Key: C major•
Verse 1
C
B
C
Sometimes I try to do things
B
C
And it just doesn't work
C5
B
out the way I want it to
C
C5
B
And I get real frustrated
F#5
C
C5
B
C5
And like, I try hard to do it
C
B5
B
C
but it just doesn't work out the way I want it to
B
C5
It's like I concentrate on it real hard
C
B
But it just doesn't work out
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C5
B
C5
And everything I do and everything I try
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B
It never turns out
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B
It's like, I need time to figure
C
C5
these things out
C
C5
B
we've been noticing you've been having a lot of problems lately, you know?
C
C5
B
You should maybe get away
C5
B
And like, maybe you should talk
B
C5
And I go, "No it's okay,
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B
you know, I'll figure it out
C5
B
C5
Just leave me alone, I'll figure it out ,
you know?
B
C5
I'm just working on myself"
C
B
if you wanna talk about it, I'll be here, you know
C
B
And you'll probably feel a lot
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C5
B
C
I go, "No I don't want to, I'm okay,
B
C
I'll figure it out myself"
B
C
But they just keep bugging me
B
C
They just keep bugging me and
B
C
it builds up inside
Verse 2
You'll come out brainwashed with
C
F
bloodshot eyes
B
C
You won't have any say
F
B
They'll brainwash you until
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F#
you see their way
Verse 3
F#
A5
G#5
I'm not crazy (in
F#
stitutionalized)
F#5
A5
You're the one that's crazy
F#5
F#
A5
You're driving me crazy
(institutionalized)
B
C
They stick me in an institution
B
C
Said it was the only solution
C
F
fessional help
B5
B
F
B
To protect me from the enemy, myself
Verse 4
B
C
I was in my room
C
B
staring at the walls thinking about everything
C5
B
C5
I was thinking about nothing
C5
B
and I didn't even know she was there
"Mike, Mike"
matter with you?"
B5
B
C
I go, "There's nothing wrong,
mom"
B
C
She goes, "Don't tell me that,
B5
C5
B5
B
C
I go, "No mom, I'm not on drugs, I'm okay, I'm just thinking,
B
C
B
you know? Why don't you get me a Pepsi?"
B
C
I go, "Mom, I'm okay,
C
C5
B
C5
And she goes, "No, you're not thinking,
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B
you're on drugs
B
C
C5
B
I go, "Mom, just get me a Pepsi, please?
C5
B
All I want's a Pepsi"
C
B
And she wouldn't give it to me
C
B
All I wanted was a Pepsi
C5
B
Just one Pepsi
Verse 5
C5
C
with long sleeves
C
F
you're treated like thieves
B
Em
C
F
Drug you up because they're lazy
B
F5
F#
It's too much work to help a crazy
Verse 6
F#
A5
G#5
F#
I'm not crazy (institu
tionalized)
(institutionalized)
A5
G#5
B5
B
F
C
They stick me in an institution
B5
B
C
Said it was the only solution
B
C
To give me the needed professional help
B
C
To protect me from the enemy,
Verse 7
B
B
C
and my mom and my dad came in
B
C
They pulled up a chair and they sat down
B
B5
They go, "Mike,
C5
B5
we need to talk to you"
B
C
B
And I go, "Okay, what's the matter?"
B
C
B
B5
we've been noticing lately you've been having a lot of problems
C
C5
And you've been going
C5
B
An d we're afraid you're gonna
B5
B
C
C5
So we decided that it would
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C
be in your best interest
C
C5
B
could get the help that you need"
C
B
And I go, "Wait,
B5
C5
C
B5
what are you talking about?
B
C
B
C
We decided? My best interest?
B
C
How do you know what
B5
C
my best interest is?
B
C
B
How can you say what my
C
B
best interest is?
C
B
What are you trying to say? I'm crazy?
C
B
C
When I went to your schools
B
C
B
I went to your churches
C
B
C
I went to your institutional
B
C
learning facilities
B
C
So how can you say I'm crazy?
Verse 8
C
B
F
C
They say they're gonna fix my brain
B
C
F
Alleviate my suffering and my pain
B
C
F
But by the time they fix my head
B
F#
Mentally, I'll be dead
Verse 9
F#
A5
G#
G#5
I'm not crazy (institution
F#
alized)
Em
F#
A5
You're the one that's crazy
Ab5
F#
(institutionalized)
(institutionalized)
B
F
They stick me in an institution
B
F
Said it was the only solution
C
F
professional help
C
B
C
F
B
To protect me from the en emy, myself
Verse 10
I'll probably get hit by a car anyway
B
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