THE CAGE Year : 1970 Album : Elton John Writers : Elton John & Bernie Taupin Intro: | Bb7 | Eb7 | Bb7 | Eb7 | Bb7 Eb7 Bb7 Bb7 Eb7 Bb7 Have you ever lived in a cage? Where you live to be whipped and be tamed. Ab Gb Db Eb Bb7 For I've never loved in a cage or talked to a friend or just waved. Gb F7 Bb7 Ah - roo - hoo. A - roo - hoo. Ahh - ahh. Bb7 Eb7 Bb7 Well I walk while they talk about virtue. Bb7 Eb7 Bb7 Just raised on my back legs & snarled Bb7 Ab Gb Db Eb Bb7 Watched you kiss your old daddy with passion - and tell dirty jokes as he died. Gb F7 Bb7 Ah - roo - hoo. A - roo - hoo. Ahh - ahh. Bb7 Eb7 Bb7 But I'm damned when I really care there. Bb7 Eb7 Bb7 For the cellar's the room in your lives. Bb7 Ab Gb Db Eb Bb7 Where you lace yourself with bad whiskey and close the cage doors on your life. Gb F7 Bb7 Ah - roo - hoo. A - roo - hoo. Ahh - ahh. Instr: | Cm | G/D | Cm/Eb | Fm | Cm/G | Gsus G | Cm | Gm | | Cm | G/D | Cm/Eb | Fm | Cm/G | Gsus G | Cm Bm| Bb7 Eb7 Bb7 Well I pray while you bathe in bad water. Bb7 Eb7 Bb7 Sing songs that I learnt as a boy. Bb7 Ab Gb Db Eb Bb7 Then break all the bones in my body on the bars you can never de - stroy. Gb F7 Bb7 Ah - roo - hoo. A - roo - hoo. Ahh - ahh. {Repeat 1st Verse, then Instrumental} Chorded by David Bisese