My Body Is a Cage
INTRO
(pno.)
GEGEEb6
e|| --------|--------|--------|-------- ||
B||o --------|--------|--------|-------- o||
G|| 7-7-7-7-|7-7-7-7-|7-7-7-7-|7-7-5-5- ||
D|| 5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5- ||
A||o --------|6-------|--------|6------- o||
E|| --------|--------|--------|-------- ||
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B||o --------|----1---|3-------|-------- o||
G||o 3-------|--------|--------|-------- o||
VERSE
G5
My body is a cage
EbM7 G5
That keeps me from dancing with the one I love
EbM7
My mind holds the key
(horn)
GEGEEb6
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B||------1-|3-------|(3)-----|(3)-----|
G||3-------|--------|--------|--------|
D||--------|--------|--------|--------|
A||--------|--------|--------|--------|
E||--------|--------|--------|--------|
G5
My body is a cage
EbM7 G
That keeps me from dancing with the one I love
EbM7
But my mind holds the key
G5 Bbm
I'm standing on a stage
G
Of fear and self doubt
EbM7
It's a hollow play
G EbM7 | G | EbM7
But they'll clap anyway
VERSE
G5
My body is a cage
EbM7 G5
That keeps me from dancing with the one I love
EbM7
My mind holds the key
(horn)
GEBEb
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B||0-------|--------|--------|--------||
G||--------|3-------|(3)-----|(3)-----||
D||--------|--------|--------|--------||
A||--------|--------|--------|--------||
E||--------|--------|--------|--------||
"My mind holds the key"
(orch. enters)
Gm Bbm
My mind holds the key
G5
I'm living in an age
EbM7
That calls darkness light
G5
Though my language is dead
Bbm
Still the shapes fill my head
G/B Bbm
I'm living in an age
G
Whose name I don't know
Dmadd4
Though the fear keeps me moving
Still my heart beats so slow
(bass drum)
(G.P.)
INSTRUMENTAL
My body is a --
(high str.) (+brass)
GGGEbM7/Bb
e||--------|--------|--------|------31|
B||3-3-3431|3-3-3431|3-3-3431|3-3-34--|
G||--------|--------|--------|--------|
D||--------|--------|------5-|5---3---|
A||--------|--------|----2---|5---5---|
E||--------|--------|--------|6---6---|
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||(low str.) | | |
G||--------|--------|--------|--------|
D||--------|--------|--------|--------|
A||--------|1-1-1-1-|--------|1-1-1-1-|
E||3-3-3-3-|--------|3-3-3-3-|--------|
(+tpt)
GGGECm7
e||--------|--------|--------|------31||
B||3-3-3431|3-3-3431|3-3-3431|3-3-34--||
G||--------|--------|----3---|0-------|| (orch. continues)
D||0-------|--------|3-------|--------||
A||5-------|--------|--------|--------||
E||3-------|--------|--------|--------||
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G||--------|--------|--------|--------||
D||--------|--------|--------|--------||
A||--------|1-1-1-1-|--------|6-6-3-3-||
E||3-3-3-3-|--------|3-3-3-3-|--------||
G5 | Gm/Bb | G/B | C7sus F |
(is a)- oooo
G | Bb Cm | G/B | C7sus/F F |
G | Eb Cm | G | Eb Cm |
(cl.)
n/c
e||--------|--------|--------|--------|
B||3-313431|3-313431|3-3-3431|3-313431|
G||--------|--------|---0----|--------|
D||--------|--------|--------|--------|
A||--------|--------|--------|--------|
E||--------|--------|--------|--------|
"My.."
G | Bb Cm | G/B |
My body is a cage
C7sus/F G7 EbM7 Cm7
My body is a cage, ya - yeah,
G EbM7 Cm9
Yea, ba - - by oooh--
n/c
My mind holds the key
(bass drum)
(G.P.)
G5
My body is a cage
Bb
We take what we're given
EbM7
Just because you've forgotten
Bb/F Fsus4
Doesn't mean you're forgiven
Gm Eb G5
I'm living in an age
Bb
That screams my name at night
EbM7
But when I get to the doorway
Bb/F F7
There's no one in sight
Eb Gm
I'm living in an age
Bb Dm D7
I realize I am dancing with the one I love
EbM7
But my mind holds the key
(ch. enters)
Gm Eb
You're standing next to me
Bb/FEb Bb
My mind holds the key
Ab Cm
Set my spirit free
Fm7 Eb
Set my spirit free
Fm7 Bb7 Cm7C
Set my body free
Ab Eb
Set my body free
Fm7
Set my body free
OUTRO (str. and ch.)
Bb/D Eb | Bbsus Bb | Gm/C Cm | Bb/D Eb
"free"
Bb | Fm7 | ||