GGsus4G 2x
EmGC
God cage the songbird
GEmD
Before the feathers run brown
EmGC
God bar the windows
EmDG
That we may though hollow be sound
EmCG
And this island shall be shackled to her waters
EmCD
Here we vow never to change
EmCG
Here we will stand at last for something
EmDG
With no desire to pretend
EmCG
Send up our prayers to gilded idols
EmCD
With their names etched in heartwood of palm
EmCG
And scatter the ashes of the contracts
EmDG
Their freedom so hollow a song
EmGC
God cage the songbird
GEmD
Before the feathers run brown
EmGC
God bar the windows
EmDG
That we may though hollow be sound
EmGCGEmDEmGCEmDGEmCG
Now the street lamp will be tethered to her station
EmCD
As the poor man is tethered to the flesh
EmCG
As a wise man will be tethered to his wisdom
EmDG
As the mother is tethered to her crèche
EmCG
Was your hunger your awareness of salvation
EmCD
As your chances go slipping to the past
EmCG
Are you tortured by the changing of the seasons?
EmDG
And each grain of sand in the glass
EmGC
God cage the songbird
GEmD
Before the feathers run brown
EmGC
God bar the windows
EmDG
That we may though hollow be sound
EmGC
God cage the songbird
GEmD
Before the feathers run brown
EmGC
God bar the windows
EmDG
That we may though hollow be sound
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.