Artist: They Might Be Giants
Song: No One Knows My Plan
Album: John Henry


Intro:
F  F(G)  F(A)  F(Bb)
C  C(D)  C(E)  C      (x4)
Dm G C F Bb Eb G C 

Verse 1;
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


Pre Chorus:
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
  In 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

Bridge:
Am  Bb  C  Dm
Eb   G  C  Bb
Am  Bb  C  Dm
G   Bb  C

Chorus:
No one understands
No one knows my plan
Why the dancing, shouting
Why the shrieks of pain
The lovely music
Why the smell of burning autumn leaves

Verse:
In my prison cell I bide my time
Always thinking
Always busy cooking up an angle
Working on the tiny blueprint of the angle
Sketching out the burning autumn leaves

Chorus:
No one understands
No one knows my plan
I must be silent, must contain my secret smile
I want to tell you
you my mirror
you my iron bars

Outro:
   F F(G) F(A) F(Bb)   C     C(D)   C(E)   C 
No one understands
Bb      C        F
No one knows my plan