{"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":1874430,"song":"The Soul Cages","artist":"Sting","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1874430-the-soul-cages-chords-by-sting/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1874430?type=chord","rating":4.7648,"votes":17,"content":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fo5c8Qplfco\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]                             [ch]Bb[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe boy child is locked in the fisherman's yard[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]                                        [ch]Bb[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThere's a bloodless moon where the oceans die[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]                          [ch]Bb[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nA shoal of night stars hang fire in the nets[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Gm[/ch]                     [ch]Bb[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd the chaos of cages where the crayfish lie[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]                      [ch]Bb[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhere is the fisherman, where is the goat,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]                         [ch]Bb[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhere is the keeper in his carrion coat?[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Gm[/ch]                        [ch]Bb[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nEclipse on the moon when the dark bird flies[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]                          [ch]Bb[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhere is the child with his father's eyes?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]                              [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nHe's the king of the ninth world[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]                                 [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nThe twisted son of the fog bells' toll[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]                           [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nIn each and every lobster cage,      a tortured human soul[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Pre-Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                         [ch]Bbsus4[/ch]\r\nThese are the souls of the broken factories[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                        [ch]Bbsus4[/ch]\r\nThe subject slaves of the broken crown[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                     [ch]Bbsus4[/ch]\r\nThe dead accounting of old guilty promises[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThese are the souls of the broken town[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]            [ch]Bb[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThese are the soul cages[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThese are the soul cages[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]            [ch]Bb[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThese are the soul cages[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]            [ch]Bb[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThese are the soul cages[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n'I have a wager,' the brave child spoke[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe fisherman laughed though disturbed at the joke[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\n'You will drink what I drink  But you must equal me,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                   [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd if the drink leaves me standing, A soul shall go free'[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\n'I have here a cask of most magical wine[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nA vintage that blessed every ship in the line[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIt's wrung from the blood of the sailors who died[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYoung white bodies adrift in the tide'[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\n'And what's in it for me, my pretty young thing?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhy should I whistle when the caged bird sings?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIf you lose a wager with the king of the sea[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                   [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou'll spend the rest of forever in the cage with me'[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThese are the soul cages[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThese are the soul cages[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThese are the soul cages[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThese are the soul cages[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nA body lies open in the fisherman's yard like[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe side of a ship where the iceberg rips[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOne less soul in the soul cages[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOne last curse on the fisherman's lips[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThese are the soul cages[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThese are the soul cages[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThese are the soul cages[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThese are the soul cages[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThese are the soul cages[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Post-Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Dmaj7[/ch]                          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd he dreamed of a ship on the sea[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]\r\nThat would carry his father and he[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dmaj7[/ch]                          [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nTo a place they could never be found[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]E7sus4[/ch]\r\nTo a place far away from this town[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]Bm7[/ch]\r\nA Newcastle ship without coals[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nThey would sail to the island of souls[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]B[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Chorus Outro]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]B[/ch]\r\nThese are the soul cages[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]B[/ch]\r\nThese are the soul cages[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]B[/ch]\r\nThese are the soul cages[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]B[/ch]\r\nThese are the soul cages[/tab]","plain_text":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fo5c8Qplfco\n\n[Intro]\nGm Bb C Gm F C\nGm Bb C Gm F C\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nC Bb\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n[Pre-Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nAm C Bb\nAm C Bb\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Post-Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nF#m  B\n\n[Chorus Outro]","chords":["Gm","Bb","C","F","A","Bbsus4","Am","D","G","Dmaj7","F#m","E7sus4","Bm7","B"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"Bm7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,0,2,0,3],"frets":[-1,2,0,2,0,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Dmaj7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,1,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,2,2]},"E7sus4":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,0,2,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,2,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"Gm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,5,3,3,3]}}}