I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings ukulele

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

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INTRO: 
G               Am7             Bm              C       (x2) 
 
G         Am7                      Bm 
I know why the caged bird sings 
                C                 G 
It's for me, it's for me 
G         Am7                      Bm           C       G G G9 Em 
I know why the caged bird sings 
Em               Am7         Bm                 C       G G G9 Em 
Today I am helpless and time stands still 
Em                              Am7          Bm                 C 
G G G9 Em 
And the world goes on racing as the world always will 
Em               Am7         Bm                 C 
Days turn to weeks and weeks into months 
C                               G G G9 Em 
Leaving no answers and treasures lost 
Em                      Am7                        Bm 
Now all that I have is all that I am 
Bm          C           G G G9 Em 
Not much more than a shell of a man 
Em                      Am7                              Bm 
There's no revelations no wisdom no rhymes 
Bm                      C               G G G9 Em 
No freedom no pleasure no songs that are mine 
Em                          Am7                     Bm 
I'm a ship lost at sea in the waves and disease 
Bm                C      G G G9 Em 
Chaos above me and Neptune beneath 
Em                       Am7                          Bm 
I can't see the stars that guide the way 
Bm                         C         G G G9 Em 
This night's just begun and dawn's so far away 
Em              Am7             Bm 
What will happen? 
Bm              C         G G G9 Em 
What will happen? 
Em              Am7             Bm 
What will happen? 
Bm              C         G G G9 Em 
What will happen? 
Em        Am7           Bm 
Chaos above me 
Bm                C      G G G9 Em 
And Neptune beneath 
Em        Am7           Bm 
Chaos above me 
Bm                C      G G G9 Em 
And Neptune beneath 
 
INTERLUDE (quietly, slowly, and understated): 
G               Am7             Bm              C       (x2) 
 
G                          Am7               Bm         C 
No, life is never fair.  It owes me nothing 
G                          Am7               Bm         C 
Just when I had it all I lost everything 
G                          Am7               Bm         C 
But somehow God is good and God is loving 
G                          Am7              *Bm         C 
Just when I lost it all I gained everything 
G         Am7                      Bm 
I know why the caged bird sings. 
                C                 G 
It's for me, it's for me 
G         Am7                      Bm 
I know why the caged bird sings 
                C                 G 
It's for me, it's for me. 
G         Am7                      Bm 
I know why the caged bird sings 
 
OUTRO: 
G               Am7             Bm              C       (x5 and end on G) 
 
 

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