Empty Cages chords by Dan Fogelberg

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro:
FF A minorAm  FF G+G A minorAm
FF A minorAm  FF G+G A minorAm

Verse 1:
         FF                 A minorAm
Waiting in the wings your courage sings before you falter
          FF         G+G        A minorAm
It's just another way to say what's there but never shows
          FF                A minorAm
It's just another day to lay your sins before the altar
             FF        G+G      A minorAm
And where it's going to end this time around nobody knows

Verse 2:
        FF                 A minorAm
Every time it seems that you have gained an understanding
           FF         G+G       A minorAm
Those devils at your heels reach up and try to tip the scales
        FF                 A minorAm
Waking from a dream you see it's all been done without you
         FF        G+G          A minorAm
And every vain attempt to make it stay is destined to fail

Chorus:
A minorAm G+G  G+G FF  A minorAm   FF  A minorAm G+G  A minorAm
Fu-ry ra-ges through your restless days
A minorAm   G+G    FF   A minorAm FF A minorAm
Shades of time that's gone before
A minorAm G+G G+G FF  A minorAm  FF  A minorAm  G+G  A minorAm
Empty cages where the prisoner plays
     Fmaj7Fmaj7               E MajorE
'Til the door swings closed behind for evermore

   G+G A minorAm    G+G  A minorAm
Evermore   Evermore

Instrumental:
FF A minorAm  FF G+G A minorAm
FF A minorAm  FF G+G A minorAm

Verse 3:
        A minorAm       FF         A minorAm
Long before we come of age we yearn to leave the garden
          FF        G+G        A minorAm
And wrestle with a myth the hand of fate has faintly drawn
           A minorAm        FF        A minorAm
But somewhere on the way we feel our hearts begin to harden
           FF       G+G          A minorAm
And see just as we learn to turn around the garden is gone

Chorus:
A minorAm G+G  G+G FF  A minorAm   FF  A minorAm G+G  A minorAm
Fu-ry ra-ges through your restless days
A minorAm   G+G    FF   A minorAm FF A minorAm
Shades of time that's gone before
A minorAm G+G G+G FF  A minorAm  FF  A minorAm  G+G  A minorAm
Empty cages where the prisoner plays
     Fmaj7Fmaj7               E MajorE
'Til the door swings closed behind for evermore

   G+G A minorAm    G+G  A minorAm
Evermore   Evermore

Outro:
FF A minorAm  FF G+G A minorAm
FF A minorAm  FF G+G A minorAm    (4x)
Fade: