Sung by: John Linnell
Length: 2:35
On Albums: John Henry
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + Intro: |: F / F(G) F(A) / F(Bb) C / C(D) C(E) / C :| (x4) |: Dm/G C/F Bb/Eb G/C :| |: 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 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 I n 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 Instrumental: Am Bb C Dm Eb G C Bb Am Bb C Dm G - Bb C Chorus |: F/F(G) F(A)/F(Bb) C / C(D) C(E) / C :| In my prison cell I bide my time |: F/F(G) F(A)/F(Bb) C / C(D) C(E) / C :| Always thinking, always busy cooking up an angle |: Dm / G C / F Bb / Eb G / C :| Working on the tiny blueprint of the angle |: Dm / G C / F Bb / Eb G / C :| Sketching out the burning autumn leaves 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 :| 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 Coda: |: F/F(G) F(A)/F(Bb) C / C(D) C(E) / C :| No one understands Bb / C F No one knows my plan 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + -E.M.