Artist: They Might Be Giants
Song: No One Knows My Plan
Album: John Henry
Intro:
F F(G) F(A) F(Bb)
C C(D) C(E) C (x4)
Dm G C F Bb Eb G C
Verse 1;
F F(G) F(A) F(Bb) C C(D) C(E) C
In my prison cell I think these words
F F(G) F(A) F(Bb) C C(D) C(E) C
I was careless, I can see that now
Dm G C F Bb Eb G C
I must be silent, must contain my secret smile
Dm G C F Bb Eb G C
I want to tell you — you my mirror, you my iron bars
Pre Chorus:
Am Bb C Dm
When I made a shadow on my window shade
Eb G C Bb b
They called the police and testified
Am Bb C Dm
But they’re like the people chained up in the cave
G Bb C
In the allegory of the people in the cave by the Greek guy
Chorus:
F F(G) F(A) F(Bb) C C(D) C(E) C
No one understands
F F(G) F(A) F(Bb) C C(D) C(E) C
no one knows my plan
Dm G C F Bb Eb G C
why the dancing, shouting; why the shrieks of pain
Dm G C F Bb Eb G C
the lovely music — why the smell of burning autumn leaves
Bridge:
Am Bb C Dm
Eb G C Bb
Am Bb C Dm
G Bb C
Chorus:
No one understands
No one knows my plan
Why the dancing, shouting
Why the shrieks of pain
The lovely music
Why the smell of burning autumn leaves
Verse:
In my prison cell I bide my time
Always thinking
Always busy cooking up an angle
Working on the tiny blueprint of the angle
Sketching out the burning autumn leaves
Chorus:
No one understands
No one knows my plan
I must be silent, must contain my secret smile
I want to tell you
you my mirror
you my iron bars
Outro:
F F(G) F(A) F(Bb) C C(D) C(E) C
No one understands
Bb C F
No one knows my plan
