• Song:

    My Body Is A Cage

  • Artist:

    Arcade Fire

G5
My body is a cage
     Bb5
That keeps me from dancing
       C5
With the one I love,
       D5
But my mind holds the key.
           G5
My body is a cage
     Bb5
That keeps me from dancing
       C5
With the one I love,
       D5
But my mind holds the key.
              G5
I?m standing on a stage
   Bb5
Of fear and self-doubt
       C5
It?s a hollow play,
          D5
But they?ll clap anyway.
           G5
My body is a cage
     Bb5
That keeps me from dancing
       D5
With the one I love,
      D#5
But my mind holds the key.
      C5                     D#5
You?re standing next to me.
   C5                      D#5
My mind holds the key.

(The organ gets louder here, so strum the chords in stead of fingerpicking them.)
             G5
I?m living in an age
     Bb5
That calls darkness light,
        C5
Though my landscape is dead
           D5
Still the shapes fill my head
            G5
I?m living in an age
      Bb5
Whose name I don?t know
         C5
Though the fear keeps me moving,
       D5
Still my heart beats so slow.
           G5
My body is a cage
     Bb5
That keeps me from dancing
         D5
With the one I love
      D#5
But my mind holds the key.
       C5                     D#5
You?re standing next to me.
   C5                  D#5
My mind holds the key.
N/C/
My body is a?


(This is where the song explodes, and the pattern is the same but with a slight The chords are held for the same amount of time as in the previous parts, but there is a minor after the D which is hold for one measure until it repeats. It sounds confusing, but you listen to the song, it?s rather simple. This variation is played until the Gm Bb D progression.) Gm Bb Cm D Gm e | --3-----6--------3--------5--------3-- | B | --3-----6--------4--------7--------3-- | G | --3-----7--------5--------7--------3-- | D | --5-----8--------5--------7--------5-- | A | --5-----8--3--5--3--3-----5--------5-- | E | --3--5--6--------------6-----6--5--3-- |
G5 My body is a cage. Bb5 We take what we?re given. C5 Just because you?re forgotten, D5 That don?t mean you?re forgiven. G5 I?m living in an age Bb5 That screams my name at night, C5 But when I get to the doorway D5 There?s no one in sight. G5 I?m living in an age Bb5 They laugh and I?m dancing D5 With the one I love, D#5 But my mind holds the key. C5 D#5 You?re standing next to me. C5 D#5 My mind holds the key. Fm* Gm* *Played at the 8th and 10th fret on the A5 string/ Set my spirit free Fm* Gm* Set my spirit free Fm* Gm* Set my body free Fm* Gm* Set my body free Fm* Gm* Fm* Gm* Fm* Gm* Set my spirit free Fm* Gm* Set my body free Fm* Gm* Ooohoooooo Fm* Gm* Ooohoooooo
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