A Bird In A Gilded Cage chords by Florrie Forde

Chords with lyrics

Intro:
E MajorE A minorAm A augmentedA BB E MajorE

Refrain:

E MajorE
She's only a bird

   A augmentedA   F# minorF#m
In a gilded cage,

 BB     B7B7    E MajorE
A augmentedA beautiful sight to see,

    A augmentedA      F#7F#7
You may think she's happy

  BB     C# minorC#m
And free from care,

   F#7F#7
She's not

         B7B7  BB
Tho' she seems to be,

 E MajorE
'Tis sad when you think

     F# minorF#m
Of her wasted life,

  B7B7           E MajorE
For youth cannot mate with age,

    A augmentedA     F#F#
And her beauty was sold

    BB     E MajorE
For an old man's gold,

    F#7F#7    BB B7B7  E MajorE
She's a bird in a gilded cage.

break:
E MajorE F# minorF#m B7B7 BB E MajorE A augmentedA E MajorE

Verse:

E MajorE              A augmentedA
The ballroom was filled with fashion's throng,

B7B7            E MajorE    BB
It shone with a thousand lights;

A augmentedA             E MajorE     C# minorC#m
And there was a woman who passed along,

  F#7F#7         B7B7   BB
The fairest of all the sights.

E MajorE            A minorAm   F# minorF#m
A augmentedA girl to her lover then softly sighed,

    B7B7       G#G#
"There's riches at her command."

     F#F#     A#mA#m       E MajorE
"But she married for wealth, not for love," he cried!

       F#7F#7        B7B7   BB
"Though she lives in a mansion grand

Refrain:

E MajorE
She's only a bird

   A augmentedA   F# minorF#m
In a gilded cage,

 BB     B7B7    E MajorE
A augmentedA beautiful sight to see,

    A augmentedA      F#7F#7
You may think she's happy

  BB     C# minorC#m
And free from care,

   F#7F#7
She's not

         B7B7  BB
Tho' she seems to be,

 E MajorE
'Tis sad when you think

     F# minorF#m
Of her wasted life,

  B7B7           E MajorE
For youth cannot mate with age,

    A augmentedA     F#F#
And her beauty was sold

    E MajorE
For an old man's gold,

    F#F#    BB   E MajorE    A augmentedA  A minorAm  E MajorE
She's a bird in a gilded cage.