Paper Cages chords by Franz Ferdinand

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: EADGBE

Intro         Verse + Chorus   Outro
------------------   --------------   ----------
G minorGm 355xxx       DmDm x57765     DmDm x57765
A augmentedA  577xxx       G minorGm 355333     Bb majorBb 688766
Bb majorBb 688xxx       Bb majorBb 688766     G minorGm 355333
C majorC  8-10-10-x-x-x   FF  133211     A augmentedA  577655
C#C# 9-11-11-x-x-x
D MajorD  10-12-12-x-x-x

(Main riffs shown at bottom)


Intro:
   G minorGm    A augmentedA
Step out, step out of our cages
Bb majorBb        C majorC      C#C#    D MajorD
Out of our cages, out of our cages, step out

Verse 1:
DmDm G minorGm Bb majorBb FF
      DmDm
I like the look of your place, yes I love your construction
    G minorGm
Did you carve the wee key from the soap in your kitchen
  Bb majorBb
To turn in a lock of your own penal fiction?
     FF
You’re so good at freein’ your imagination


Chorus 1:
     DmDm
Step out,-- step out of our cages
   G minorGm
Step ah-ah-out, of our paper cages
   Bb majorBb
Step ah-ah-out, step out of our cages
   FF
We’re living our lives in paper cages


Verse 2:
     DmDm
When you took on your bid, did you make up your number?
    G minorGm
Did you walk like a punk to the screws at your counter?
    Bb majorBb
Did you say you can’t win, but you are the system
FF
 That contains in paper cages

Chorus 2:
     DmDm
Step out,-- step out of our cages
   G minorGm
Step ah-ah-out, of our paper cages
   Bb majorBb
Step ah-ah-out, step out of our cages
   FF
We’re living our lives in paper cages


Bridge:
FF
Living our lives in paper cages
FF
Living our lives in paper cages
FF
Living our lives in paper cages


Outro:
     DmDm
Step out,-- step out of our cages
   Bb majorBb
Step ah-ah-out, of our paper cages
   G minorGm
Step ah-ah-out, step out of our cages
   A augmentedA
We’re living our lives in paper cages
    DmDm
Step ah-out


--------------
 Main riffs
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Guitar 1
  DmDm                 G minorGm                Bb majorBb
e|------5-------5\------5-------5\---|------3-------3\------3-------3--|------6-------6\------6-------6\--|
BB|------6-------6\------6-------6\---|------3-------3\------3-------3--|------6-------6\------6-------6\--|
G+G|------7-------7\------7-------7\---|------3-------3\------3-------3--|------7-------7\------7-------7\--|
D MajorD|------7-------7\------7-------7\---|------5-------5\------5-------5--|------8-------8\------8-------8\--|
A augmentedA|--5---------5-----5---------5------|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------|--3---------3-----3---------3----|--6---------6-------6-------6-----|

Guitar 2
e|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
BB|----6-6-------------6-6---------6--|----6-6-------------6-6----------|--------------------8-8-8-8-------|
G+G|----7-7-5-7-5-7-----7-7-5-7-5-7----|----7-7-5-7-5-7-----7-7-5-7-5-7--|--5--7-7---7-5-7------------7-7---|
D MajorD|--0---------------0----------------|--3---------------3--------------|----------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
     . . .      . . .        . . .      . . .    . . .      . . .  .

Guitar 1 + 2
e|-----------------------------------|
BB|-6-x--5-x--3-x---------------------|
G+G|----------------5-x--3-x--2------0-|
D MajorD|-----------------------------3-----|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------|

\ = slide down
. = staccato
x = mute string

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