Remove Ads"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 F# FRight now I feel like a bird
Ab F# FCaged without a key
Ab F# FEveryones comes stearing me
Ab F# FWith 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 EbThey don't know how I feel inside
Bbm Ab EbThrough my smile I cry
Bbm Ab EbThey don't know what they Do to me
Bbm Ab EbKeeping me from flyin'
(Thats why I say that)
Ab F# FI know why the caged bird sings
Bbm Ab EbOnly joy comes from song
Ab F# FShe's so rare and beautiful to others
Bbm Ab EbWhy not just set her free
Ab F# FSo she can fly, fly, fly
Ab F# FSpreadin' her wings and her song
Ab F# FLet her fly, fly, fly
Bbm Ab EbFor the whole world to see
[interlude]
Ab F# F
Ab F# F
Ab F# FShe's like a caged bird
Ab F# FFly fly
Ab F# FOh, she's a little fly, She's a little fly, She's a little fly
Ab F# 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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