Key: F major
Verse 1
Bm
F#
I must have had some strange idea
Bm
E
F#
G
That the earth was a friendly place
Bm
F#
That I could go from here to there
D
Bm
E
Because I was some special case
G
D
I had this picture of something beautiful
F#
Bm
F#
Bm
F#
But it was not the real thing
Bm
G
The real world flew in pieces
Bm
F#
Bm
Until one of them began to sing
D
G
D
Then all of a sudden I realized
A
D
G
D
There was a bird in that cage
A
D
A
And while I was planning to break out
D
A
D
There was a bird in that cage
A
D
G
All my amateur witchcraft had failed me
Bb
F
It flew back into my face
D
G
D
Then all of a sudden I realized
A
D
G
D
A
There was a bird in that cage
D
G
D
I thought I'd try to escape my bonds
A
D
G
D
And I'd get out there so far
D
A
And she gave me the word
D
A
D
A
Man, you don't know where you are
Bb
F
Just from the size of a page
D
G
D
And when I heard that voice I realized
A
D
G
D
There was a bird in that cage
A
Bb
The tree told me that the smallest parts
Am
Dm
And how long can you last
Em
A
As you can possibly go
D
G
D
All of a sudden I realized
A
D
G
D
There was a bird in that cage
A
D
A
While I was planning a breakout
D
A
D
A
There was a bird in that cage
D
G
All my amateur witchcraft that failed me
Bb
F
Flew back into my face
D
G
D
Then all of a sudden I realized
A
D
G
D
There was a bird in that cage
A
Interlude 1
Bb
F
Am
Dm
Bb
Em
A
Verse 2
D
G
D
of a sudden I realized
A
D
G
D
there was a bird in that cage
A
D
A
While I was planning to break out
D
A
D
There was a bird in that cage
A
D
G
She said that I was part of the true mind,
Bb
F
not a ladder into outer space
D
G
D
Oh, all of a sudden I realized
A
D
G
there was a bird in that cage
D
A
D
G
D
There was a bird in that cage
A
D
G
D
There was a bird in that cage!
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