Mad World (classical guitar)
As recorded by Nathan Cragg on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaNGiC2nHAA
Transcribed by Nathan Cragg
Words by Tears for Fears Music by Gary Jules
Arranged by Nathan Cragg
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Q=90 Gtr I E. E E E E E E E +Q Q +Q E E|------7-------0---------|-------------------------||-^8--(8)----8-----------|----------------------8--||-^9--(9)-11-----11-7----|--------9---(9)---9--(9)-||---------------------11-|-(11)--11--(11)--11-(11)-||------------------------|---0---------0-----------||-^0---------------------|-------------------------| W H H
+E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E|-----7------0------5-|-(5)-------0-------||-(8)------8------8---|---------0---0-----||-------11-----11-----|-------6-------6---||---------------------|-----7-----------7-||---------------------|--0----------------||--0------------------|-------------------| W W
+E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E||------------3---0---|-7-7---7--------|-5-5---5-------|-5-5---5---3-2-0--|||o-------------0---0-|-----------8----|-----------7---|------------------|||----------0---------|-----0-------0--|-----7-----7---|------------------|||--(7)---2-----------|----------------|-0-------0-----|-----2------------|||o-----2-------------|----------------|---------------|-0-------0--------|||---0------------2---|-3-------7------|---------------|------------------| H. E E H H H H H H
+E E E E E E Q E E E E +E E Q|-(0)-------3-(3)-0-(0)-|-7-7-(7)-7-(7)--------||--------------0-----0--|---------------8-(8)--||---------0-------------|------0-----------7---||-------2---------------|----------------------||-----2-----------------|----------------------||--0--------------2-----|-3----------7---------| H. E E H H
E E E E +E Q E E E E +E E E E|-5-5-(5)-5-(5)-2---|-5-5-(5)-5-(5)-3p2-0-||---------------3---|---------------------||------7--------2---|---------------------||-0----------0------|------2--------------||-------------------|-0----------0--------||-------------------|---------------------| H H H H
+E E E E E E Q E E E E +E E Q|-(0)-------3-(3)-0-(0)-|-7-7-(7)-7-(7)--------||--------------0-----0--|---------------8-(8)--||---------0-------------|------0-----------0---||-------2---------------|----------------------||-----2-----------------|----------------------||--0--------------2-----|-3----------7---------| H. E E H H
E E E E +E Q E E E E E E E E|-5-5-(5)-5-(5)-----|-5-5-(5)-5---3p2-0-||---------------7---|-------------------||------7--------7---|-------------------||-0----------0------|------2------------||-------------------|-0---------0-------||-------------------|-------------------| H H H H
+E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E|-(0)-------3---0---|-7-7---7--------|-5-5---5---2---|-5-5---5---3-2-0-||-------------0---0-|-----------8----|-----------3---|-----------------||---------0---------|-----0-------7--|-----7-----2---|-----------------||-------2-----------|----------------|-0-------0-----|-----2-----------||-----2-------------|----------------|---------------|-0-------0-------||--0------------2---|-3-------7------|---------------|-----------------| H. E E H H H H H H
+E E E E E E Q E Q E E E E E|-(0)-(0)-----3---^7---|--9-(9)-----9-9-------||---------------0--5-5-|-10-10---10-----10-10-||-----------0-----^4---|--9--9----9------9--9-||---------2------------|----------------------||------2---------------|--0---------0---------||--0-------------------|----------------------| H. E E H H
E E E E E E Q E Q E E E E E|-0--(0)-----3---^7---|--9-(9)-----9-9-------||--------------0--5-5-|-10-10---10-----10-10-||----------0-----^4---|--9--9----9------9--9-||--------2------------|----------------------||-----2---------------|--0---------0---------||-0-------------------|----------------------| H. E E H H
E E E E E E Q E Q E E E E E|-0--(0)-----3---^7---|--9-(9)-----9-9-------||--------------0--5-5-|-10-10---10-----10-10-||----------0-----^4---|--9--9----9------9--9-||--------2------------|----------------------||-----2---------------|--0---------0---------||-0-------------------|----------------------| H. E E H H
E E E E E E Q E Q E E E E E|-0--(0)-----3---^7---|--9-(9)-----9-9-------||--------------0--5-5-|-10-10---10-----10-10-||----------0-----^4---|--9--9----9------9--9-||--------2------------|----------------------||-----2---------------|--0---------0---------||-0-------------------|----------------------| H. E E H H
E. E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E|------7-------0---------|---------------0---------------||-^8--(8)----8-----------|------0-------------0----------||-^9--(9)-11-----11-7----|--------7----------------7-----||---------------------11-|-(11)-----11-(11)-(11)-(11)-11-||------------------------|---0---------------------------||-^0---------------------|-------------------------------| W W
E. E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E|------7-------0---------|-------------0---------|||-^8--(8)----8-----------|------0--------0------o|||-^9--(9)-11-----11-7----|--------7--------7-----|||---------------------11-|-(11)-----11-------11--|||------------------------|---0------------------o|||-^0---------------------|-----------------------|| W W
E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E|---------------------|---------0-----------||---------8-(8)-(8)-8-|-(8)-(8)---5p0-------||-------7--------7----|---------------6---0-||-----0------0--------|------7----------7---||---7-----------------|--0------------------||-0-------------------|---------------------| W W
E E E E E E E E +E E H +Q|---------------------|-------------------*||---------8-(8)-(8)-8-|-(8)-(8)-5----(5)--*||-------7--------7----|---------6----(6)--*||-----0------0--------|------7------------*||---7-----------------|--0----------------*||-0-------------------|-------------------*| W W
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Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
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h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
