Captured Angel Chords
Captured Angel by Dan Fogelberg is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, C, D, Bm, F, A, Am, Cm and Gmaj7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Captured Angel
Dan Fogelberg
| G C | D G | G C | D G |
G C
Found your heart and lost your lover
D G
Lick your wounds and run for cover
G C
Take your time, there'll be another
2/4 |Bm 4/4 |C |
And don't make the same mistake twice
C D G
Unless you can pay the price
| G C | D G |
G C
All the years that you spent in growin'
D G
End up one more line you're towin'
G C
Don't look now but your age is showin'
Bm C
And its much too late to turn back
C D G
You better pull in the slack
F C
Captured angel aching to make your break
Bm C A Am
Your freedom's at stake, you better fly now
F C
Fly now, fly now while your wings are still young
Bm C A
Your cage door's been flung wide open
Am Bm C Cm
And I'm hopin' you'll see that there's a place beside me
G C | D G |
If you ever need it
3/4 | Gmaj7 | C | F | G | Gmaj7 | C | F | G | Gmaj7 | C |
2/4 | C G |
4/4 | D | D |
G C
Sold your dreams for sweet salvation
D G
Left with righteous indignation
G C
Now it seems that you face starvation
Bm C
And nourishment doesn't come cheap
C D G
You better go back to sleep?
F C
Captured angel aching to make your break
Bm C A Am
Your freedom's at stake, you better fly now
F C
Fly now, fly now while your wings are still young
Bm C D | D |
Your cage door's been flung wide open
Am Bm C
And I'm hopin' you'll see that there's a place beside me
G C | D G <> |
If you ever need it
Charted by Dexex
(My chord charts are intended to show how, as a rhythm guitarist, I play
songs. I don't claim they are the "right" way. They are not tabs, which
notate precisely how a song was played on a recording.)