A Bird In A Gilded Cage chords by Florrie Forde

Intro:
E  Am  A  B  E

Refrain:

E
She's only a bird

     A      F#m
In a gilded cage,

  B         B7       E
A beautiful sight to see,

        A           F#7
You may think she's happy

    B         C#m
And free from care,

      F#7
She's not

                  B7   B
Tho' she seems to be,

  E
'Tis sad when you think

         F#m
Of her wasted life,

    B7                      E
For youth cannot mate with age,

        A          F#
And her beauty was sold

       B         E
For an old man's gold,

        F#7       B  B7   E
She's a bird in a gilded cage.

break:
E  F#m  B7  B  E A E

Verse:

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

B7                       E        B
It shone with a thousand lights;

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

    F#7                 B7      B
The fairest of all the sights.

E                        Am     F#m
A girl to her lover then softly sighed,

       B7              G#
"There's riches at her command."

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

             F#7               B7      B
"Though she lives in a mansion grand

Refrain:

E
She's only a bird

     A      F#m
In a gilded cage,

  B         B7       E
A beautiful sight to see,

        A           F#7
You may think she's happy

    B         C#m
And free from care,

      F#7
She's not

                  B7   B
Tho' she seems to be,

  E
'Tis sad when you think

         F#m
Of her wasted life,

    B7                      E
For youth cannot mate with age,

        A          F#
And her beauty was sold

       E
For an old man's gold,

        F#        B      E       A   Am   E
She's a bird in a gilded cage.