Mind is a prison

tone [Cm]

 

Intro: [Ab] [Fm] [Cm] [Eb]

 

I don't live in [Ab]California

I'll inform you, that's not [Fm]where I reside

I'm just a [Cm]tenant

payin' rent inside this [Eb]body and I...

Got two [Ab]windows

And those windows, well, I [Fm]call them my eyes

I'm just [Cm]goin' where the wind blows

I don't [Eb]get to decide

 

[Ab]Sometimes I think too much

[Fm]Yeah, I get so caught up

[Cm]I'm always stuck in my [Eb]head

[Ab]I wish I could escape

[Fm]I tried to yesterday

[Cm]Took all the sheets off my [Eb]bed

 

Then I [Ab]tied up my linen

With [Fm]five strips of ribbon I [Cm]found[Eb]

Scaled the [Ab]side of the buildin'

I [Fm]ran to the hills 'til they [Cm]found me

[Eb]And they put me [Ab]back in my cell

[Fm]All by myself

[Cm]Alone with my thoughts again[Eb]

Guess my [Ab]mind is a prison

And [Fm]I'm never gonna get [Cm]out

 

So they [Ab]tranquilize me, analyzed me

Threw me [Fm]back in my cage

Then they [Cm]tie me to an IV

Told me [Eb]I was insane

I'm a [Ab]prisoner, a visitor

[Fm]Inside of my brain

And no [Cm]matter what I do

They try to [Eb]keep me in chains

 

[Ab]Sometimes I think too much

[Fm]Yeah, I get so caught up

[Cm]I'm always stuck in my [Eb]head

[Ab]I wish I could escape

[Fm]I tried to yesterday

[Cm]Took all the sheets off my [Eb]bed

 

Then I [Ab]tied up my linen

With [Fm]five strips of ribbon I [Cm]found[Eb]

Scaled the [Ab]side of the buildin'

I [Fm]ran to the hills 'til they [Cm]found me

[Eb]And they put me [Ab]back in my cell

[Fm]All by myself

[Cm]Alone with my thoughts again[Eb]

Guess my [Ab]mind is a prison

And [Fm]I'm never gonna get [Cm]out

 

[Ab]Said even if it's true

[Fm]No matter what I do

[Cm]I'm never gonna escape[Eb]

[Ab]I won't give up on hope

[Fm]Secure another rope

[Cm]And try for another day[Eb]

[Ab]Said even if it's true

[Fm]No matter what I do

[Cm]I'm never gonna escape[Eb]

[Ab]I won't give up on hope

[Fm]Secure another rope

[Cm]And try for another day[Eb]

 

Then I [Ab]tied up my linen

With [Fm]five strips of ribbon I [Cm]found[Eb]

Scaled the [Ab]side of the buildin'

I [Fm]ran to the hills 'til they [Cm]found me

[Eb]And they put me [Ab]back in my cell

[Fm]All by myself

[Cm]Alone with my thoughts again[Eb]

Guess my [Ab]mind is a prison

And [Fm]I'm never gonna get [Cm]out