Institutionalized Chords by Suicidal Tendencies

_ _ _ _ _ _ [G#m] _ _
_ [B] _ [C] Sometimes I try [B] to do things [C] and it just doesn't work out the [D#] way I want [E] it to.
And I get real [C#] frustrated.
[B] I [C] try hard to do it and [B] I take [C] my time but it just doesn't work [B] out the way [C] I want it to.
[Bm] I concentrate [C] on it real hard [B] but it just doesn't work [C] out.
And everything I do and everything I try, it [Bm] never turns out.
[C] And it's like, [C#] I need time to [C] figure these things [B] out.
And there's always [F] someone there going,
[B] Hey Mike, you know, [C] we've been noticing you've been having [E] a lot of problems lately, [C] you know.
[Bm] Maybe get [C] away.
And like, [B] maybe you should talk [C] about it.
You'll feel a lot better.
And I go, no, it's okay, you know.
I'll figure it out.
You see [Bm] me alone?
I'll [C] figure it out, you [Bm] know.
I'm just [C] working on it myself.
[B] And they go, well, [C] you know, if you want to [B] talk about it, I'll be [C] here, you know.
And you'll probably [B] feel a [C] lot better if you talk about it.
[B] Who am I to [C] talk about it?
I go, no, [B] I don't [C] want to.
I'm okay.
[B] I'll [C] figure it out myself.
[B] And they [C] just keep bugging [B] me.
And [C] they just keep bugging [B] me.
And it spills on [C] the side.
[B] It's got me.
[C] It's got my family.
For my life, you allow
They're saying got afraid like, Did you see the [F#] light?
_ I was [A] _ [G#] _ _ [F#] _ _ [A] _ _
[G#] _ [F#] _ _ [A] _ _ [B] _ in [C] _ [Bm] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ my _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [B] room.
And [C] I started staring at [B] the wall, thinking [E] about everything.
And saying God I was thinking about [C] nothing.
Then, my mom came in.
And I didn't [B] even notice he was there.
[C] Called my [E] name.
And I didn't even hear.
I'm gonna [C] start screaming, Mike, Mike!
And I go, what?
[B] What's the matter?
[C] What's the matter [B] with you?
I [C] go, it's nothing, Mom.
[B] She goes, don't [C] tell me that.
[B] You're on drugs!
[Cm] I go, no, [B] Mom, I'm not on drugs.
[C] I'm okay.
I'm just [B] thinking, you know?
[C] Why don't you give me a Pepsi?
[B] She goes, [C] no!
You're on [B] drugs!
I [C] go, Mom, I'm [B] okay.
I'm just [C] thinking.
She [B] goes, no!
[C] You're not thinking.
You're [B] on drugs!
Normal [C] people don't act [B] that way.
I [C] go, Mom, [B] just give me a Pepsi, [C] please.
All I want [B] is a Pepsi.
[C] And she wouldn't [B] get into it.
[C] All I want is [B] a [C] Pepsi.
Just one Pepsi.
[B] And [C] she wouldn't get [B] into it.
[C] Just a Pepsi.
She went to it with my niece.
Got her way back to the city.
She's got a family.
_ [E] [F] It's just work, though, [F#] right?
_ I'm not [A] pregnant!
[G#] _ [F#] You're the one that's [A] pregnant!
[G#] _
[F#] You've got a baby!
[A] _ _ [G#] [E] And [C] she's pregnant.
And the _ only person that she needed
was my best love, Miss Becky.
She had to be [B] in my cellar. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] I'm sitting in my [B] room.
My [C] mom and my dad [D#] came in.
They [E] pulled up the chair and they sat down.
[C] They go, Mike, [B] we need to talk.
[C] I go, [B] okay.
What's the [C] matter?
They go, me [E] and your mom, [C] we've noticed
lately you've been having a lot of problems.
And you've been [Bm] going off for [D] no reason.
And we're [B] afraid you're gonna [C] hurt somebody.
[B] And we're afraid you're [C] gonna hurt yourself.
[B] So [C] we decided that it would be
in your best interest if [Bm] we put you
[C] somewhere where you could get the help [B] that you [C] need.
[B] And I go, [C] wait!
What are you talking [B] about?
[C] We decided [B]
my [C] best interest?
[B] [C] How do you know what [Bm] my best [C] interest is?
[B] How can [C] you say [B] what my [C] best interest [B] is?
[C] What are you trying to say?
[B]
I'm [C] crazy?
When [B] I went to your [C] school,
[B] I went to [C] your [B] churches,
[C] I went to [B] your
Mr.
[C] Goods and Learning [B] [C] Facility?
[B] So how [C] can you say I'm crazy?
Maybe you're the big one right here.
You're the one [B] _
[C] that's got the biggest [B] ass.
Maybe [C] I'll be [F#] down.
_ I'm not saying [A] that.
[G#] _ [F#] You're the [F] one that's saying that.
[G#] [F#] You're not saying that.
[Am] _ [E] _ It's just [C] that
I get so upset about it.
The only person who can give me the most
I can get upset about is [B] myself. _ _ _ _
It doesn't matter.
I'm trying to get my [C] car in the way. _ _
_ [B] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _