I don't know if this is exactly what they do, but this works for me when I sing 
it. I'll add in some Fm chords after an F sometimes for extra sad effect. Don't 
know if they do that either. And sorry for the spacing. The end result always 
seems to be shifted from the edited view...

You can figure out the lead in...

              
There's a tong


ue in my mouth

.
              
There's a lock

              
 on the door a

              
nd I can't ima

      
gine wishing f

or more.
       
I've paid for 

my crimes and 

I've unlied my

 lies.
       
And now I'm ad

orned with a c

lever disguise

.
            
I am free as a

    
 bird.
            
I'm free from 

           
my words.
              
There is a pil

  
l I've been me

aning to swall

ow
              
and it's shape

              
d like a recor

              
d that I'd lik

          
e to borrow
       
and covered in

 shit I've bee

n meaning to w

allow
       
and I don't kn

ow where I'll 

be tomorrow.
            
I'm free as a 

    
bird.
            
I'm free from 

           
my words.
            
I'm free as a 

             
bird flying ov

                 
er the sea.
              
Just can't fin

               
d the summer.
              
If there's a G

   
od in the sky 

or a devil bel

ow.

That doesn't m

atter to me.
         
Cus I see Sata

n's face when 

I look in the 

mirror.
   
I see God insi

de of all of t

he people I me

et.
            
I'm free as a 

    
bird.
            
I'm free from 

           
my words.
            
I'm free as a 

             
man who's out 

             
wandering the 

              
streets lookin

                               
g for shelter.

Enjoy! :)