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The Soul Cages

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[Intro]
Gm Bb C Gm F C
Gm Bb C Gm F C
[Verse]
GmThe boy child is locked in the Bbfisherman's yardC  
GmThere's a bloodless moon where the oceans BbdieC  
GmA shoal of night stars hang Bbfire in the netsC  
And the cGmhaos of cages where the Bbcrayfish Clie
GmWhere is the fisherman, Bbwhere is the goatC,
GmWhere is the keeper in his Bbcarrion coaCt?
EclGmipse on the moon when the Bbdark bird flCies
GmWhere is the child with his Bbfather's eCyes?
C Bb
[Verse]
GmHe's the king of the ninth worldBb  C  F  Gm  
GmThe twisted son of the fog bells' tBbollC  F  Gm  
GmIn each and every lobster cagBbe, C   F  Gma tortured human soul
[Pre-Chorus]
BbThese are the souls of the Bbsus4broken factories
BbThe subject slaves of the Bbsus4broken crown
BbThe dead accounting of Bbsus4old guilty promises
BbThese are the souls of the Cbroken town
[Chorus]
GmThese are the Bbsoul cagesC  
GmThese are the Fsoul cagesC  
GmThese are the Bbsoul cagesC  
GmThese are the Bbsoul cagesC  
[Instrumental]
Am C Bb
Am C Bb
[Verse]
Am'I have a wager,' the brave chiCld spokDeG  
AmThe fisherman laughed though diCsturbed at the jDokeG  
Am'You will drink what I drink BCut you must equaDl me,G  
AmAnd if the drink leaves me standing, GA soul shall go Dfree'
Am'I have here a cask of most Cmagical Dwine
AmA vintage that blessed every Cship in the liDne
AmIt's wrung from the Cblood of the sDailors who died
AmYoung white bodies adrGift in the Dtide'
Am'And what's in it for me, my Cpretty young tDhing?
AmWhy should I whistle when the Ccaged bird Dsings?
AmIf you lose a wager with the Cking of the seaD  
AmYou'll spend the rest of forever in tGhe cage with meD'
[Chorus]
AmThese are the Csoul cagesD  
AmThese are the Csoul cagesD  
AmThese are the Csoul cagesD  
AmThese are the Csoul cagesD  
[Verse]
AmA body lies open in the fiCsherman's Dyard like
AmThe side of a Cship where Dthe iceberg rips
AmOne less soul Cin the soul cagesD  
AmOne last curse on the fGisherman's Dlips
[Chorus]
AmThese are the Csoul cagesD  
AmThese are the Csoul cagesD  
AmThese are the Csoul cagesD  
AmThese are the Csoul cagesD  
AmThese are the Csoul cagesD  
[Post-Chorus]
Dmaj7And he dreamed of a ship on the Asea
That would carry his father and Dmaj7he
Dmaj7To a place they could never be F#mfound
To a place far away from this tE7sus4own
A Newcastle ship without cBm7oals
They would sail to the island of F#msouls
F#m B
[Chorus Outro]
F#mThese are the Asoul cagesB  
F#mThese are the Asoul cagesB  
F#mThese are the Asoul cagesB  
F#mThese are the Asoul cagesB  
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