swimming in a cage chords by Andy Shauf

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Intro 1

I waited till the morning,

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 (D major) to  (G major) come back into use  (A major) 
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I  (D major) wrote it  (G major) out a hundred  (B minor)  (D major) times,
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but it  (G major) never  (D major) seemed as true  (A major) as  (D major) when I  (G major) stumbled home  (B minor) and  (A major) felt
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The  (G major) words upon my  (E major) lips
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 (A major) You  (D major) grabbed me  (G major) by my arm  (B minor) and
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 (D major) smelt the  (G major) li quor in my truth
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 (A major) I said,  (C major) "I'm swimming in a cage"  (G major)  (D major) 
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The  (D major) morning rose in silence,
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 (B minor)  (D major) and I  (G major) watched it  (D major) fill  (A major)  (D major) the room
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Earlier than dawn  (B minor) you  (A major) crept into
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 (D major) You always  (G major) were an  (B minor) early  (D major) bird,
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 (G major) and  I was al (D major) ways tired
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 (A major) So I  (D major) laid in  (G major) bed all warm and  (B minor)  (D major) wake
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and  (G major) thought about the com (A major) ing days
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I said,  (C major) "I'm swimming in a cage,  (G major) 
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 (D major) I'm  (C major) swimming in a cage"  (G major)  (D major)  (B minor)  (D major)  (G major)  (D major) 
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I  (D major) folded  (B minor) on my page and  (A major) left it  (G major) by the kitchen sink,  (A major) 
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where I  (D major) knew that you  (B minor) would find it  (D major) when you  (G major) came back from New York
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 (A major) You'd be  (D major) sitting  (G major) down the bas (B minor) ket  (D major) full  (G major) of apples from the tree  (A major)  (E major) and with  (D major) two hands you  (B minor) would open up  (A major) my  (G major) letter and be (A major) gin to read,
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"I'm  (C major) swimming in a cage,  (G major) and I  (C major) don't want you drowning,  (G major) and as my  (C major) boots turned up dust,  (G major)  (C major) I just hoped for understanding"  (G major)  (D major) 