Institutionalized Chords by Suicidal Tendencies

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_ _ [C] Sometimes I try [B] to do things, [C] but it just doesn't [B] work out the way I want [C] it to.
And I [B] get real frustrated.
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_ [B] I [C] try hard to do it, [B] and I take my [C] time, but it just doesn't [B] work out the way I [C] want it to.
[B] Like I concentrate [C] on it real hard, [B] but it just doesn't [C] work out.
And everything I do and everything I try, it never turns out.
It's like, I need time to figure these [B] things out.
[C] There's always someone there [B] going,
Hey Mike, [C] you know, we've been noticing [B] you've been having a lot of [C] problems lately, you know?
[B] Maybe get [C] away.
And [B] like, maybe you should [C] talk about it.
You'll feel a [B] lot better.
[C] I go, no, it's okay, [B] you know?
I'll [C] figure it out.
You see [B] me alone?
I'll [C] figure it out, you [B] know?
I'm just working [C] on myself.
[B] They go, well, [C] you know, if you want to [B] talk about it, I'll be [C] here, you know?
And you'll [B] probably feel a lot [C] better if you talk about [B] it.
You go, I can talk [C] about it.
I go, [B] no, I don't want [C] to.
I'm okay.
I'll figure it out [B] myself.
They [C] just keep bugging me.
They just keep bugging [B] me.
And it [C] spills on the side.
You got to be in some new time to become a famous.
What time?
You want out?
[B] I'm getting sent.
I'm pretty much getting sent [F#] away.
_ _ I'm [A] not crazy.
It is what [F#] you're doing.
You're the one [A] who's crazy.
It is what [F#] you're doing.
You're driving [A] me crazy.
It is what [B] you're doing.
They [C] kicked me in and they took me to San Juan.
They only took me to get me to the [B] professor.
I was a shaggy bum.
You gotta believe myself. _
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I was in my room.
And I was just like staring at the wall, thinking about everything.
And then I got out, thinking about nothing.
And then my mom came in.
And I didn't [B] even know that she was there.
[C] Called my [B] name and I didn't hear her.
And then [C] she started screaming,
Mom, it's Mike!
And I go, what?
What's the matter?
What's the matter with [B] you?
I go, this is not wrong, Mom.
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 get me a [B] Pepsi?
She goes, [C] no!
You're on [B] drugs!
I [C] go, Mom, [B] I'm okay.
[C] I'm just thinking.
[B] She goes, [C] no!
You're not [B] thinking.
You're on drugs!
[C] None of those people don't [B] act that way.
[C] I go, Mom, [B] just get me a Pepsi, [C] please.
All I [B] want is a Pepsi.
[C] And she wouldn't [B] give it to me.
[C] All I wanted was a Pepsi.
Just one [B] Pepsi.
And [C] she wouldn't give it to me.
Just a [B] Pepsi.
She went to her with her niece.
I went back to see her niece.
Tell me, [C] Auntie, [B] tell me, lady,
the interest rate's out [F#] of the crate. _
I'm not threatening!
Fear is the desire.
You're the one that's threatening.
Fear is the desire.
You're trying to say he's threatening.
[G#] Fear is the desire.
It's [C] a man and his nuisance.
That was the only nuisance you needed from [B] my son.
You've got your [C] mom, [B] you've got me, and my son. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] I was sitting in [B] my room.
[C] My mom and my dad [B] came in.
[C] They pulled up here and they [B] sat down.
[C] They go, why?
[B] We need to talk to you.
[C] I go, [B] okay.
What's the matter?
[C]
They go, [B] me and your mom, [C] we've noticed lately
you've been having a lot of problems.
That you've been going [D] off for no reason.
And we're afraid [C] you're gonna hurt somebody.
[B] And we're afraid [C] you're gonna hurt yourself.
[B] So [C] we decided [Bm] that it would be in your [C] best interest
[Bm] if we put you [C] somewhere where you could get [B] the help
that you [C] need.
And [B] I go, [C] wait, what are you [B] talking about? [C] We [B] decided.
[C] My best [B] interest?
How [C] do you know what [Bm] my [C] best interest is?
[B] How could [C] you say [B] what my [C] best interest [B] is?
What [C] are you trying to say?
I'm crazy?
When I went to your school, [B] I went [C] to your churches,
I went [B] to your mental [C] and social learning facilities.
So how can you say I'm crazy?
Say you know the people that I used to be friends with
and my [B] mates, [C] by the time they've been gone,
I had a man, [F#] I'll be dead.
_ I'm not [A] crazy.
Crazy enough.
You're the one that's crazy.
Crazy [F#] enough.
You got me crazy.
Crazy [B] enough.
And take me in there and get me a bunch of money.
[C] The only person who's gonna give me any of it
is my best [B] friend, his best [C] friend.
He's got me in [B] my shell. _
_ _ Just that I'm trying to get hit by a car and blow.
[C] _ _ _ [B] _ _ [N] _ _ _