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!