Standard (EADGBE)

 Intro

Verse 1

Sunshine stealing stage time

 From the moon and stars above

She said leave me alone

I said take me home

Sixteen down living in the hallowed ground

Chorus

Now the blue has turned to red (ahh Madeline, breathe)

All but given up for dead (ahh Madeline, breathe)

Ooh, Madeline (Madeline, breathe) Madeline, breathe!

 Interlude

Verse 2

Skiff rocked like a cradle

 And the poor girl fell overboard

Rope wrapped around her neck

Tangled in her hair soaked wet

They dragged the stream

 The body never to be found

Chorus

Now the blue has turned to red (ahh Madeline, breathe)

All but given up for dead (ahh Madeline, breathe)

Ooh, Madeline (Madeline, breathe) Madeline, breathe!

Bridge

The dirt in the stream

The body never to be found

Except for footprints caked

 In the muddy ground beside where she lay

 Solo (x2)

Verse 3

My life made the headlines

 Beneath the waterlily sky

She said leave me alone

I said take me home

Sixteen down living in the hallowed ground

Chorus

Now the blue has turned to red (ahh Madeline, breathe)

All but given up for dead (ahh Madeline, breathe)

Ooh, Madeline (Madeline, breathe)

Chorus

Now the blue has turned to red (ahh Madeline, breathe)

All but given up for dead (ahh Madeline, breathe)

Ooh, Madeline (Madeline, breathe) Madeline, breathe!

 Outro

(Reapeat and fade)