• Song:

    Caged Bird

  • Artist:

    Alicia Keys

  • Album:

    Songs In A Minor: Remix...

                "Caged Bird"
          (from Songs in AMinor) (x02220@1)                 Alicia Keys

General Tab Structure:
(I play it with the Hendrix type chord with my thumb on the low E string):

e-|--------------------------------------------|
b-|--------------4-----2-----1-----------------|
g-|--------------5-----3-----2-----------------|
D-|--------------6-----4-----3-----------------|
A-|--------------------------------------------|
E-|---1-2---3----4-----2-----1-----------------|

Ab (xx1114@1)         Gb (244322@1)      FRight (133211@1)now I feel like a bird
Ab (xx1114@1)     Gb (244322@1)    FCaged (133211@1)without a key
Ab (xx1114@1)       Gb (244322@1)   FEveryones (133211@1)comes stearing me
Ab (xx1114@1)          Gb (244322@1)    FWith (133211@1)so much joy and revelry

                Bbm (x13321@1) Ab (xx1114@1)  Eb*
e-|--------------------------------------------|
b-|--------------6-----4-----8-----------------|
g-|--------------6-----5-----8-----------------|
D-|--------------8-----6-----8-----------------|
A-|--------------------------6-----------------|
E-|---3-4---5----6-----4-----------------------|

Bbm (x13321@1)      Ab (xx1114@1)     EbThey (x43121@3)don't know how I feel inside
Bbm (x13321@1)      Ab (xx1114@1)    EbThrough (x43121@3)my smile I cry
Bbm (x13321@1)      Ab (xx1114@1)    EbThey (x43121@3)don't know what they do to me
Bbm (x13321@1)   Ab (xx1114@1)    EbKeeping (x43121@3)me from flyin'

(Thats why I say that)

Ab (xx1114@1)     Gb (244322@1)    FI (133211@1)know why the caged bird sings
Bbm (x13321@1)  Ab (xx1114@1)    EbOnly (x43121@3)joy comes from song
Ab (xx1114@1)     Gb (244322@1)      FShe's (133211@1)so rare and beautiful to others
Bbm (x13321@1)    Ab (xx1114@1)    EbWhy (x43121@3)not just set her free
Ab (xx1114@1)     Gb (244322@1)      FSo (133211@1)she can fly, fly, fly
Ab (xx1114@1)           Gb (244322@1)       FSpreadin' (133211@1)her wings and her song
Ab (xx1114@1)     Gb (244322@1)      FLet (133211@1)her fly, fly, fly
Bbm (x13321@1)    Ab (xx1114@1)    EbFor (x43121@3)the whole world to see

[interlude]
Ab Gb F
Ab Gb F

Ab (xx1114@1)     Gb (244322@1)      FShe's (133211@1)like a caged bird
Ab (xx1114@1)     Gb (244322@1)      FFly (133211@1)fly
    Ab (xx1114@1)                     Gb (244322@1)               FOh, (133211@1)she's a little fly, She's a little fly, She's a little fly
Ab (xx1114@1)       Gb (244322@1)     Fmaj7**
Spread wings, Spread beauty

* you may want to try varying the Eb by using x6888x, x6534x, or 3x134x
** you may want to finger the Fmaj7 with 1x221x, x 8 10 9 10 x, or x8755x

Tips: Watch the third verse, since it alternates between the two chord progressions, you 
want to use the two lead-ins alternatively during that verse.

tabbed by pianoboy3333
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