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Cages

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1/7

Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Step 1 / 7Position: 1

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CAGES - DEAS VAIL
e|-0---0----2----3---2----3----0---|
B|-0---1----3----3---3----3----1---|
G|-0---2----4----0---2----0----0---|
D|-2---2----4----0---0----2----2---|
A|-2---0----2----2---0----2----3---|
E|-0---0----2----3---0----0----0---|
   Em  Am  B/F#  G   D   Em7   C
EmI can't stand the mechanical breath
And I'm scared I could slowly love you to death
I can Amnever let B/F#go
EmOn and on we are counting the formulas
We've become the modern equation
AmThe numbers of B/F#hope
And AmI won't Gfeed us Dlies here
They're not Cgiving Gus much Dtime
I'd give Amanything to Gmake it bDetter
Baby Amthis is something GI can't Dchange
Oh this Amsilence could go Gon forDever
Am I Amwalking with you Gin your Ddreams
These Em7metaphors for conditions and phobias
We'll pretend that we can explain
But we Amknow we don't B/F#know
We Ccan't be lead by Amfear dear
I'd give Amanything to Gmake it bDetter
Baby Amthis is something GI can't Dchange
Oh this Amsilence could go Gon forDever
Am I Amwalking with you Gin your Ddreams tonight
(Am, G, D) x2
AmHello Ghello can you B/F#hear me
(I'd give anything to make it better)
Can you Amshow me that Gyou underDstand
(Baby this is something I can't change)
AmHello Ghello can you B/F#hear me
(Oh this silence could go on forever)
Can you Amshow me that Gyou underDstand
(Am I walking with you in your dreams)
(Am, G, D) x2
(STRUM ONCE EACH FOR THESE NEXT CHORDS, UNTIL THE ENDING.)
I Amthought we had it Gall B/F#figured out
But Cwe don't know the Ghalf of Dit
And Amsomebody will Gcome and B/F#save us all
And Csomebody will Gcome and Dlet us out
                  (Am, G, B/F#, C, G, D)
Let us out of our cages

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Cages

by Deas Vail

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B/F#

Em7

CAGES - DEAS VAIL

e|-0---0----2----3---2----3----0---|

B|-0---1----3----3---3----3----1---|

G|-0---2----4----0---2----0----0---|

D|-2---2----4----0---0----2----2---|

A|-2---0----2----2---0----2----3---|

E|-0---0----2----3---0----0----0---|

Em Am B/F# G D Em7 C

I can't stand the mechanical breath

And I'm scared I could slowly love you to death

Am B/F#

I can never let go

On and on we are counting the formulas

We've become the modern equation

Am B/F#

The numbers of hope

Am G D

And I won't feed us lies here

C G D

They're not giving us much time

Am G D

I'd give anything to make it better

Am G D

Baby this is something I can't change

Am G D

Oh this silence could go on forever

Am G D

Am I walking with you in your dreams

Em7

These metaphors for conditions and phobias

We'll pretend that we can explain

Am B/F#

But we know we don't know

C Am

We can't be lead by fear dear

Am G D

I'd give anything to make it better

Am G D

Baby this is something I can't change

Am G D

Oh this silence could go on forever

Am G D

Am I walking with you in your dreams tonight

Am G D

(, , ) x2

Am G B/F#

Hello hello can you hear me

(I'd give anything to make it better)

Am G D

Can you show me that you understand

(Baby this is something I can't change)

Am G B/F#

Hello hello can you hear me

(Oh this silence could go on forever)

Am G D

Can you show me that you understand

(Am I walking with you in your dreams)

Am G D

(, , ) x2

(STRUM ONCE EACH FOR THESE NEXT CHORDS, UNTIL THE ENDING.)

Am G B/F#

I thought we had it all figured out

C G D

But we don't know the half of it

Am G B/F#

And somebody will come and save us all

C G D

And somebody will come and let us out

Am G B/F# C G D

(, , , , , )

Let us out of our cages

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