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Cage – Wings
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Wings
Cage (1979)
(McCartney)
Outtake from the sessions for the last Wings album “Back to the Egg”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dba3k7Wu8TE
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capo: 1st fret
play: C / E
key: C# / F
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VERSE
C C/E Am C C/E Am C Am G G/E | G G/A C
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|0---0---0-------|0---0---0-------|0---0---3---3---|3-------0-------|
B|1---1---1-------|1---1---1-------|1---1---0---0---|0-------1-------|
G|0---0---2-------|0---0---2-------|0---2---0---0---|0-------0-------|
D|2---2---2-------|2---2---2-------|2---2---0---0---|0-------2-------|
A|3---x---0-------|3---x---0-------|3---0---2---2---|2---0---3-------|
E|----0-----------|----0-----------|--------3---0---|3---------------|
VERSE (key change)
E E/G# C#m E E/G# C#m E C#m B B/G# B B/C# E
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|0---0---4-------|0---0---4-------|0---4---2-------|2-------0-------|
B|0---0---5-------|0---0---5-------|0---5---4---4---|4-------0-------|
G|1---1---6-------|1---1---6-------|1---6---4---4---|4-------1-------|
D|2---2---6-------|2---2---6-------|2---6---4---4---|4-------2-------|
A|----x---4-------|----x---4-------|----4---2---x---|2---4-----------|
E|----4-----------|----4-----------|------------4---|----------------|
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DRUM INTRO
| N.C. | % |
INTRO
| C C/E Am | C C/E Am |
| C Am G G/E | G G/A C |
VERSE
C C/E Am
Emotional moments
C C/E Am
You’re left in a rage
C Am G G/E
But if you could love me now
G G/A C
I won’t be in a cage
VERSE
C C/E Am
Provisional license
C C/E Am
I’m under arrest
C Am G G/E
But if you could get me out
G G/A C E
I’d like to take another te-e-e-e-est
MIDDLE 8
E
I’ve been sent to tell ya
G#m C#m
That the man you were with last night
F#m B
Is feeling sorry, sorry
E
But he told me to tell ya
G#m C#m
That he hardly ever lies
C#m G#5 G5 F#m B
But he lied to you last night, hmmm
C#m G#
He didn’t mean it (No!)
A E
Said he didn’t mean it (No!)
C#m G#
He didn’t mean it
A E
Said he didn’t mean it (No! No!)
MIDDLE 8
E
I’ve been sent to tell ya
G#m C#m
That the man you were with last night
F#m B [ E ]
Is feeling lonely only for you
E
He told me to tell ya
G#m C#m
That he hardly ever cries
C#m G#5 G5 F#m B
But he cried for you last night, hmmm
C#m G#
He didn’t mean it (No!)
A E
Said he didn’t mean it (No!)
C#m G#
He didn’t mean it
A E
Said he didn’t mean it (No! No!)
INTERLUDE
| C Bb | Eb D | G F | A G |
| C Bb | Eb D | G F | A G | G |
INTRO
| E E/G# | C#m | E E/G# | C#m |
| E C#m | B B/G# | B B/C# | E |
VERSE (key change)
E E/G# C#m
Emotional moments
E E/G# C#m
You’re left in a rage
E C#m B B/G#
But if you could love me now
B B/C# E
I won’t be in a cage
VERSE (key change)
E E/G# C#m
Dramatic performance
E E/G# C#m
Direct from the stage
E C#m B B/G#
But if you could get me out
B B/C# E
I won’t be in a cage