Birdcage

E|----------------------2------2-
B|----------------------3------3-
G|----------------------4------4-
D|-------------------------------
A|5----4-------------------------
E|-------7---6-------/2----------
E|--2------2----2------2--2-------------------------| 
B|--3------3----3------3--5-------------------------| 
G|--4------4----4------4--3-------------------------| 
D|------------------------4-------------------------| 
A|------------------------2-------------------------| 
E|2-----------2-------------------------------------| 

           (slide slowly)



       Bm        A
Little bird in a cage

G                     F#
  you’ve been turning heads around 
her

    Bm          A
You played your part

G                          F#
 You signed your lot under their 
instruction

G                                 
Looking through the bars, staring at
F#
 the stars

Bm     A        G        F#
  Only love can heal the sickness of
 celebrity


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 Bm             E      F#
 one by one and day by day

Bm                      E      F#
 see the good ones they fall away

Bm                        E      
I see you standing at the side 
     F#
and you know you should be

Bm                       E       
 sorry
      F#




Bm                      G        
You said, that we could never be 
F#
together

Bm                    G       F#
You’re too pretty and I'm too clever


Bm                G             
     Good morning heartache and 
F#
these foolish

Bm                G             F#
things



Bm     A        G        F#
  Only love can heal the sickness of
 celebrity

Bm                             A 
Love is the bread. Love is the 
                G          F#
wine. Love is the soul’s hot coals


Bm         G                  F#
‘Why?’ the caged bird always sings

Bm                        G      
through the ages, for the 
         F#
pleasure of the kings

Bm                            
Lying down with a thorn in your 
                G                F#
crown they’re calling out your name

           Bm      G       F#
You slip away