{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1508243,"song":"Mind Playing Tricks On Me","artist":"Geto Boys","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11278267-mind-playing-tricks-on-me-chords-by-geto-boys/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1508243?type=chord","rating":4.84242,"votes":10,"content":"Chords Used\r\n[tab]Bm7- [0-2-4-2-3-2]\r\nEm7 - [0-7-9-7-6-7][/tab]\r\n\r\n=============================================================================\r\nMain Riff\r\n=============================================================================\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]e------------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nB---9---12-12-12---9---12---14---9--------7--------------7---------|\r\nG---------------------------------------------9-9-9---6----9--9----|\r\nD------------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nA------------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nE------------------------------------------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n=============================================================================\r\nLyrics w/ Chords\r\n=============================================================================\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm7[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nAt night I can't sleep, I toss and turn[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm7[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nCandlesticks in the dark, visions of bodies bein' burned[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm7[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nFour walls closin' in gettin' bigger[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm7[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nI'm paranoid, sleepin' with my finger on the trigger[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm7[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nMy mother's always stressin' I ain't livin' right[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm7[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nBut I ain't going out without a fight[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm7[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nSee, everytime my eyes close[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm7[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nI start sweatin' and blood starts comin' out my nose[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm7[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nThere's somebody watchin' the Ack'[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm7[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nBut I don't know who it is, so I'm watchin' my back[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm7[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nI can see him when I'm deep in the covers[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm7[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nWhen I awake I hear a call burnin' rubber[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm7[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nHe owns a black hat like I own[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm7[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nA black suit and a cane like my own[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm7[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nSome might say, \"Take a chill, B\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm7[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nBut I can't G, cause there's somebody trying to kill me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm7[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nI'm poppin' in the clip when the wind blows[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm7[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nEvery twenty seconds got me peepin' out my window[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm7[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nInvestigatin' the joint for traps[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm7[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nCheckin' my telephone for taps[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm7[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nI'm starin' at the woman on the corner[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm7[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nIt's messed up, when your mind is playin' tricks on you[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Main Riff]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bm7[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nI make big money, I drive big cars[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm7[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nEverybody know me, it's like I'm a movie star[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm7[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nBut late at night, somethin' ain't right[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm7[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nI feel I'm being tailed by the same sucker's head lights[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm7[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nIs it that fool that I ran off the block?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm7[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nOr is it that clown last week that I shot?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm7[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nOr is it the one I beat for five thousand dollars[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm7[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nThought he had caine but it was Gold Medal Flour[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm7[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nReach under my seat, grabbed my popper for the suckers[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm7[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nAin't no use to me lyin, I was scareder than a mother*****[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm7[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nHooked a left into Pop eye's and bailed out quick[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm7[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nIf it's goin' down, let's get this shit over with[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm7[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nHere they come, just like I figured[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm7[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nI got my hand on the chrome play the trigger[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm7[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nWhat I saw'll make your ass start gigglin'[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm7[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nThree black crippled and crazy senior citizens[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm7[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nI live by the sword[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm7[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nI take my boys everywhere I go, because I'm paranoid[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm7[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nI keep lookin' over my shoulder and peepin' around corners[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm7[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nMy mind is playin' tricks on me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Main Riff]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm7[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nDay by day it's more impossible to cope[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm7[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nI feel like I'm the one that's doing dope[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm7[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nCan't keep a steady hand because I'm nervous[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm7[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nEvery Sunday mornin' I'm in service[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm7[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nPrayin' for forgiveness[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm7[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nAnd tryin' to find an exit out the business[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm7[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nI know the Lord is lookin' at me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm7[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nBut yet and still it's hard for me to feel happy[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm7[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nI often drift while I drive[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm7[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nHavin' fatal thoughts of suicide[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm7[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nBANG and get it over with[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm7[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nAnd then I'm worry-free, but that's nonsense[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm7[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nI got a little boy to look after[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm7[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nAnd if I died then my child would be a bastard[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm7[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nI had a woman down with me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm7[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nBut to me it seems like she was down to get me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm7[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nShe helped me out in this[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm7[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nBut to me she was just another chick[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm7[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nNow she's back with her mother[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm7[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nNow I'm realizing that I love her[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm7[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nNow I'm feelin' lonely[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm7[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nMy mind is playin' tricks on me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Main Riff]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm7[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nThis year Halloween fell on a weekend[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm7[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nMe and Geto Boys are trick-or-treatin'[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm7[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nRobbin' little kids for bags[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm7[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nTill an old man got behind our rags[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm7[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nSo we speeded up the pace[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm7[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nTook a look back, and he was right before our face[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm7[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nHe'd be in for a squabble no doubt[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm7[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nSo I swung and and tried to take him out[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm7[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nHe was goin' down, we planned[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm7[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nBut this wasn't no ordinary man[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm7[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nHe stood about six or seven feet[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm7[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nNow, that's the creep I'd be seein' in my sleep[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm7[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nSo we triple-teamed on him[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm7[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nDroppin' them 5th ward B's on him[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm7[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nThe more I swung the more blood flew[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm7[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nThen he disappeared and my boys disappeared too[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm7[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nThen I felt just like a fiend[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm7[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nIt wasn't even close to Halloween[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm7[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nIt was dark as death on the streets[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm7[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nMy hands were all bloody from punching on the concrete[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm7[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nGod damn, homie[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm7[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nMy mind is playin' tricks on me [/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]Bm7[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch]","plain_text":"Chords Used\n\n\n=============================================================================\nMain Riff\n=============================================================================\n\n\n\n\n=============================================================================\nLyrics w/ Chords\n=============================================================================\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Main Riff]\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Main Riff]\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Main Riff]\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBm7 Em7","chords":["B","G","D","A","E","Bm7","Em7"],"chord_diagrams":{"Bm7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,0,2,0,3],"frets":[-1,2,0,2,0,2]},"Em7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,0,3,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,3,0]}}}