Cage The Songbird chords

[VERSE 1]

[A]Sober in the [G]morning light

[D]Things look so much different

To how they [A]looked [A]last [E]night

[A]A pale face pressed to an [G]unmade bed

Like [D]flags of many nations flying [A]high above her head


[VERSE 2]

[A]The cellophane[E] still on the flowers

[G]The telegram still in her [D]hand

[A]As whispers circu[G]late all day

Their [D]back-stage baby princess passed [A]away

[CHORUS]

And you [C#m]can cage the [G#m]songbird

But [Bm]you can't make her [F#m]sing

And you [C#m]can trap the [G#m]free bird

But you'll [Bm]have to clip her [F#m]wings

`Cause she'll [E]soar like a [E7]hawk [E]when she [E7]flies

[E]But she'll [D]dive like an eagle [E]when she [A]dies

[G]Ooh! [D]ooh! [D] [A]


[VERSE 3]

[A]Promises of [G]no more lies

Fell [D]flat upon an empty stage

Before the [A]audience [E]arrived

[A]A return in time to the [G]cheaper seats

She never knew what [D]lay beneath

Just a dated handbill they [A]found between the sheets

[VERSE 4]

[A]Let down before the [E]final curtain

[G]A shallow heart that left her [D]cold

[A]She left in rouge [G]upon the mirror

A circled [D]kiss to the faithful [A]fans who'd miss her

[CHORUS]

[A]Ooh! [G]ooh! [D]ooh! [A]