Fear Is The Mind Killer
By Jesse Welles
Written by Jesse Welles
Album: Middle (2025)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eMpkgF2wzw&list=OLAK5uy_mukQS4Cs1pcI61jmXVoKCL376UiGPexvo&index=4



D                                                  Em
How was I supposed to know that my stone was gonna roll way down in the valley
D                                               Em
How was I supposed to see all the fishes in the sea swimmed on without me
    A7                        A7sus4 A7
And I was just a little stone at the bottom of the sea

The waves were crashing over me

D                                    Em
How was I supposed to keep all of my sheep when the hill's so steep
D                                                  Em
How was I supposed to know that my stone was gonna roll way down in the valley
       Bm G  E7                                Bm G E7
To the ocean,  floating along with the strangest notion

Take off my old clothes and never put 'em back on


Chorus:
Bm   G   E7        Bm           G    E7
F-e-e-e-a-r is the mind, is the mind killa
Bm     G               E7
killa, killa, the real killa
Bm   G   E7
Feeeeeeeeear


D                                              Em 
How was I supposed to know I was gonna fall in love with 'ole Takanaka
D                                           Em
Mowing my lawn on a Sunday, praying for the daisy's forgiveness and the rain to come on
       Bm G             E7                                      Bm G  E7
To the ocean, how's the surf down there in Japan, good man, is it open

I wanna be specifically Pacific but I'm Arkansan


Bridge:
               Bm            G
You know I must, I gotta trust
      E7
This lust for the ocean, pick it


D  Em twice 


Chorus


D                                                 Em
How was I supposed to know that my soul was gonna grow into a big soul flower
D                                          Em
The only thing I'd ever need was a big hot sun and the occasional shower
D                                                  Em
How was I supposed to know that my stone was gonna roll away down in the valley
D                                               Em    
How was I supposed to see all the fishes in the sea swimmed on without me
       Bm G  E7                                Bm G E7
To the ocean,  floating along with the strangest notion


Chorus