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Captured Angel
Dan Fogelberg
|  G   C|  D   G|  G   C|  D   G|
 GFound your heart and Clost your lover
 DLick your wounds and Grun for cover 
 GTake your time, there'll Cbe another
2/4 |Bm                         4/4 |C     |
 And don't make the same mistake     twice
 UnCless you can Dpay the Gprice
|  G   C|  D   G|
 GAll the years that you Cspent in growin'
 DEnd up one more Gline you're towin'
 GDon't look now but your Cage is showin' 
 And Bmits much too late to turn Cback 
 You Cbetter pull Din the Gslack
 FCaptured angel aching Cto make your break
 Your Bmfreedom's at Cstake, you better Afly now Am  
 FFly now, fly now while your Cwings are still young
 Your Bmcage door's been Cflung wide Aopen  
 And I'm Amhopin' you'll Bmsee that there's a Cplace beside Cmme 
                    G   C|  D   G|
 If you ever need it
3/4 |  Gmaj7|  C|  F|  G|  Gmaj7|  C|  F|  G|  Gmaj7|  C| 
2/4 | C G |
4/4 | D | D |
 GSold your dreams for Csweet salvation 
 DLeft with righteous Gindignation 
 GNow it seems that you Cface starvation 
 And Bmnourishment doesn't come Ccheap 
 You Cbetter go Dback to Gsleep 
 FCaptured angel aching Cto make your break
 Your Bmfreedom's at Cstake, you better Afly now Am  
 FFly now, fly now while your Cwings are still young
                     Bm            C     D|  D|        
 Your cage door's been flung wide open  
 And I'm Amhopin' you'll Bmsee that there's a Cplace beside me 
                    G   C|  D   G<> |
 If you ever need it
Charted by Dexex
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songs. I don't claim they are the "right" way. They are not tabs, which
notate precisely how a song was played on a recording.)

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Captured Angel

by Dan Fogelberg

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Gmaj7

Captured Angel

Dan Fogelberg

G C D G G C D G

| | | | |

G C

Found your heart and lost your lover

D G

Lick your wounds and run for cover

G C

Take your time, there'll be another

2/4 |Bm 4/4 |C |

And don't make the same mistake twice

C D G

Unless you can pay the price

G C D G

| | |

G C

All the years that you spent in growin'

D G

End up one more line you're towin'

G C

Don't look now but your age is showin'

Bm C

And its much too late to turn back

C D G

You better pull in the slack

F C

Captured angel aching to make your break

Bm C A Am

Your freedom's at stake, you better fly now

F C

Fly now, fly now while your wings are still young

Bm C A

Your cage door's been flung wide open

Am Bm C Cm

And I'm hopin' you'll see that there's a place beside me

G C D G

| |

If you ever need it

Gmaj7 C F G Gmaj7 C F G Gmaj7 C

3/4 | | | | | | | | | | |

2/4 | C G |

4/4 | D | D |

G C

Sold your dreams for sweet salvation

D G

Left with righteous indignation

G C

Now it seems that you face starvation

Bm C

And nourishment doesn't come cheap

C D G

You better go back to sleep

F C

Captured angel aching to make your break

Bm C A Am

Your freedom's at stake, you better fly now

F C

Fly now, fly now while your wings are still young

Bm C D D

| |

Your cage door's been flung wide open

Am Bm C

And I'm hopin' you'll see that there's a place beside me

G C D G

| <> |

If you ever need it

Charted by Dexex

(My chord charts are intended to show how, as a rhythm guitarist, I play

songs. I don't claim they are the "right" way. They are not tabs, which

notate precisely how a song was played on a recording.)

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