Intro: Bb Gm Dm F Verse 1: Bb Gm I don't live in California, I'll inform you, that's not where I reside Dm F I'm just a tenant, paying rent inside this body and I Bb Gm Got two windows and those windows, well I'll call them my eyes Dm F I'm just going where the wind blows, I don't get to decide Pre-Chorus: Bb Gm Sometimes I think too much, yeah, I get so caught up Dm I'm always stuck in my head Bb Gm I wish I could escape, I tried to yesterday Dm Took all the sheets off my bed Chorus: Bb Gm Dm Then I tied up my linen with five strips of ribbon I found Bb Scaled the side of the building Gm Dm I ran to the hills till they found me Bb And they put me back in my cell Gm Dm All by myself, alone with my thoughts again Bb Gm Dm I guess my mind is a prison and I'm never gonna get out Verse 2: Bb Gm So they tranquilized me, analyzed me, threw me back in my cage Dm F Then they tied me to an IV, told me I was insane Bb Gm I'm a prisoner, a visitor inside of my brain Dm F And no matter what I do, they try to keep me in chains Pre-Chorus: Bb Gm Sometimes I think too much, yeah, I get so caught up Dm I'm always stuck in my head Bb Gm I wish I could escape, I tried to yesterday Dm Took all the sheets off my bed Chorus: Bb Gm Dm Then I tied up my linen with five strips of ribbon I found Bb Scaled the side of the building Gm Dm I ran to the hills till they found me Bb And they put me back in my cell Gm Dm All by myself, alone with my thoughts again Bb Gm Dm I guess my mind is a prison and I'm never gonna get out Bridge: Bb Gm Said even if it's true, no matter what I do Dm I'm never gonna escape Bb Gm I won't give up on hope, secure another rope Dm And try for another day Bb Gm Said even if it's true, no matter what I do Dm I'm never gonna escape Bb Gm I won't give up on hope, secure another rope Dm And try for another day Chorus: Bb Gm Dm Then I tied up my linen with five strips of ribbon I found Bb Scaled the side of the building Gm Dm I ran to the hills till they found me Bb And they put me back in my cell Gm Dm All by myself, alone with my thoughts again Bb Gm Dm I guess my mind is a prison and I'm never gonna get out
