Caged Bird Chords by J. Cole & Dreamville
- Key: Gb
- BPM: 82
- Capo: no capo
DOWNBEAT
GUITAR
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GUITAR -
UKULELE
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PIANO
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MANDOLIN
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BANJO
CAGED BIRD CHORDS
[Intro] Abm7 Ab7 Ebm7 ■ Yeah caged bird Abm7 Something like a caged bird Ebm7 Caged bird Ebm7 Yeah look [Verse] Abm7 You ain't a man till you stop chasing your friends my nigga Abm7 Think for yourself make your own plans my nigga Ebm7 I'll be lying if I said I ain't understand my nigga Db Cause who you gon' follow when the leaders all get swallowed Abm7 By reefer clouds and bottles Abm7 In and out of county jail Abm7 This is hell see the young black males in packed cells Ebm With they heads down Ebm7 And they fists clenched tight Ebm7 Thinking I could bust a hole through this wall Db And bitch I just might Ebm7 Abm7 It's just like the caged bird I sing a song Abm7 Hoping they open up these bars and send a nigga home Ab7 I cry when I'm alone Ebm7 I'm wondering why would God send me here Ebm7 Knowing that they hate us Ebsus4 Ebm7 Knowing that they make us feel like we evil so we kill our people Abm7 Without a second thought in every lesson taught by OGs Abm7 We full of real nigga wisdom so we proceed Ebm7 Like real niggas who been stripped of our humanity Ebm7 I see the judge's eyes I know that he ain't understanding me Abm7 A caged bird Abm7 Caged bird Ebm7 Yeah caged ■ bird [Chorus] Abm7 Freedom's just an illusion that's my conclusion Absus4 And if it ain't then how my niggas keep on losin' theirs Ebm This goes out to childhood friends that's doin' years Ebm7 Ebm Prison tats on they backs like souvenirs Ebm7 We wish that you was here Abm7 A mother's tear spilled on this page Absus4 A brother's tear spilled on this page Absus4 How many days left Ebm7 And can you find peace when you released Ebm7 Still filled up wit' rage [Verse] Ebsus4 Back on the streets just to peep that you still in the cage Abm7 Well it's the oratory vet Abm7 Turned down king slash poet laureate Ebm7 Used to paint a picture with a story of neglect Ebm7 I could've been a shorty drinking fortys on the steps Db With a shorty on my lap Abm7 With a shorty on the way coming shortly to protect Abm7 I could've been a dealer in the party with the X Ebm7 But I'm hardly in the mix and I partially confess Ebm7 I definitely got a couple parts in me that I regret Abm7 Is the cup halfempty or is it halffull Abm7 I fill mine up with Hennessy then get back to him Ebm I'm just a jazz musician trapped in a rap form Ebm7 You think you standing for something you on a trap door Abm7 Well it's the Mr Introspective Abm7 I'm a dreamers dream a sort of an inception Ebm7 I never fiend for the scene but I dreamed of the things Ebm7 That a Mercedes brings like slow sex with fast women Abm7 Drinking cognac I'm past grinning Abm7 A sexy dress fat ass in it Abm7 But still hit it till I'm halfwinded Ebm Cause niggas tell me I'm the shit Ebm7 Well I be hitting all these dimes Ebm Ebm7 See I'm caged by the visions of the blind Abm7 I started as a king Abm7 Turned to a slave Abm7 Put us in our chains Abm7 We was forced to entertain Ebm7 Thinking bout the present day I'm living off the stage Ebm7 Wonder if a nigga ever get up out this cage Abm7 As I sing Abm7 A caged bird Abm7 Caged bird Bbm7 Yeah caged bird ■ [Chorus] Bbm7 Freedom's just an illusion that's my conclusion Absus4 And if it ain't then how my niggas keep on losin' theirs Ebm7 This goes out to childhood friends that's doin' years Ebsus4 Prison tats on they backs like souvenirs Ebsus4 We wish that you was here Ab7 Abm7 A mother's tear spilled on this page Abm7 A brother's tear spilled on this page Abm7 How many days left Abm7 And can you find peace when you released Abm7 Still filled up wit' rage Ebm7 Back on the streets just to peep that you still in the cage [Outro] Ebm Db Abm Ebm Db Ebm Abm7 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ [End]
