Mal Blum

The Shrink Thinks

Mal Blum


Tom: G

  G                                   C
I think I'm pretty good at talking to people
  G                               D
I try to listen hard when they respond
        G
but I'm not much of a networker
  C
unless you like non-sequiturs
      G                   D                 G
about mold, or ghosts, or chubby little dogs
                                         C
so I thought that I would make a life in music
         G                               D
though I know catching a break can be so hard
         G                                  C
and this big band needed an opener but that week I was scared of my computer
     G                  D              G
so I missed the show at Madison square garden


[Chorus]
    G                      C               G
the shrink thinks that the problem's in my head
    G                      C               G
the shrink thinks that the problem's in my head
          C                  G             Em              D
you would think that I would know it but I never seemed to notice
        G                      C               G
now the shrink thinks that the problem's in my head


[Verse 2]
    G                             C
And everyone has heard the horror stories
      G                                  D
about labels that take small bands for a ride
         G
which is maybe why when I got the offer
  C
I picked it apart until they pulled it
        G                D              G
I'll be broke but own my masters when I die



[Chorus]
    G                      C               G
the shrink thinks that the problem's in my head
    G                      C               G
the shrink thinks that the problem's in my head
          C                  G             Em              D
you would think that I would know it but I never seemed to notice
        G                      C               G
now the shrink thinks that the problem's in my head


[Interlude]
G C G D G C G D G


[Verse 3]
     G                               C
so I got a side job sometimes making coffee
      G                            D
and I met myself some friendly regulars
    G                                     C
one was a music magazine editor asked for tracks
C
that I'm never gonna send to her
N.C.
(that one's probably just self-sabotage)


[Chorus]
    G                      C               G
the shrink thinks that the problem's in my head
    G                      C               G
the shrink thinks that the problem's in my head
          C                  G             Em              D
you would think that I would know it but I never seemed to notice
        G                      C               G
now the shrink thinks that the problem's in my head
    G                      C               G
the shrink thinks that the problem's in my head
    G                      C               G
the shrink thinks that the problem's in my head
          C                  G             Em              D
you would think that I would know it but I never seemed to notice
        G                      C               G
now the shrink thinks that the problem's in my head
    G                      C                G
the shrink thinks that the problem is in my head