The Soul Cages Sting
[Intro]
[Gm] [Bb] [C] [Gm] [F] [C]
[Gm] [Bb] [C] [Gm] [F] [C]
[Verse]
[Gm]The boy child is locked in the [Bb]fisherman's yard[C]
[Gm]There's a bloodless moon where the oceans [Bb]die[C]
[Gm]A shoal of night stars hang [Bb]fire in the nets[C]
And the c[Gm]haos of cages where the[Bb] crayfish [C]lie
[Gm]Where is the fisherman, [Bb]where is the goat[C],
[Gm]Where is the keeper in his [Bb]carrion coa[C]t?
Ecl[Gm]ipse on the moon when the [Bb]dark bird fl[C]ies
[Gm]Where is the child with his [Bb]father's e[C]yes?
[C] [Bb]
[Bridge]
[Gm]He's the king of the ninth world[Bb] [C] [F] [Gm]
[Gm]The twisted son of the fog bells' t[Bb]oll[C] [F] [Gm]
[Gm]In each and every lobster cag[Bb]e, [C] [F] [Gm]a tortured human soul
[Pre-Cborus]
[Bb]These are the souls of the [Bbsus2]broken factories
[Bb]The subject slaves of the [Bbsus2]broken crown
[Bb]The dead accounting of [Bbsus2]old guilty promises
[Bb]These are the souls of the [C]broken town
[Cborus]
[Gm]These are the [Bb]soul cages[C]
[Gm]These are the [F]soul cages[C]
[Gm]These are the [Bb]soul cages[C]
[Gm]These are the [Bb]soul cages[C]
[Am] [C] [Bb]
[Am] [C] [Bb]
[Verse]
[Am]'I have a wager,' the brave chi[C]ld spok[D]e[G]
[Am]The fisherman laughed though di[C]sturbed at the j[D]oke [G]
[Am]'You will drink what I drink B[C]ut you must equa[D]l me,[G]
[Am]And if the drink leaves me standing, [C]A soul shall go [D]free'
[Am]'I have here a cask of most [C]magical [D]wine
[Am]A vintage that blessed every [C]ship in the li[D]ne
[Am]It's wrung from the [C]blood of the s[D]ailors who died
[Am]Young white bodies [C]adrift in the [D]tide'
[Am]'And what's in it for me, my [C]pretty young t[D]hing?
[Am]Why should I whistle when the [C]caged bird [D]sings?
[Am]If you lose a wager with the [C]king of the sea[D]
[Am]You'll spend the rest of forever[C] in the cage with m[D]e'
[Cborus]
[Am]These are the [C]soul cages[D]
[Am]These are the [C]soul cages[D]
[Am]These are the [C]soul cages[D]
[Am]These are the [C]soul cages[D]
[Bridge]
[Am]A body lies open in the fi[C]sherman's [D]yard like
[Am]The side of a [C]ship where[D] the iceberg rips
[Am]One less soul [C]in the soul cages[D]
[Am]One last curse on the f[G]isherman's[D] lips
[Cborus]
[Am]These are the [C]soul cages[D]
[Am]These are the [C]soul cages[D]
[Am]These are the [C]soul cages[D]
[Am]These are the [C]soul cages[D]
[Am]These are the [C]soul cages[D]
[Outro]
[Dsus2]And he dreamed of[A] a ship on the sea
[Dsus2]It would carry hi[A]s father and he
[Dsus2]To a place they c[A]ould never be found
[Dsus2]To a place far aw[A]ay from this town
[Dsus2]A Newcastle ship [A]with no coals
[Dsus2]They would sail t[A]o the island of souls
[B] [Bsus2]
[Cborus Outro]
[F#m]These are the [A]soul cages[B]
[F#m]These are the [A]soul cages[B]
[F#m]These are the [A]soul cages[B]
[F#m]These are the [A]soul cages[B]
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