The Bird Is In The Birdcage - Ver 2

D C# F# C# The bird is in the birdcage F#m Bm Oh, the cruelest fate E A C# To take for your delight his gift of flight away A lover with no love life F#m Bm A groom kept from his bride E A D Just beyond the walls and prison bars that hold him tightly by and by A C# B#m Is there ever any wonder why the caged bird cries? G#m He retreats like frost in sunlight E D Melts like wax beneath a flame E A kindly dog, when cornered, bites He must be caged if he can't be tamed D (If he can't, if he can't, if he can't be tamed) If he can't, if he can't be tamed E (If he can't, if he can't, if he can't be tamed) G#m He must be caged if he can't be tamed (If he can't, if he can't, if he can't be tamed) C# If he can't, if he can't be tamed The hatter's in the madhouse F#m Bm Must you the beast arouse? F#m E A D The mercury will rise and burn his mind, by his delusion he's confined A C# F# Who could ever know what oddities he holds inside?