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