007 at 9:48 AM EST |
| I think this song is about Bernie's new inlaws driving him crazy after her married Maxine. I'm not positive, but I think they had moved to England for a while and her parents missed her. I do'nt know why everyone hates this song. It blew me away the first time I heard it. I was driving home and it was raining. | |
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dylan Average |
#3 by dylan markus at Oct 3, 2007 at 9:55 AM EST |
| I've heard from a few people that the Madman in question is Richard Nixon, but I dont' think it quite fits. | |
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luke Average |
#4 by luke walden at Oct 5, 2007 at 6:10 AM EST |
| This is definately Elton's most under-rated song, but I have no clue what it means. Kinda sounds like this guy is going crazy and seeing weird images. | |
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Tim Rhythm Player |
#5 by Tim Jessop at Oct 5, 2007 at 4:21 PM EST |
| I think this song is autobiographical. The Madman Across the Water is Elton John himself, being from the UK and making it big in the US. Elton John is brilliant. Most of the time brilliant people are chastised and misunderstood, thus the lines, “They think it's very funny everything I say, Get a load of him, he's so insane.” Undoubtedly he was probably chastised by his family, which is also typical of brilliant people. “You'd better get your coat dear, it looks like rain. We'll come again next Thursday afternoon. The In-laws hope they'll see you very soon….Will they come again next week, can my mind really take it?” | |
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