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