{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1779997,"song":"Cage The Songbird","artist":"Elton John","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1779997-cage-the-songbird-chords-by-elton-john/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1779997?type=chord","rating":4.72678,"votes":14,"content":"VERSE 1\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSober in the morning light[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nThings look so much different[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]            [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nTo how they looked last night[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA pale face pressed to an unmade bed[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nLike flags of many nations flying high above her head[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nVERSE 2\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThe cellophane still on the flowers[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe telegram still in her hand[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAs whispers circulate all day[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nTheir back-stage baby princess passed away[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nCHORUS\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]C#m[/ch]          [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nAnd you can cage the songbird[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bm[/ch]                 [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nBut you can't make her sing[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]C#m[/ch]          [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nAnd you can trap the free bird[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]Bm[/ch]               [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nBut you'll have to clip her wings[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]              [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]E7[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]E7[/ch]  \r\n`Cause she'll soar like a hawk when she flies[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch] \r\nBut she'll dive like an eagle when she dies[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOoh!  ooh![/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nVERSE 3\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nPromises of no more lies[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                  \r\nFell flat upon an empty stage[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBefore the audience arrived[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA return in time to the cheaper seats[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShe never knew what lay beneath[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nJust a dated handbill they found between the sheets[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nVERSE 4\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nLet down before the final curtain[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nA shallow heart that left her cold[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe left in rouge upon the mirror[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nA circled kiss to the faithful fans who'd miss her[/tab]\r\n\r\n(CHORUS)\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOoh!  ooh!  ooh![/tab]","plain_text":"VERSE 1\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVERSE 2\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVERSE 3\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVERSE 4\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(CHORUS)","chords":["A","G","D","E","C#m","G#m","Bm","F#m","E7"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"E7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,0,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,1,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}