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