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Key: A
🤘 Intro:
A E F♯m D
A F♯m E
🤘 Verse 1:
G A Bm
Voices come from down the hall
G A Bm
In my room, all painted white
G A Bm
I have my bat and rubber ball
G A Bm
I like to sleep with them at night
C B Am
But now
I'm all smiles
C B Am
The good little shots must be winning
C B Am
Yes, they crank my dial
C D
My motor is stalled but my wheels are still spinning
🤘 Chorus:
A E
Daddy won't discuss me
F♯m D
What a state I must be?
A
Mommy couldn't stand
F♯m E
Living with a wind-up toy
🤘 Verse 2:
G A Bm
All my friends live on the floor
G A Bm
Tiny legs and tiny eyes
G A Bm
They're free to crawl under the door
G A Bm
And, and someday soon, so will I
C B Am
But now
I'm all smiles
C B Am
These good little shocks must be workin'
C B Am
I'm so happy now
C D
Look, my fingers don't shake and my head isn't jerkin'
🤘 Chorus:
A E
Daddy won't discuss me
F♯m D
What a pain I must be?
A
Mommy couldn't stand
F♯m E
Having such a wound-up boy
A E
Doctors wanna check me
F♯m D
Poke me and dissect me
A F♯m E
What do they expect, feelings from a wind up toy?
F♯m E
I don't think so
I'm just a wind-up toy
D
A wind-up toy
🤘 Bridge:
Bm C
I'm lost in a nightmare, shiny white halls
G
Drawing rats on the wall
Bm C
Solitary confinement, chained in a cell
D
Got my own private hell
C B Am x3
C D
🤘 Chorus:
A E
Preacher crucifies me
F♯m D
Warden wants to fry me
A
I was never young
F♯m E
Never just a little boy
A E
Daddy won't discuss me
F♯m D
Oh, what a pain I must be?
A
Mama couldn't stand
F♯m E
Having such a wound-up boy
🤘 Outro:
F♯m E
I'm just a wind-up toy
D
I'm a wind-up toy
F♯m E
I'm just a wind-up toy
D
I'm just a wind-up toy
F♯m E
I'm just a wind-up toy
D
Wind-up toy, wind-up toy
F♯m
I'm just a wind-up toy
E D
Wind-up toy, wind-up toy
F♯m E
I'm just a wind-up toy
D
I'm just a wind-up toy
Fade Out
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Song History
Published: October 15, 2022
Last Updated: February 23, 2026