Willard Chords

🎸 Intro: G F#7 Am Cm G 🎸 Verse 1: E Am You know I couldn't hurt a fly, my friend. D G I'm not the type to step on ants. B Em I've nearly cried for moths that die at porchlight lamps. C D G More for the plights of mice than men. E E7 Am See I myself have been stepped on so many times D G It's started to feel like my place. B Em I've failed to fit in into those nests that scrape the sky A7 D7 Is there room for me in your cage?

🎸 Chorus 1: Gm A7 Dm Animals are people too, but these people are animals D G E7 Hunt in packs and act as though that proves we can't survive alone Am D G Em And I guess we just evolved disgust for prevention of infection though F#7 D Shame was an invention made for prisons, pales, and pest control D7 Yeah, sure, thumbs are great and all– C D G Em But I just get bear necessities, hakuna matatas and c'est le vie's Am Que sera sera's, what a crock. I mean D Big talk for a chimpanzee. C Cm G E7 You might seem behind bars, but friend, this cage is inside out. C D7 G F#7 Am Cm G It's awful out here Socrates. 🎸 Verse 1: E Am I've never understood what humans do and want D G It's quite confusing to me to try to connect. B Em Never learned how I should feel, instincts somehow stunted C D G Just seem haunted by my stupid urge to protect. E E7 Am Until frustration makes me wish my teeth were sharp as yours D G Chew through their garage doors, these carnivores will no more use my heart B Em They'll call me crazy but their words all seem made-up to me A7 D7 Maybe they just need more friendship like yours. 🎸 Chorus 2: Gm A7 Dm So gather 'round Pandora's Skinner's Box, look through the one-way mirror D G E7 If you can see in shades of gray the colors are much clearer Am D G Em Oh, my friend, you've got a friend in me. Let's go and make more enemies. F#7 D Although my eyes face forward, climb up on my shoulder, sure you'll see D7 my point of view. I'd bring you with me C D G Em to my office in my pocket, but the world would put us down. C D G B7 Lock me up and toss the key C Cm G E7 You might seem behind bars, but friend, this cage is inside out C D7 Em Emmaj7 Em7 Em6 It's dangerous out here Socrates. C D7 G F#7 Am Cm G It's lonely out here Socrates. G F#7 Am Cm G 🎸 Outro: G F#7 Cm x5 Bm Bbm Am Abm G