Year: 1978 - Album: From the Inside
INTRO:C#,Bbm,B (x2) C#,F#,Ebm,C#,F#,B D A/D D A/D D/F# A/C# Bm D/A Verse1:The California air Your nightgown on the stairs Em I remember every night, G Em D A/D D,Bm,Em7,A Scenes from home in the Quiet Room D A/D D A/D D/F# A/C# Bm D/A Verse2:How long have I been gone Did winter kill the lawn Em And all those polaroids you sent G Em D A/D D Are on the wall in the Quiet RoomD A/D D A/D D/F# A/C# Bm D/A Verse3:Plastic forks and spoon, No laces in my shoes Em They all know what I tried to do G Em D A/D D Outside the Quiet Room interlude: D,A/D,D,A/D,D/F#,A/C#, Bm,D/A,G,Em,G,D,A/D,D chorus:This quiet place It ain't so new to me It's haunted atmosphere Has heard so many scream My home from home My twilight zone My strangest dream My confidant,I have confessed my life The Quiet Room Knows more about me than my wife They've got this place Where they've been keeping me Where I can't hurt myself, I just can't I just can't get these damn wrists to bleed D A/D D A/D A mattress on the floor D/F# A/C# Bm D/A No handles on the door G I really need nothing here Em Em7,D A/D D I'm aloneG They've got this place Em Where they've been keeping me /F# G Where I can't hurt myself Em I can't get my wrists to bleed D D/C B Just don't know why, Suicide appeals to me G Em The Quiet Room, Is sterilized and white /F# G It's like a tomb, With just a Em Dsus2,D, G/A moth stained naked night