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Caged Bird

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(from Songs in A Minor)
(I play it with the Hendrix type chord with my thumb on the low E string):
e-|--------------------------------------------|
b-|--------------4-----2-----1-----------------|
g-|--------------5-----3-----2-----------------|
D-|--------------6-----4-----3-----------------|
A-|--------------------------------------------|
E-|---1-2---3----4-----2-----1-----------------|
AbRight now I fGbeel like a Fbird
AbCaged witGbhout a kFey
AbEveryones cGbomes stFearing me
AbWith so much jGboy and rFevelry
Bbm   Ab  Eb*
e-|--------------------------------------------|
b-|--------------6-----4-----8-----------------|
g-|--------------6-----5-----8-----------------|
D-|--------------8-----6-----8-----------------|
A-|--------------------------6-----------------|
E-|---3-4---5----6-----4-----------------------|
BbmThey don't Abknow how EbI feel inside
BbmThrough my Absmile I Ebcry
BbmThey don't Abknow whaEbt they do to me
BbmKeeping Abme from Ebflyin'
AbI know whGby the caFged bird sings
BbmOnly joAby comes Ebfrom song
AbShe's so Gbrare and bFeautiful to others
BbmWhy not jAbust set Ebher free
AbSo she caGbn fly, flyF, fly
AbSpreadin' her wGbings and heFr song
AbLet her fGbly, fly, fFly
BbmFor the wAbhole worEbld to see
[interlude]
Ab Gb F
Ab Gb F
AbShe's likGbe a caged Fbird
AbFly flyGb  F  
Oh, Abshe's a little fly, She's Gba little fly, She'Fs a little fly
Ab   Gb  Fmaj7**
Spread wings, Spread beauty
* you may want to try varying the Eb by using x6888x, x6534x, or 3x134x
Tips: Watch the third verse, since it alternates between the two chord progressions, you
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