Swimming In A Cage chords by Andy Shauf

• Capo on 2nd

Swimming In A Cage
Andy Shauf
Capo 2

C      332000
F#/G   220000
D      554000

Intro:
C  F#/G  Em
C  A  Em

Verse:
C                  F#/G
I waited ‘till the morning
          Em
To put my pen to use
  C              A
I wrote it out a hundred times
       Em
But it never seemed as true
C                  F#/G
As when I stumbled home
             Em
And felt the words upon my lips
C              A
You grabbed me by my arms
                Em
And smelled the liquor in my truth

Chorus:
             D             Em
I said, “I’m swimming in a cage…"

Verse:
C                    F#/G
The morning grows in silence
      Em
And I watched it fill the room
C            A
Earlier than dawn
          Em
You crept into the kitchen’s light
    C                    F#/G
You always were an early bird
    Em
And I was always tired
C                A
So I laid in bed alone, awake
    Em
And thought about the coming day

Chorus:
             D             Em
I said, “I'm swimming in a cage"
     D             Em
“I’m swimming in a cage…"

Verse:
C              F#/G
I folded up my page
            Em
And left it by the kitchen sink
C                 A
Where I knew that you would find it
         Em
When you came back from the yard
         C                F#/G
You’d be setting down the basket
        Em
Full of apples from the tree
    C                        A
And with two hands you would open up my letter
    Em
And begin to read:

Chorus:
     D             Em
“I'm swimming in a cage..."
       D              Em
“And I don’t want you drowning”

Outro:
    C                     F#/G
And as my boots turned up dust
       Em
I just hoped for understanding