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