Capo 1 
 
 
B         F#               E 
The folks, they just can't take no more 
B                     F#             E 
Throw you in the back seat, slam the door 
B                  F#                E    
No stoppin' as down the road you go 
G#m 
Got not time to lose 
 
Gigantic one way gate ahead 

You're thinkin' man I'd as soon be dead 

They decided to give you life instead 

The sanitarium blues 
 
Big ole nurse all dressed in white slaps you on a table in the middle of the night 

Then he straps you down real tight 

You're wonderin', what'd I do 
 
They hose you down, make sure you're clean 

Wrap you up in hospital green 

Shoot you full of Thorazine 

The sanitarium blues 
 
Bridge: 
E          B       F# 
Could be a TB or maybe a tumor 
E                               B              F# 
Eavesdropping on the doctors, listening to the rumors 
E                                           F# 
Can't see your friends, hear the hum of the wheels 
          B                       F# 
Hey my man, you know how it feels 
E 
Like the sanitarium blues 
 
 
They upon some sunlit day they figure there's no need for you to stay 
They're pretty sure you can't be cured so they send you on your merry way 
You hit the pavement, hang around nobody's on the outside to be found 
 
 
You're just tryin' to stay above the ground 
You start to thinkin', what's the use? 
The sanitarium blues