"Caged Bird" (from Songs in A Minor) Alicia Keys General Tab Structure: (I play it with the Hendrix type chord with my thumb on the low E string): e-|--------------------------------------------| b-|--------------4-----2-----1-----------------| g-|--------------5-----3-----2-----------------| D-|--------------6-----4-----3-----------------| A-|--------------------------------------------| E-|---1-2---3----4-----2-----1-----------------| Ab F# F Right now I feel like a bird Ab F# F Caged without a key Ab F# F Everyones comes stearing me Ab F# F With so much joy and revelry Bbm Ab Eb* e-|--------------------------------------------| b-|--------------6-----4-----8-----------------| g-|--------------6-----5-----8-----------------| D-|--------------8-----6-----8-----------------| A-|--------------------------6-----------------| E-|---3-4---5----6-----4-----------------------| Bbm Ab Eb They don't know how I feel inside Bbm Ab Eb Through my smile I cry Bbm Ab Eb They don't know what they do to me Bbm Ab Eb Keeping me from flyin' (Thats why I say that) Ab F# F I know why the caged bird sings Bbm Ab Eb Only joy comes from song Ab F# F She's so rare and beautiful to others Bbm Ab Eb Why not just set her free Ab F# F So she can fly, fly, fly Ab F# F Spreadin' her wings and her song Ab F# F Let her fly, fly, fly Bbm Ab Eb For the whole world to see [interlude] Ab F# F Ab F# F Ab F# F She's like a caged bird Ab F# F Fly fly Ab F# F Oh, she's a little fly, She's a little fly, She's a little fly Ab F# Fmaj7** Spread wings, Spread beauty * you may want to try varying the Eb by using x6888x, x6534x, or 3x134x ** you may want to finger the Fmaj7 with 1x221x, x 8 10 9 10 x, or x8755x Tips: Watch the third verse, since it alternates between the two chord progressions, you want to use the two lead-ins alternatively during that verse. tabbed by pianoboy3333 Send comments, questions, and complaints to pianoboy3333@juicemedia.tv.