My Body Is A Cage

Arcade Fire

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 Gm
My body is a cage

 Bb
That keeps me from dancing

 Cm
With the one I love,

 D
But my mind holds the key.

 Gm
My body is a cage

 Bb
That keeps me from dancing

 Cm
With the one I love,

 D
But my mind holds the key.

 Gm
I'm standing on a stage

 Bb
Of fear and self-doubt

 Cm
It's a hollow play,

 D
But they'll clap anyway.

 Gm
My body is a cage

 Bb
That keeps me from dancing

 D
With the one I love,

 D#
But my mind holds the key.

 CmD#
You're standing next to me.     

 CmD#
My mind holds the key.       

(The organ gets louder here, so strum the chords in stead of fingerpicking them.)

 Gm
I'm living in an age

 Bb
That calls darkness light,

 Cm
Though my landscape is dead

 D
Still the shapes fill my head

 Gm
I'm living in an age

 Bb
Whose name I don't know

 Cm
Though the fear keeps me moving,

 D
Still my heart beats so slow.

 Gm
My body is a cage

 Bb
That keeps me from dancing

 D
With the one I love

 D#
But my mind holds the key.

 CmD#
You're standing next to me.    

 CmD#
My mind holds the key.   

N.C.
My body is a…

(This is where the song explodes, and the pattern is the same but with a slight
The chords are held for the same amount of time as in the previous parts, but there is a
minor
after the D which is hold for one measure until it repeats. It sounds confusing, but
you listen to the song, it's rather simple. This variation is played until the Gm Bb D
progression.)

 GmBbCmDGm
e|--3-----6--------3--------5--------3--|
B|--3-----6--------4--------7--------3--|
G|--3-----7--------5--------7--------3--|
D|--5-----8--------5--------7--------5--|
A|--5-----8--3--5--3--3-----5--------5--|
E|--3--5--6--------------6-----6--5--3--|


 Gm
My body is a cage.

 Bb
We take what we're given.

 Cm
Just because you're forgotten,

 D
That don't mean you're forgiven.

 Gm
I'm living in an age

 Bb
That screams my name at night,

 Cm
But when I get to the doorway

 D
There's no one in sight.

 Gm
I'm living in an age

 Bb
They laugh and I'm dancing

 D
With the one I love,

 D#
But my mind holds the key.

 CmD#
You're standing next to me.    

 CmD#
My mind holds the key.   

Fm* Gm* *Played at the 8th and 10th fret on the A string.
Set my spirit free

Fm* Gm*
Set my spirit free

Fm* Gm*
Set my body free

Fm* Gm*
Set my body free

Fm* Gm*

Fm* Gm*

Fm* Gm*
Set my spirit free

Fm* Gm*
Set my body free

Fm* Gm*
Ooohoooooo

Fm* Gm*
Ooohoooooo

| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| N.C. No chord
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