TAB by Bryan Thomas or Chords by Jim Heald or Goavs@concentric.net.
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Pacing the Cage
by Bruce Cockburn from The Charity of Night
CapoIV
C G add 5 / B F add 9 / A
3x
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F G add 5 Am
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Am7 Am Am sus 4
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F maj 9
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G11 add 6
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Bryan Thomas |You know you've created God in your own image when
|he hates the exact same people that you do.
| -- Gordon Charrick
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PACING THE CAGE
Bruce Cockburn
from: Charity of Night
Transcribed by Jim Heald (jheald@aol.com)
Pinch Finger Pick
Capo 4: Key of E
Intro: |C / G /|F / / / | 4X
C G F
Sunset is an angel weeping
C G F
Holding out a bloody sword
C G F
No matter how I squint I cannot
C G F
Make out what it's pointing toward
G
Sometimes you feel like you've lived too long
Am
Days drip slowly on the page
F G
You catch yourself
F G
Pacing the cage
I've proven who I am so many times
The magnetic strip's worn thin
And each time I was someone else
And every one was taken in
Hours chatter in high places
Stir up eddies in the dust of rage
Set me to pacing the cage
I never knew what you all wanted
So I gave you everything
All that I could pillage
All the spells that I could sing
It's as if the thing were written
In the constitution of the age
Sooner or later you'll wind up
Pacing the cage
Instrumental: |C / G /|F / / / | 4X
Sometimes the best map will not guide you
You can't see what's round the bend
Sometimes the road leads through dark places
Sometimes the darkness is your friend
Today these eyes scan bleached-out land
For the coming of the outbound stage.
Pacing the cage.
Pacing the cage.
Pacing The Cage - Chords
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Transcribed by Goavs@concentric.net.
The album uses a Capo 4th fret, with the main chords being C-G-F.
E B A
Sunset is an angel weeping
E B A
Holding out a bloody sword
E B A
No matter how I squint I cannot
E B A
Make out what it's pointing toward
A B
Sometimes you feel like you've lived too long
C#m C#m/B C#m A Amaj7
Days drip slowly on the page
Amaj 7
You catch yourself
Pacing the cage
E B A
I've proven who I am so many times
E B A
The magnetic strips worn thin
E B A
And each time I was someone else
E B A
And everyone was taken in
A B
Powers chatter in high places
C#m C#m/B C#m A Amaj7
Stir up eddies in the dust of rage
Amaj 7
Set me to pacing the cage
E B A
I never knew what you all wanted
E B A
So I gave you everything
E B A
All that I could pillage
E B A
All the spells that I could sing
A B
It's as if the thing were written
C#m C#m/B C#m A Amaj7
In the constitution of the age
Amaj 7
Sooner or later you'll wind up
Pacing the cage
SOLO
E B A
Sometimes the best map will not guide you
E B A
You can't see what's round the bend
E B A
Sometimes the road leads through dark places
E B A
Sometimes the darkness is your friend
A B
Today these eyes scan bleached out land
C#m C#m/B C#m A Amaj7
For the coming of the outbound stage
Amaj 7
Pacing the cage
E
Pacing the cage
From The Charity Of Night CD 1997
RYKO Records
Golden Mountain Music BMI