| E | G | D | C | |
| I was gone for | fourteen days, | I could have been | gone for more; |
| E | G | D | C | |
| Held up in intens | ive care ward, | Lying on the | floor. |
| E | G | D | C | |
| I was gone for | all those days, | But I was not all a | -lone; |
| E G D C C-riff |
| I made friends with a lot of peo-ple in the danger zone |
| C | D | E | C | D | E | |
| See my l | one-ly li | fe un-fold | I see it | ev-ry | day |
| C | D | E | A | C | D | E | |
| See my on | ly mi | nd ex-pl | ode, si | nce I've | gone a-w | ay |
| E | G | D | C | E | G | D | C | |
| I think I lost some w | eight there, | And I'm sure I n | eed some rest; |
| E | G | D | C | |
| Sleeping don't | come very easy | In a straight white | vest. |
| E | G | D | C | |
| Sure like to see that | little children, | She's only four years | old ole |
| E G D C C-riff |
| I'd give her back all her play things even even the one I stole |
| C | D | E | C | D | E | |
| See my l | one-ly li | fe un-fold | I see it | ev-ry | day |
| C | D | E | A | C | D | E | |
| See my l | one-l | y mind e | x-plode, | when I' | ve gone | in-sane |
| Interlude 3X E G D C |
| E | G | D | C | |
| (I wanna get | out of here, | I've wanna | get out of here.) |
| E | G | D | C | |
| (I gotta get | out of here, | I've got to | get out of here.) |
| E | G | D | C | |
| (I gotta get | out of here, | I've got to | get out of here.) |
| C | D | E | C | D | E | |
| See my l | one-ly li | fe un-fold | I see it | ev-ry | day |
| C | D | E | A | C | D | E | |
| See my l | one-l | y mind e | x-plode, | blow up | in my f | ace |
| Interlude 3X E G D C |
| E | G | D | C | |
| I grabbed my hat I g | ot my coat I | ran into the str | eet |
| E | G | D | C | |
| I saw a man that was | chok-ing there | I guess he couldn't | breathe |
| E | G | D | C | |
| Said to my-self, this is v | er-y strange, | I'm glad it wasn't | me; |
| E | G | D | C | |
| But now I hear those | sirens call-ing | And so I am not | free |
| (I didn't want to be) |
| (I didn't want to be) |
| (I didn't want to be) |
| C | D | E | C | D | E | |
| See my l | one-ly li | fe un-fold |
| C | D | E | A | C | D | E | |
| See my lo | ne-ly | mind ex | -plode, | blow up | in my fa | ce |
| Ending in "E" |