Pacing The Cage Chords by Jimmy Buffett
- Key: Eb
- BPM: 71
- Capo: no capo
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PACING THE CAGE CHORDS
[Start] [Intro] Eb Bb Ab Eb Bb Ab Eb ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ [Verse] Bb Ab Sunset is an angel weeping ■ Eb Bb Ab ■ Holding out a bloody sword Eb Bb Ab ■ No matter how I squint I cannot Eb Bb Ab ■ Make out what it's pointing toward Bb Sometimes you feel like you lived too long Cm7 The days drip slowly on the page Ab Bbsus4 Eb Ab ■ And you catch yourself pacing the cage [Chorus] Eb Bb Bbsus4 Eb ■ ■ ■ ■ [Verse] Bb Ab I've proved who I am so many times Eb Bb Ab ■ The magnetic strip's worn thin Eb Bb Ab ■ And each time I was someone else Eb Bb Ab ■ And everyone was taken in [Chorus] Bb Powers chatter in high places Cm Cm7 Ab Stir up eddies in the dust of rage ■ Bb Ab Bbsus4 ■ Set me to pacing the cage ■ [Verse] Eb Bb Ab ■ I never knew what you all wanted Eb Bb Ab ■ So I gave you everything Eb Bb Ab ■ All that I could pillage Eb Bb Ab ■ All the spells that I could sing [Chorus] Bb It's as if the thing were written Cm7 In the constitution of the age Ab Bbsus4 Ab ■ Sooner or later ■ you'll wind up pacing the cage Bbsus4 Bb7 Eb Bb Eb Ab Eb Gm7 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ [Solo] Ab Eb Gm7 Abmaj7 Ab Eb ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Gm7 Ab Eb ■ ■ ■ [Verse] Bb Ab Sometimes the best map will not guide you Eb Bb Ab ■ You can't see what's 'round the bend [Chorus] Eb Bb Ab ■ Sometimes the road leads through dark places Eb Bb Ab Sometimes the darkness is your friend Bb Today these eyes scan bleachedout land Cm Cm7 Ab For the coming of the outbound stage ■ Bbsus4 Bb Ab Bb Ab ■ ■ Pacing the cage pacing the cage [Outro] Bb Bbsus4 Bb Ab Bbsus4 Bb Eb ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ [End]