Cage the Songbird

Cage The Songbird chords The Low Anthem (Live at WFUV) Capo III G Gsus4 G 2x Em G C God cage the songbird G Em D Before the feathers run brown Em G C God bar the windows Em D G That we may though hollow be sound Em C G And this island shall be shackled to her waters Em C D Here we vow never to change Em C G Here we will stand at last for something Em D G With no desire to pretend Em C G Send up our prayers to gilded idols Em C D With their names etched in heartwood of palm Em C G And scatter the ashes of the contracts Em D G Their freedom so hollow a song Em G C God cage the songbird G Em D Before the feathers run brown Em G C God bar the windows Em D G That we may though hollow be sound EGCGEDEGCEDG Em C G Now the street lamp will be tethered to her station Em C D As the poor man is tethered to the flesh Em C G As a wise man will be tethered to his wisdom Em D G As the mother is tethered to her crche Em C G Was your hunger your awareness of salvation Em C D As your chances go slipping to the past Em C G Are you tortured by the changing of the seasons? Em D G And each grain of sand in the glass Em G C God cage the songbird G Em D Before the feathers run brown Em G C God bar the windows Em D G That we may though hollow be sound Em G C God cage the songbird G Em D Before the feathers run brown Em G C God bar the windows Em D G That we may though hollow be sound Set8