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