Cage The Songbird chords by Elton John

Chords with lyrics

VERSE 1

A augmentedA      G+G
Sober in the morning light

D MajorD
Things look so much different

      A augmentedA   A augmentedA  E MajorE
To how they looked last night

A augmentedA             G+G
A augmentedA pale face pressed to an unmade bed

   D MajorD              A augmentedA
Like flags of many nations flying high above her head

VERSE 2

A augmentedA       E MajorE
The cellophane still on the flowers

G+G             D MajorD
The telegram still in her hand

A augmentedA        G+G
As whispers circulate all day

   D MajorD                A augmentedA
Their back-stage baby princess passed away


CHORUS

    C# minorC#m     G# minorG#m
And you can cage the songbird

  B minorBm         F# minorF#m
But you can't make her sing

    C# minorC#m     G# minorG#m
And you can trap the free bird

      B minorBm        F# minorF#m
But you'll have to clip her wings

       E MajorE      E7E7  E MajorE    E7E7
'Cause she'll soar like a hawk when she flies

E MajorE     D MajorD         E MajorE    A augmentedA
But she'll dive like an eagle when she dies

G+G   D MajorD  D MajorD A augmentedA
Ooh! ooh!

VERSE 3

A augmentedA      G+G
Promises of no more lies

   D MajorD
Fell flat upon an empty stage

      A augmentedA    E MajorE
Before the audience arrived

A augmentedA            G+G
A augmentedA return in time to the cheaper seats

          D MajorD
She never knew what lay beneath

              A augmentedA
Just a dated handbill they found between the sheets


VERSE 4

A augmentedA          E MajorE
Let down before the final curtain

G+G               D MajorD
A augmentedA shallow heart that left her cold

A augmentedA         G+G
She left in rouge upon the mirror

     D MajorD          A augmentedA
A majorA circled kiss to the faithful fans who'd miss her

(CHORUS)

A augmentedA   G+G   D MajorD   A augmentedA