Pacing the Cage Bruce Cockburn
This is a very beautiful song by Cockburn and I thought it would be nice to put the
actual chords up. This song is played by finger picking but I'm too lazy to tasb that
out, so here are the chords.
Capo III
[C]Sunset [G/B]is an angel we[F2/A]eping
[C]Holding [G/B]out a bloody sw[F2/A]ord
[C]No matter [G/B]how I squint I ca[F2/A]nnot
[C]Make out [G/B]what it's pointing to[F2/A]ward
[F]Sometimes you feel like you've [G]lived too long
[Am]Days drip slowly on the page[F]
[F]You catch yourself
[G]Pacing the cage[F] [G]
[C]I've proven [G/B]who I am so many ti[F2/A]mes
[C]The magnetic [G/B]strips worn th[F2/A]in
[C]And each time [G/B]I was someone els[F2/A]e
[C]And everyo[G/B]ne was taken in[F2/A]
[F]Powers chatter in high p[G]laces
[Am]Stir up eddies in the dust of rage[F]
[G]Set me to pacing the cage[F] [G]
[C]I never [G/B]knew what you all [F2/A]wanted
[C]So I [G/B]gave you everythi[F2/A]ng
[C]All that [G/B]I could pi[F2/A]llage
[C]All the [G/B]spells that I could si[F2/A]ng
[F]It's as if the thing were w[G]ritten
[Am]In the constitution of the age[F]
[F]Sooner or later you'll wind up
[G]Pacing the cage[F] [G]
SOLO
[C]Sometimes the [G/B]best map will not guide yo[F2/A]u
[C]You can't [G/B]see what's round the be[F2/A]nd
[C]Sometimes the [G/B]road leads through dark pl[F2/A]aces
[C]Sometimes the [G/B]darkness is your fr[F2/A]iend
[F]Today these eyes scan [G]bleached out land
[Am]For the coming of the outbound stage[F]
[G]Pacing the cage[F]
[G]Pacing the cage[F] [C]
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