Key: E
Introduction:
C#m
Taking inventory of his life
Seeing snapshots
B
Something told him he should look
Around and tidy up
C#m
Tried looking at it
From a new perspective
B
Orders from that corner
Where that shadow always lived
E
I don't want to go like this
C#m
At least let me clean my room
G#m
I don't want to leave like this
F#
'Cause the last thing I want to do is
E
Make my people make decisions
C#m
Wondering what to do, oh
B
Should they keep it on display
F#
Or redecorate?
C#m
Blankets over mirrors, she tends to like it
She's not afraid of her reflection
B
She had plans to change her name, yeah
Just not the traditional way, yeah
C#m
Haunted by a couple big mistakes
She covers all the dents
B
Then one night she got cold
With no blankets on her bed
E
I don't want to go like this
C#m
At least let me clean my room
G#m
I don't want to leave like this
F#
'Cause the last thing I want to do is
E
Make my people make decisions
C#m
Wondering what to do, oh
B
Should they keep it on display
F#
Or redecorate?
G#m
With the bells
And the whistles scaled back
D#5
Most days of the week
He might have made it if he lived
G#m
I repeat, scaled back and isolated
G#m
He says he likes an open schedule
But he mostly hates it
E
I don't want to go like this
C#m
At least let me clean my room
G#m
I don't want to leave like this
F#
'Cause the last thing I want to do is
E
Make my people make decisions
C#m
Wondering what to do, oh
B
Should they keep it on display
F#
Or redecorate?
E
I don't want to go like this (go like this)
C#m
At least let me clean my room
G#m
I don't want to leave like this (leave like this)
F#
'Cause the last thing I want to do is (to do is)
E
Make my people make decisions
C#m
Wondering what to do, oh
B
Should they keep it on display
F#
Or redecorate?
C#m B
Or redecorate?
Or redecorate?