Cage The Songbird
The Low AnthemVersion1
90
Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
2x
God cage the songbird
Before the feathers run brown
God bar the windows
That we may though hollow be sound
And this island shall be shackled to her waters
Here we vow never to change
Here we will stand at last for something
With no desire to pretend
Send up our prayers to gilded idols
With their names etched in heartwood of palm
And scatter the ashes of the contracts
Their freedom so hollow a song
God cage the songbird
Before the feathers run brown
God bar the windows
That we may though hollow be sound
Now the street lamp will be tethered to her station
As the poor man is tethered to the flesh
As a wise man will be tethered to his wisdom
As the mother is tethered to her crèche
Was your hunger your awareness of salvation
As your chances go slipping to the past
Are you tortured by the changing of the seasons?
And each grain of sand in the glass
God cage the songbird
Before the feathers run brown
God bar the windows
That we may though hollow be sound
God cage the songbird
Before the feathers run brown
God bar the windows
That we may though hollow be sound
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Readable chord sheet for Cage The Songbird by The Low Anthem
[G] [Gsus4] [G] 2x [Em]God [G]cage the [C]songbird Be[G]fore the [Em]feathers run [D]brown [Em]God [G]bar the [C]windows That [Em]we may though [D]hollow be [G]sound And this [Em]island shall be [C]shackled to her [G]waters [Em]Here we vow [C]never to [D]change [Em]Here we will [C]stand at last for [G]something With [Em]no de[D]sire to pre[G]tend [Em]Send up our [C]prayers to gilded [G]idols With their [Em]names etched in [C]heartwood of [D]palm And [Em]scatter the [C]ashes of the [G]contracts Their [Em]freedom so [D]hollow a [G]song [Em]God [G]cage the [C]songbird Be[G]fore the [Em]feathers run [D]brown [Em]God [G]bar the [C]windows That [Em]we may though [D]hollow be [G]sound [Em] [G] [C] [G] [Em] [D] [Em] [G] [C] [Em] [D] [G] Now the [Em]street lamp will be [C]tethered to her [G]station As the [Em]poor man is [C]tethered to the [D]flesh As a [Em]wise man will be [C]tethered to his [G]wisdom As the [Em]mother is [D]tethered to her [G]crèche Was your [Em]hunger your [C]awareness of sal[G]vation As your [Em]chances go [C]slipping to the [D]past Are you [Em]tortured by the [C]changing of the [G]seasons? And [Em]each grain of [D]sand in the [G]glass [Em]God [G]cage the [C]songbird Be[G]fore the [Em]feathers run [D]brown [Em]God [G]bar the [C]windows That [Em]we may though [D]hollow be [G]sound [Em]God [G]cage the [C]songbird Be[G]fore the [Em]feathers run [D]brown [Em]God [G]bar the [C]windows That [Em]we may though [D]hollow be [G]sound