Verse 1
C 
I know how it feels 
      E 
To be cooling my heels 
          Am            G 
I've been down on them 
       F 
Long enough 
         C 
But if I take to them now 
     E 
Then maybe somehow 
       F 
You'll see through the bluff 
        G 
I'm not playing it tough 
 
Chorus
C                       Am 
I've been a lifetime on deposit 
             F                G 
And that's a long time in the closet 
           C 
And if you say to me 
    Am 
How was it? 
       F 
It was hard taking 
     G 
That heart breaking 
C            Am 
God forsaken route 
Am 
But I'm 
F                   G 
Buh buh buh buh buh buh 
         C 
Breaking out! Ooh! 
 
Verse 2
C 
You may say that you choose 
       E 
To be in my shoes 
    Am            G 
But look what it 
        F 
Did for me 
      C 
I got buried alive 
        E 
I don't thrive on that jive 
F 
Look and you'll see 
        G 
That my spikes don't fit me 
 
Chorus
C                       Am 
I've been a lifetime on deposit 
             F                G 
And that's a long time in the closet 
           C 
And if you say to me 
    Am 
How was it? 
       F 
It was hard taking 
     G 
That heart breaking 
C            Am 
God forsaken route 
Am 
But I'm 
F                   G 
Buh buh buh buh buh buh 
         C 
Breaking out! 
C 
Breaking out! 
C 
Breaking out! Uh!