Alicia Keys — Caged Bird Chords
"Caged Bird"
(from Songs in A Minor)
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 Gb F
Right now I feel like a bird
Ab Gb F
Caged without a key
Ab Gb F
Everyones comes stearing me
Ab Gb F
With so much joy and revelry
Bbm Ab Eb*
e—|————————————————————————————————————————————|
b—|——————————————6—————4—————8—————————————————|
g—|——————————————6—————5—————8—————————————————|
D—|——————————————8—————6—————8—————————————————|
A—|——————————————————————————6—————————————————|
E—|———3—4———5————6—————4———————————————————————|
Bbm Ab Eb
They don't know how I feel inside
Bbm Ab Eb
Through my smile I cry
Bbm Ab Eb
They don't know what they do to me
Bbm Ab Eb
Keeping me from flyin'
(Thats why I say that)
Ab Gb F
I know why the caged bird sings
Bbm Ab Eb
Only joy comes from song
Ab Gb F
She's so rare and beautiful to others
Bbm Ab Eb
Why not just set her free
Ab Gb F
So she can fly, fly, fly
Ab Gb F
Spreadin' her wings and her song
Ab Gb F
Let her fly, fly, fly
Bbm Ab Eb
For the whole world to see
[interlude]
Ab Gb F
Ab Gb F
Ab Gb F
She's like a caged bird
Ab Gb F
Fly fly
Ab Gb F
Oh, she's a little fly, She's a little fly, She's a little fly
Ab Gb 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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