Judy Collins - Pacing The Cage
CAPO: 4th Fret
[Intro]
G C G C Am7 G
[Verse 1]
C G
Sunset is an angel weeping
C D G
Holding out a bloody sword
C G
No matter how I squint, I cannot
C
Make out what it's pointing toward
D Em
Sometimes you feel like you lived too long
D Em C Cmaj7
Days drip slowly on the page
C D D7 G
You catch yourself pacing the cage
[Verse 2]
C G
I've proven who I am so many times
C D G
The magnetic strip's worn thin
C G
And each time I was someone else
C
And everyone was taken in
D Em
Powers chatter in high places
D Em C
Stir up eddies in the dust of rage
Cmaj7 C D D7 G
Set me to pacing the cage
[Verse 3]
C G
I never knew what you all wanted
C D G
So I gave you everything
C G
All that I could pillage
C
All the spells that I could sing
D Em
It's as if the thing were written
D Em C
In the constitution of the age
Cmaj7 C D D7
Sooner or later you'll wind up pacing the cage
[Instrumental]
G C G C G C G C G
[Verse 4]
C G
Sometimes the best map will not guide you
C D G
You can't see what's round the bend
C D G
Sometimes the road leads through dark places
C
Sometimes the darkness is your friend
D Em
Today these eyes scan bleached out land
D Em C Cmaj7
For the coming of the outbound stage
C Em C G
Pacing the cage
C
Pacing the cage