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Hey everyone. i saw the other acoustic version and it was horribly horribly 
wrong... so here is the right one :)
Strokes
Heart In A Cage
Capo 3rd – all chords relative to capo
Intro:  Am   C   Am   C   Am   C   Fx2
AmWell I don't feel better
When FI'm fucking aCround
AAmnd I don't write better
When FI'm stuck in the gCround
SAmo don't teach me a lesson
Cause FI've already lCearned
YAmeah the sun will be shining
And Fmy children will Cburn
Oh the Amheart bFeats in its Ccage
 Am   C   Am   C   Am   C   Fx2
AmI don't want what you want
I dFon't feel what you Cfeel
SeAme I'm stuck in a city
But FI belong in a fCield
Yeah we got Amleft, left, left, left, Fleft, left, Cleft
NAmow it's three in the morning and Fyou're eating Calone
Oh the Amheart bFeats in its Ccage
AmAll our friends, they're Am/F#laughing at usEm  
AmAll of those you Am/F#loved you mistEmrust
AmHelp me I'm just Am/F#not quite myseEmlf
AmLook around there's Am/F#no one else Emleft
I Amwent to the concert and FI fought through the Ccrowd
GuAmess I got too excited when FI thought you were aCround
Oh he gets Amleft, left, left, left, Fleft, left, lCeft
I'm Amsorry you were thinking; I would sFteal your fCire.
Oh the Amheart bFeats in its cCage
Yes the Amheart bFeats in its Ccage
SINGLE STRUMS
And the Amheart bFeats in its cCage
This is a much more accurate acoustic version :D :D

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The story behind the song

"Heart In A Cage" captures a feeling of being trapped within oneself, a sense that even with the sun shining, one doesn't "feel better" and belongs somewhere else, perhaps "in a field," while the heart remains in its "cage." Written by Julian Casablancas, this song was released as a single from The Strokes' third studio album, First Impressions of Earth, in 2006. It speaks to the universal struggle of inner confinement, a longing for freedom that feels just out of reach.

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Heart In A Cage

Heart In A Cage

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Heart In A Cage

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Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 3 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Am/F#

Hey everyone. i saw the other acoustic version and it was horribly horribly

wrong... so here is the right one :)

Strokes

Heart In A Cage

Capo 3rd – all chords relative to capo

Am C Am C Am C F

Intro: x2

Well I don't feel better

F C

When I'm fucking around

And I don't write better

F C

When I'm stuck in the ground

So don't teach me a lesson

F C

Cause I've already learned

Yeah the sun will be shining

F C

And my children will burn

Am F C

Oh the heart beats in its cage

Am C Am C Am C F

I don't want what you want

F C

I don't feel what you feel

See I'm stuck in a city

F C

But I belong in a field

Am F C

Yeah we got left, left, left, left, left, left, left

Am F C

Now it's three in the morning and you're eating alone

Am F C

Oh the heart beats in its cage

Am Am/F# Em

All our friends, they're laughing at us

Am Am/F# Em

All of those you loved you mistrust

Am Am/F# Em

Help me I'm just not quite myself

Am Am/F# Em

Look around there's no one else left

Am F C

I went to the concert and I fought through the crowd

Am F C

Guess I got too excited when I thought you were around

Am F C

Oh he gets left, left, left, left, left, left, left

Am F C

I'm sorry you were thinking; I would steal your fire.

Am F C

Oh the heart beats in its cage

Am F C

Yes the heart beats in its cage

SINGLE STRUMS

Am F C

And the heart beats in its cage

This is a much more accurate acoustic version :D :D

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