Tonart: C major
Verse 1
C
F
Dm
D
G
C
Cm
In
tropical climes
C
there are certain times of day
When all the citizens retire
G
to tear their clothes off and perspire
C
It's one of those rules
G
E
that the greatest fools obey
Because the sun is much too sultry
and one must avoid its
G
C
F
G
ultraviolet ray
C
Bubble like a, bubble like
a, bubble like a boo
Eb
Bubble like a, bubble like
Bb
a, bubble like a boo
Eb
C
Dig a rag a, dig a rag a, dig a rag a doo
Ab
C
The natives grieve
G
C
when the white men leave their huts
G
Because they're obviously,
C
Dm
definitely nuts
G
C
F
C
Mad dogs and Englishmen
D
G
C
go out in the midday sun
G
The Japanese don't care to,
the Chinese wouldn't dare to
C
E
Hindus and Argentines
G
C
G
C
sleep firmly from twelve to one
D
G
But Englishmen detester, siesta
there are lovely screens
F
Dm
to protect you from the glare
there are hats like plates
G
that the Britishers won't wear
C
F
C
At 12 noon the natives swoon
E
Am
and no further work is done
F
D
G
A
But mad dogs and Englishmen
Bb
G
C
Cm
go out in the midday sun
It's such a surprise
C
Ab
C
for the eastern eyes to see
G
That though the English are effete,
they're quite impervious to heat
When the white man rides
E
every native hides in glee
Because the simple creatures
B
E
G
hope he will impale his solar topi
C
G
C
G
Eb
Ab
Eb
on a tree
C
when the English claim the earth
That they give rise to
G
C
G
such hilarity and mirth
C
F
C
Mad dogs and Englishmen
G
C
go out in the midday sun
G
The toughest Burmese bandit
can never understand it
C
In Rangoon the heat of noon
G
C
is just what the natives shun
D
They put their Scotch or
C
G
In a jungle town where
F
D
to the rage of man or beast,
The English garb of the English Tsar
G
merely gets a bit more creased.
C
At Bangkok at twelve o 'clock
F
E
Am
they foam at the mouth and run ,
A
D
G
A
But mad dogs and Englishmen
Am
G
go out in the midday sun.
C
F
C
Mad dogs and Englishmen
G
C
go out in the midday sun.
G
The smallest melee rabbit
deplores this foolish habit.
C
F
C
In Hong Kong they strike a gong
and fire off a noonday gun
D
G
To reprimand each inmate who's in late.
C
G
In the mangrove swamps
C
where the python romps,
F
Dm
there is peace from twelve to two.
D
Even caribous lie around in snooze,
G
for there's nothing else to do.
C
In Bengal, to move at all
Am
is seldom, if ever, done.
A
D
G
But mad dogs an d Englishmen
go out in the midday,
out in the midday,
out in the midday,
out in the midday,
out in the midday,
out in the midday,
out in the midday,
out in the midday sun.
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