[Intro]
E   B A E   B A E   B A E   B A 
 
[Verse 1]
E                 B      A
Adjectives on the typewriter
   E                      B         A
He moves his words like a prize fighter
    E                    B      A        E
The frenzied pace of the mind inside the cell
 
B    A
 
[Prechorus]
    E                       B       A
The man on the street might just as well be
    E                       B       A
The man on the street might just as well
    E                       B            A
The man on the street might just as well be
 
[Chorus]
A
Outside, outside the walls
                             B
Out there you don't hear the echoes and calls
        E          B                 A
But the steel eye, tight jaw, say it all, say it all
        E            B                     A
But the white paint, plastic saints say it all, say it all, say it all
 
       E
Say it all, say it all
       E
Say it all, say it all, say it all
E            B     A             E    B   A
Say somebody... forgot to say it all
E       B   A          E       B   A
Somebody... got to say it all
 
[Verse 2]
E               B      A
I'm so nervous, I'm so tense
   E                             B      A
My heart can't forget about this self defense
         E                    B            A
When the air is so hot and my breath comes fast
  E                          B             A
I thumb the cool blade but I know this, it can't last
E           B   A
(so nervous, so tense)
  E                          B             A
I thumb the cool blade but I know this, it can't last
E           B   A
(so nervous, so tense)
 
[Chorus]
A
Outside, outside the walls
                             B
Out there you don't hear the echoes and calls
        E          B                 A
But the steel eye, tight jaw, say it all, say it all
        E            B                     A
But the white paint, plastic saints say it all, say it all, say it all
 
       E
Say it all, say it all
       E
Say it all, say it all, say it all
E            B     A             E    B   A
Say somebody... forgot to say it all
E       B   A          E       B
Somebody... got to say it all
 
[Verse 3]
A    E                 B      A
Yeah adjectives on the typewriter
   E                      B         A
He moves his words like a prize fighter
    E                    B      A        E      B   A
The frenzied pace of the mind inside the cell
 
[Ending]
    E                       B       A
The man on the street might just as well be
    E                       B       A
The man on the street might just as well
    E                       B            A
The man on the street might just as well be