Intro:
GAm7BmC (x2)
GAm7Bm
I know why the caged bird sings
CG
It's for me, it's for me
GAm7BmCG-G-G9-Em
I know why the caged bird sings
EmAm7BmCG-G-G9-Em
Today I am helpless and time stands still
EmAm7BmCG-G-G9-Em
And the world goes on racing as the world always will
EmAm7BmC
Days turn to weeks and weeks into months
CG-G-G9-Em
Leaving no answers and treasures lost
EmAm7Bm
Now all that I have is all that I am
BmCG-G-G9-Em
Not much more than a shell of a man
EmAm7Bm
There's no revelations no wisdom no rhymes
BmCG-G-G9-Em
No freedom no pleasure no songs that are mine
EmAm7Bm
I'm a ship lost at sea in the waves and disease
BmCG-G-G9-Em
Chaos above me and Neptune beneath
EmAm7Bm
I can't see the stars that guide the way
BmCG-G-G9-Em
This night's just begun and dawn's so far away
EmAm7Bm
What will happen?
BmCG-G-G9-Em
What will happen?
EmAm7Bm
What will happen?
BmCG-G-G9-Em
What will happen?
EmAm7Bm
Chaos above me
BmCG-G-G9-Em
And Neptune beneath
EmAm7Bm
Chaos above me
BmCG-G-G9-Em
And Neptune beneath
Interlude (quietly, slowly, and understated):
GAm7BmC (x2)
GAm7BmC
No, life is never fair. It owes me nothing
GAm7BmC
Just when I had it all I lost everything
GAm7BmC
But somehow God is good and God is loving
GAm7 *BmC
Just when I lost it all I gained everything
GAm7Bm
I know why the caged bird sings.
CG
It's for me, it's for me
GAm7Bm
I know why the caged bird sings
CG
It's for me, it's for me.
GAm7Bm
I know why the caged bird sings
Outro:
GAm7BmC (x5 and end on G)
* Distortion until the end.
Chords:
G (320003)
Am7 (x02010)
Bm (x04432) or (224432)
C (x32010)
Em (022000)
G/A (300003)
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