Cage the Songbird chords by Elton John
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Intro 1
(G major) (D major) (Dsus4) (D major) (G major) (D major) (G major) (C major) (D major) (G major)
Verse 1
Sober in (G major)
the morning (F major) light (C major)
Things look so much different
(F major) To how they looked (G major) last night (D major) (G major)
A pale face pressed to an (F major) unmade bed
Like flags (C major) of many nations (F major) flying
(G major) high above her head
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Verse 2
(G major)
The cellophane (D major) still on
the flowers (F major)
The telegram still in her hand (C major) (G major)
As whispers cir (C major) cu (G major) late (F major) all day
Their (C major) back-stage baby baby
princess (F major) passed away
(G major)
Verse 3
And you can (B minor) cage the song (F sharp minor) bird
But (A minor) you can't make her sing (E minor)
And you can (B minor) trap the free (F sharp minor) bird
But you'll (A minor) have to clip her wings (E minor)
Cause she'll soar (D major) (G major) like (D major) a
hawk when she flies (G major) (D major)
(G major) But she'll (C major) dive like an eagle (D major) when she (G major)
Interlude 1
dies
(Dsus4) (D major) (G major) (F major) (C major) (F major) (G major) (D major)
(G major)
Verse 4
Promises (G major) of no (F major) more lies
Fell flat (C major) upon an empty (F major) stage
Before the (G major) audience arrived
(D major) (G major) A return in time to the cheap (F major) er seats
She never knew what lay (C major) beneath
Just a dated (F major) handbill they found (G major)
Verse 5
between the sheets
(G major)
Let down before the final (D major) curtain (F major)
A shallow heart that left her cold (C major) (G major)
She left in rouge upon (F major) the mirror
A circled kiss (C major) (F major) to the faithful (G major) who'd miss (B minor) (G major) (B minor) (F sharp minor) (A minor) (E minor)
(B minor) (F sharp minor) her
Outro 1
(A minor) (E minor) (D major) (G major) (D major) (G major) (C major)
(D major) (G major) (D major) (G major) (F major) (G major) (C major) (F major)
(G major) (D major) (G major) (F major) (C major) (F major)
Cage the Songbird
Elton John
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