Key: F major•
Intro 1
F
Bb
F
C
F
Verse 1
F
God cage the songbird
Bb
F
C
F
Before the feathers run brown
Bb
God bar the windows
F
C
F
That we may though hollow be sound
Verse 2
F
And this island shall be
Bb
F
shackled to her waters
Bb
C
Here we vow never to change
F
Bb
Here we will stand at last
F
for something
C
With no desire to pretend
Verse 3
F
Bb
Send up our prayers to
F
gilded idols
Bb
C
Their names etched in heartwood of palm
F
Bb
F
And scatter the ashes of the contracts
C
F
Their freedom so hollow a song
Verse 4
F
Bb
God cage the songbird
C
F
C
Be fore the feathers run brown
F
Bb
C
Bb
God bar the win dows
F
C
That we may though hollow
F
be sound
Verse 5
F
Now the street lamp will be
Bb
Dm
tethered to her station
F
Bb
As the poor man is tethered
C
to the flesh
F
The wise man will be
Bb
F
tethered to his wisdom
C
As the mother is tethered
F
to her creche
Verse 6
F
Was your hunger your
Bb
F
awareness of salvation
Bb
As your chances go slip
C
ping to the past
F
You're tortured by the
Bb
F
changing of the seasons
C
F
And each grain of sand in the glass
Interlude 1
C
Bb
F
C
F
Bb
F
C
F
Verse 7
F
C
Bb
God cage the songbird
F
C
F
Before the feathers run brown
C
Bb
God bar the windows
F
C
That we may though hollow be sound
F
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsF Bb C Dm
F
Bb
C
Dm
Capo: 3
Transpose: 0
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