[Intro]
A F#m E
[Verse 1: ]
C#m A E
Well I don't feel better when I'm fucking around
C#m A E
And I don't write better when I'm stuck in the ground, so don't
C#m A E
Teach me a lesson cause I've already learned
C#m A E
Yeah the sun will be shining and my children will burn
C#m A E
Oh the heart beats in its cage
[Instrumental]
E -- optional bass notes climb up from E to E/F# E/G#
A F#m E
Then figure out the ["diddly diddly" triplets] OR just skip to:
C#m / Optional rapid triplet bursts C#m - C#m/E
[Verse 2:]
C#m A E
I don't want what you want I don't feel what you feel
C#m A E
See I'm stuck in this city but I belong in a field
C#m A E
Whoa we gets left, left, left, left, left, left, left,
C#m A E
Now it's three in the morning and you're eating alone
C#m A E~
Oh the heart beats in its cage…
[Bridge:]
E A B A [A/G#/F#]
All our friends, they're laughing at us
E A B A [A/G#/F#]
All the ones you love you mistrust
E A B A [A/G#/F#]
Help me I am not quite myself
E A B Cm [rapid burst]
Look around there's no one else left
[Verse 3:]
C#m A E
I went to the concert and I fought through the crowd
C#m A E
Guess I got too excited when I thought you were around
C#m A E
Oh I get left, left, left, left, left, left, left
C#m
And I'm sorry you were thinking that I
A E
would steal your fire
C#m A E
Oh the heart beats in its cage
C#m A E
OH-oh the heart be-eats in its cage
[Instrumental]
A F#m E
C#m / Optional rapid triplet bursts C#m - C#m/E
C#m A E
The heart beats in its cage
