Cage The Songbird

E

A            G
Sober in the morning light

D
Things look so much different

            A      A    E
To how they looked last night

A                         G
A pale face pressed to an unmade bed

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


A             E
The cellophane still on the flowers

G                         D
The telegram still in her hand

A                 G
As whispers circulate all day

      D                                A
Their back-stage baby princess passed away


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

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

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

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

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

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

G     D    D  A
Ooh!  ooh!


A           G
Promises of no more lies

     D
Fell flat upon an empty stage

           A        E
Before the audience arrived

A                       G
A return in time to the cheaper seats

                    D
She never knew what lay beneath

                           A
Just a dated handbill they found between the sheets


A                   E
Let down before the final curtain

G                             D
A shallow heart that left her cold

A                 G
She left in rouge upon the mirror

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

(Chorus)

A     G     D     A
Ooh!  ooh!  ooh!