Caged Bird Chords
by Alicia Keys
Caged Bird by Alicia Keys is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Eb. It uses the chords Ab, Gb, F, Bbm, Eb and F7M. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
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
( 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 F7M
Spread wings, Spread beauty