Chords for Cage The Songbird - Crystal Gayle

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[C] Sober _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Em] _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
in the [Bb] _ morning light, _ _ _ [F] things look so much different [Bb] than how they [C] looked last [G] night.
_ _ [C] A pale face pressed to [Bb] an unmade bed, _ [F] like [F] flags of many nations _ [Bb] [C] flying high above their head.
_ _ _ The _ [C] cellophane still [G] _ on the flowers, _ _ _ [Bb] _ the telegram _ still [F] in her hand. _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ As whispers _
_ _ [Bb] _ circulate all day, _ _ [F] their backstage baby princess _ [C] passed away. _ _ _
And you [Em] can _ _ catch the [Bm] _
songbird, [Dm] but you can't make her sing.
[Am]
And you [Em] _ can't trap the [Bm] free bird, but [Dm] you'll have to clip [Am] her wings.
Cause [G] she'll soar like a [C] hawk _ _ _ when she _ flies, but [F] she'll dive like an eagle _ _ [G] when [Am] she _ dies.
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_ _ _ _ _ Promises _ _ [Bb] of no more lies _ [F] fell flat upon an empty stage before [C] the _ audience [G] arrived.
[C] _ _ [C] _ A return in time to the [Bb] cheaper seats she never knew [F] what lay beneath.
Just a dated handbill [C] found beneath the sheets. _
_ _ _ _ Let down before [G] the final curtain, _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ the shallow heart that left [F] her cold. _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ She left in rouge _ [Bb] upon _ the mirror, the circle [F] kiss.
_ Oh, _ to [C] the faithful fans who'd miss her.
And you [Em] can _ _ catch the [Bm]
songbird, [Dm] but you can't make her [Am] sing.
And you [Em] _ can't trap the [Bm] free bird, [Dm] but you'll have to clip [Am] her wings.
Cause [G] she'll soar like a [C]
hawk _ _ when she _ flies, but [F] she'll dive like an eagle [F] _ _ [G] when _ [Am] she [G]
dies.
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