Caged Bird
Alicia KeysVersion1TuningE2 A2 D3 G3 B3 E4 (low to high)
TuningE2 A2 D3 G3 B3 E4 (low to high) Download chord source (.txt)
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
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D-|--------------6-----4-----3-----------------|
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E-|---1-2---3----4-----2-----1-----------------|
Right now I feel like a bird
Caged without a key
Everyones comes stearing me
With so much joy and revelry
Eb
e-|--------------------------------------------|
b-|--------------6-----4-----8-----------------|
g-|--------------6-----5-----8-----------------|
D-|--------------8-----6-----8-----------------|
A-|--------------------------6-----------------|
E-|---3-4---5----6-----4-----------------------|
They don't know how I feel inside
Through my smile I cry
They don't know what they do to me
Keeping me from flyin'
(Thats why I say that)
I know why the caged bird sings
Only joy comes from song
She's so rare and beautiful to others
Why not just set her free
So she can fly, fly, fly
Spreadin' her wings and her song
Let her fly, fly, fly
For the whole world to see
She's like a caged bird
Fly fly
Oh, she's a little fly, She's a little fly, She's a little fly
Spread wings, Spread beauty
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.
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Readable chord sheet for Caged Bird by Alicia Keys
Tuning: E2 A2 D3 G3 B3 E4 (low to high)
e-|--------------------------------------------|
b-|--------------4-----2-----1-----------------|
g-|--------------5-----3-----2-----------------|
D-|--------------6-----4-----3-----------------|
A-|--------------------------------------------|
E-|---1-2---3----4-----2-----1-----------------|
[Ab]Right now I f[F#]eel like a[F] bird
[Ab]Caged wit[F#]hout a k[F]ey
[Ab]Everyones c[F#]omes st[F]earing me
[Ab]With so much j[F#]oy and r[F]evelry
[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]They don't [Ab]know how [Eb]I feel inside
[Bbm]Through my [Ab]smile I [Eb]cry
[Bbm]They don't [Ab]know wha[Eb]t they do to me
[Bbm]Keeping [Ab]me from [Eb]flyin'
(Thats why I say that)
[Ab]I know wh[F#]y the ca[F]ged bird sings
[Bbm]Only jo[Ab]y comes [Eb]from song
[Ab]She's so [F#]rare and b[F]eautiful to others
[Bbm]Why not j[Ab]ust set [Eb]her free
[Ab]So she ca[F#]n fly, fly[F], fly
[Ab]Spreadin' her w[F#]ings and he[F]r song
[Ab]Let her f[F#]ly, fly, f[F]ly
[Bbm]For the w[Ab]hole wor[Eb]ld to see
[Ab] [F#] [F]
[Ab] [F#] [F]
[Ab]She's lik[F#]e a caged [F]bird
[Ab]Fly fly [F#] [F]
Oh, [Ab]she's a little fly, She's[F#] a little fly, She'[F]s a little fly
[Ab]Spread wing[F#]s, Spread[Fmaj7] beauty
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.