I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Chords
by Luxury
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Luxury is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, Am7, Bm, C, G9 and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
INTRO:
G Am7 Bm C (x2)
G Am7 Bm
I know why the caged bird sings
C G
It's for me, it's for me
G Am7 Bm C G G G9 Em
I know why the caged bird sings
Em Am7 Bm C G G G9 Em
Today I am helpless and time stands still
Em Am7 Bm C
G G G9 Em
And the world goes on racing as the world always will
Em Am7 Bm C
Days turn to weeks and weeks into months
C G G G9 Em
Leaving no answers and treasures lost
Em Am7 Bm
Now all that I have is all that I am
Bm C G G G9 Em
Not much more than a shell of a man
Em Am7 Bm
There's no revelations no wisdom no rhymes
Bm C G G G9 Em
No freedom no pleasure no songs that are mine
Em Am7 Bm
I'm a ship lost at sea in the waves and disease
Bm C G G G9 Em
Chaos above me and Neptune beneath
Em Am7 Bm
I can't see the stars that guide the way
Bm C G G G9 Em
This night's just begun and dawn's so far away
Em Am7 Bm
What will happen?
Bm C G G G9 Em
What will happen?
Em Am7 Bm
What will happen?
Bm C G G G9 Em
What will happen?
Em Am7 Bm
Chaos above me
Bm C G G G9 Em
And Neptune beneath
Em Am7 Bm
Chaos above me
Bm C G G G9 Em
And Neptune beneath
INTERLUDE (quietly, slowly, and understated):
G Am7 Bm C (x2)
G Am7 Bm C
No, life is never fair. It owes me nothing
G Am7 Bm C
Just when I had it all I lost everything
G Am7 Bm C
But somehow God is good and God is loving
G Am7 *Bm C
Just when I lost it all I gained everything
G Am7 Bm
I know why the caged bird sings.
C G
It's for me, it's for me
G Am7 Bm
I know why the caged bird sings
C G
It's for me, it's for me.
G Am7 Bm
I know why the caged bird sings
OUTRO:
G Am7 Bm C (x5 and end on G)