Next To Normal - The break

They ^B5told me that ^D5the wiring ^E5Was somehow all ^F#5mis-f^E5ir-^D5ing And ^B5screwing up ^D5the signals in ^E5my brai^F#5n ^{E5 D5 A5}And ^B5then they told ^D5me chemistry ^E5The juice and not ^F#5the cir^E5cui^D5try Was ^B5mixing up ^D5and making me ^A5in-^B5sane

What ^Emhappens when the b^C9urn has healed But the ^Bmskin has not regr^Down? What ^Emhappens when the c^Bm/Dast, at last, comes off^{C D/C C} And then you find the break^{Am7 Bm7/A Am7} Was always in an^F#5other ^A5bone^B5?

They ^B5tried a mil^D5lion meds and ^E5They strapped me to ^F#5their beds ^E5and^D5 They ^B5shrugged and told ^D5me, "That's the way ^E5it goe^F#5s" ^{E5 D5 A5}But ^B5finally ^D5you hit it! ^E5I asked you just ^F#5what did ^E5it ^D5 You ^B5shrugged and said ^D5that no one real^A5ly ^B5knows

^EmWhat happens if the m^C9edicine wasn't ^Bmreally in contr^Dol? What ^Emhappens if the c^Bm/Dut, the burn, the break^{C D/C C} Was never in my br^Am7ain ^{Bm7/A Am7} Or in my blood, but ^F#susin my soul? ^F#

What ^Emhappens if the ^Gmaj9/Dcut, the burn, the break^C9 Was never in my b^Am7rain Or in my blood, but ^F#m7in ^E9/G#my ^Asussoul?