Insanity Comes Quietly To The Structured Mind chords by Janis Ian
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Intro 1
(A minor)
(D minor) (A minor)
Verse 1
She (A minor) sits on a win (D minor) dow sill. (A minor) Looking down,
it's (D minor) quite a thrill,
Imagery, ima (E major) gining what
is it like to be dead.
She (A minor) walks out upon (D minor) the ledge,
searching (A minor) for the living end
She (D minor) wonders, (E major) wondering just what
has changed in her head
(A minor) Looking outward through my pain
Look (G major) ing through my window pane
(F major) See her face turn (A minor) into (D major) rain
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Verse 2
(E minor) She prepares her face at last. (D major) Taking
off the piece (D minor) of glass
(D major) Wrapped 'round (C major) her eyes
She doesn't cry. She's (A minor) very young
And very bright (A major) to die
(E minor) (E major) (A major) (A minor)
Verse 3
(A minor) Then so quickly she (D major) stands up.
(A minor) Takes her shoes off in a lump,
She (D minor) lays them down. Lately (E major)
she has drowned
Check (A minor) s to see her room (D major) is neat,
(A minor) making sure her clothes are clean,
(D minor) Dying - death (E major) in dirty clothing
puts you down
(A minor) Looking outward through my pain
(G major) Looking through my window pane
(F major) See her face turn in (A minor) to rain (D major)
Verse 4
Then (A minor) so quickly she (D minor) stand (D major) up,
(A minor) crouches low, prepares to jump
(D minor) Quite properly, pre (E major) tends she's in
gym shooting a basketball
Floating (A minor) downward through the air (D major) ,
(A minor) re membering the state of her hair
(D minor) She falls, and nobody (E major) hears it at all
Looking (A minor) outward through my pain
(G major) Looking through my window pane
(F major) See her face turn into (D major) rain
Verse 5
Yes, dawn (E minor) coming through the rain,
(D major) it has washed (E minor) her mind away
I (D minor) (C major) went ahead and made my bed,
(A minor) nothing really need by said
But she (E minor) is dead (F major) (E minor) (G major) (F major) (E minor) (G major) (F major)
(E minor)
(F major) (E minor) (G major) (F major) (E minor) (G major) (E minor)
(Esus4) (E minor)
You can have it cause I don't want it
(D minor) If (Esus4) you want (E minor) it you can have it
(D minor) I can't take (E minor) it, I'm falling,
I'm calling (D minor)
Please, (Esus4) (E minor) please (D minor) (E minor) help me,
(D major) please (E minor) help me.
Outro 1
(E minor)
Insanity Comes Quietly To The Structured Mind
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