Mad as the Mist and Snow by The Waterboys Album: An Appointment with Mr. Yeats Tabbed by Michiel Buis Verse 1: G Bolt and bar the shutter, D A For the foul winds blow: G Our minds are at their best this night, D A And I seem to know G That everything outside us is D A Mad as the mist and snow. (2x) Verse 2: G Horace by Homer stands, D A Plato stands below, G And here is Tully's open page. D A How many years ago G Were you and I lads D A Mad as the mist and snow? (2x) Instrumental: G D A G D A Etc. Verse 3: G What makes me sigh D A What makes me shudder so? G I shudder and I sigh to think D A That even Cicero G And many-minded Homer were D A Mad as the mist and snow. G And Cicero and Homer were D A Mad as the mist and snow (3x) A Mad as the mist and snow! G D A G D A G D A Etc.