C
As long as I remember
            F
I’ve been learning to escape
   C
I lock myself in places
    G
Situations I can’t change
       Am
I feel older than my age is
         Em
They say I’m too young to know
  F
Tomorrow’s my 10th birthday
              G
I’ll take my BMX and go


[Verse 2]
           C
I’ll be a master of illusion
         F
And live by the honor code
     C
I’ll do my work in private
          G
And I’ll keep my secrets close
     Am
I’m sick of all the grownups
        Em
And how everybody lies
       F
Don’t ever underestimate
   G
A kid with seven lives


[Chorus]
      C            F
Break away like Houdini
 Am                            G
While there’s still some mystery
   F                Am
Tomorrow you won’t see me


[Post-Chorus]
        C    G   Am   G    F
By the time you find this tape
           C       Am    G F
I’ll have made my great escape


[Verse 3]
      C
They put me in these boxes
         F
With too many locks to pick
 C
Running out of breath is how
   G
I lost life number six
       Am
But I know I’m getting better
         Em
I’ll do anything to survive
        F
And I think I kind of like life
        G
Number five


[Chorus]
       C           F
Break away like Houdini
Am                            G
While there’s still some mystery
  F                 Am
Tomorrow you won’t see me


[Post-Chorus]
        C    G   Am  G     F
By the time you find this tape
          C        Am   G  F
I’ll have made my great escape


[Bridge]
     C
I’m out here on my own now
         G
With no family or friends
 Am
Chains I can get out of
      Em
It’s love I don’t understand
    F
I guess there’s only so much
  G
Escaping you can do
     C
And just like that
    F                  C
I burned lives four to two


[Chorus]
        C          F
Break away like Houdini
 Am                           G
While there’s still some mystery
   F                Am
Tomorrow you won’t see me


[Post-Chorus]
        C    G   Am   G    F
By the time you find this tape
           C       Am   G  F
I’ll have made my great escape


[Verse 4]
     C
I’m older now and wondering
 F
Why I wanted to get out
       C
So I found that tape and listened
       G
To me saying the words out loud
     Am
I’m sure I can’t remember
    Em
What I kept running to
        F
What I made them think was magic
 G
Wasn’t true


[Verse 5]
    C
So gone is all the glamour
     F
The crowds, the mystery
        C
For my final trick I’ll tell you
         G
How life up here looks to me
       Am
Even someone like Houdini
       Em
Never really got away
   F
I guess I’m outta lives now
           G
I wish I cherished every day


[Outro]
         F
When you only have one life
              G           C
You better cherish every day