My Body Is A Cage chords by Arcade Fire

Chords with lyrics

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
			   MY BODY IS A augmentedA CAGE - Arcade Fire
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tabbed by: BlueVeins


The important thing about this song is the heavy build-up, so make sure you play louder
more aggressive at the end, but in this case I think it goes without saying. I would
fingerpicking the first part of the song, slowly strumming the second part and strum
in the last part. This tab is really just an indication of what is being heard, rather
what the guitar actually plays. Enjoy!

When you're fingerpicking the first part here, I would recommend picking the root and
fifth for the minor chords and the root and the octave for the major chords, but of course
can just mess around with the chords the way you like.

	   G minorGm
My body is a cage

   Bb majorBb
That keeps me from dancing

	 C minorCm
With the one I love,

    D MajorD
But my mind holds the key.

	   G minorGm
My body is a cage

   Bb majorBb
That keeps me from dancing

	 C minorCm
With the one I love,

    D MajorD
But my mind holds the key.


		 G minorGm
I'm standing on a stage

  Bb majorBb
Of fear and self-doubt

    C minorCm
It's a hollow play,

	  D MajorD
But they'll clap anyway.

	   G minorGm
My body is a cage

   Bb majorBb
That keeps me from dancing

	 D MajorD
With the one I love,

	D#D#
But my mind holds the key.


	C minorCm	        D#D#
You're standing next to me.

  C minorCm			  D#D#
My mind holds the key.


(The organ gets louder here, so strum the chords in stead of fingerpicking them.)

		 G minorGm
I'm living in an age

   Bb majorBb
That calls darkness light,

	 C minorCm
Though my landscape is dead

      D MajorD
Still the shapes fill my head


		G minorGm
I'm living in an age

   Bb majorBb
Whose name I don't know

	  C minorCm
Though the fear keeps me moving,

	 D MajorD
Still my heart beats so slow.


	   G minorGm
My body is a cage

   Bb majorBb
That keeps me from dancing

     D MajorD
With the one I love

	D#D#
But my mind holds the key.

    C minorCm           D#D#
You're standing next to me.

  C minorCm			D#D#
My mind holds the key.

N.C.
My body is a

(This is where the song explodes, and the pattern is the same but with a slight
The chords are held for the same amount of time as in the previous parts, but there is a
minor
after the D MajorD which is hold for one measure until it repeats. It sounds confusing, but
you listen to the song, it's rather simple. This variation is played until the G minorGm Bb majorBb D MajorD
progression.)

  G minorGm  Bb majorBb    C minorCm    D MajorD    G minorGm
e|--3-----6--------3--------5--------3--|
BB|--3-----6--------4--------7--------3--|
G+G|--3-----7--------5--------7--------3--|
D MajorD|--5-----8--------5--------7--------5--|
A augmentedA|--5-----8--3--5--3--3-----5--------5--|
E MajorE|--3--5--6--------------6-----6--5--3--|


	   G minorGm
My body is a cage.

  Bb majorBb
We take what we're given.

   C minorCm
Just because you're forgotten,

	  D MajorD
That don't mean you're forgiven.


	     G minorGm
I'm living in an age

   Bb majorBb
That screams my name at night,

	  C minorCm
But when I get to the doorway

	D MajorD
There's no one in sight.

		G minorGm
I'm living in an age

   Bb majorBb
They laugh and I'm dancing

	 D MajorD
With the one I love,

	D#D#
But my mind holds the key.

	C minorCm		   D#D#
You're standing next to me.

  C minorCm			D#D#
My mind holds the key.

Fm*		  Gm*		*Played at the 8th and 10th fret on the A augmentedA string.
Set my spirit free

Fm*		  Gm*
Set my spirit free

Fm*		  Gm*
Set my body free

Fm*		  Gm*
Set my body free


Fm* 	      Gm*

Fm*		  Gm*

Fm*		  Gm*
Set my spirit free

Fm*	      Gm*
Set my body free

Fm*		  Gm*
Ooohoooooo

Fm*		  Gm*
Ooohoooooo


| /  slide up
|   slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note
| N.C. No chord
===============================================================================