The Soul Cages

TRACK LISTING: 1.ISLAND OF SOULS 2.ALL THIS TIME 3.MAD ABOUT YOU 4.JEREMIAH BLUES (PART 1) 5.WHY SHOULD I CRY FOR YOU? 6.SAINT AGNES AND THE BURNING TRAIN 7.THE WILD WILD SEA 8.THE SOUL CAGES 9.WHEN THE ANGELS FALL -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TRACK 1 - ISLAND OF SOULS WRITERS: STING -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CAPO: 3 KEY: Dm Bm Bm E Billy was born within sight of the shipyard Bm E First son of a riveter's son Bm E And Billy was raised as the ship grew a shadow Bm E Bm E Her great hull would blot out the light of the sun Bm E And six days a week he would watch his poor father Bm E A working man live like a slave Bm E He'd drink every night and he'd dream of a future Bm E Of money he never would save Am F And Billy would cry when he thought of the future Bm E Soon came a day when the bottle was broken Bm E They launched the great ship out to sea Bm E He felt he'd been left on a desolate shore Bm E To a future he desperately wanted to flee Am F What else was there for a shipbuilder's son G A new ship to be built, new work to be done D G Em One day he dreamed of the ship in the world Bm D It would carry his father and he G Em D To a place they would never be found G A Bm To a place far away from this town Bm E Trapped in the cage of the skeleton ship Bm E All the workmen suspended like flies Bm E Bm E Caught in the flare of acetylene light Bm E Bm E A working man works till the industry dies Am F And Billy would cry when he thought of the future Bm E Bm E Then what they call an industrial accident Bm E Crushed those it couldn't forgive Bm E Bm E They brought Billy's father back home in an ambulance Bm E Bm E A brass watch, a cheque, maybe three weeks to live Am F And what else was there for a riveter's son G A new ship to be built, new work to be done D G Em That night, he dreamed of the ship in the world Bm D It would carry his father and he G Em To a place they could never be found Bm D To a place far away from this town G Em D A Newcastle ship without coals G A Bm E They would sail to the island of souls Bm E Bm E Bm E Bm E Bm E Bm E Bm E Bm E Bm E Bm E Bm E Bm E Bm E Bm E Bm E Bm E Bm E Bm E Bm E Bm E Bm E Bm E -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TRACK 2 - ALL THIS TIME WRITERS: STING -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NO CAPO KEY: D G Em D C G Em D C G Em D C G Em D C G Em D C G Em D C I looked out across the river today G Em D C G Em D C Saw a city in the fog and an old church town where the seagulls play G Em D C G Em D C Saw the sad shire horses walking home in the sodium light G Em Two priests on the ferry D C G Em D October geese on a cold winter's night Em A7 C All this time the river flowed D G Em D C Endlessly to the sea G Em D C G Em D C Two priests came 'round our house tonight G Em D C G Em D C One young, one old, to offer prayers for the dying to serve the final rite G Em D C G Em D C One to learn, one to teach which way the cold wind blows G Em D C G Em D And fussing and flapping in priestly black like a murder of crows Em A7 C All this time the river flowed D G Endlessly to the sea Em If I had my way A7 C I'd take a boat from the river D And I'd bury the old man G Em D C I'd bury him at sea G Em D C G Em D C Blessed are the poor, for they shall inherit the earth G Em D C G Em D C Better to be poor than be a fat man in the eye of the needle G Em D C G Em D C As these words were spoken I swear I hear the old man laughing G Em D C G Em D What good is a used up world and how could it be worth having? Em A7 C All this time the river flowed D G Endlessly like a silent tear Em A7 C All this time the river flowed D G Em Father, if Jesus exists then how come he never lives here? D C G Em Yeah, yeah D C G Em Yeah, yeah D C G Yeah, yeah A F#m E D A F#m E D Teachers told us, the Romans built this place A F#m E D A F#m E D They built a wall and a temple and an edge of the empire garrison town A F#m They lived and they died E D A F#m E D They prayed to their gods, but the stone gods did not make a sound A F#m D E And their empire crumbles 'till all that was left A Were the stones the workmen found F#m B7 D All this time the river flowed E A In the falling light of a Northern sun F#m B7 D If I had my way, take a boat from the river E A A F#m Men go crazy in congregations, they only get better one by one D E A F#m (Yeah, yeah) One by one D E A F#m (Yeah, yeah) One by one by one D E A F#m (Yeah, yeah) One by one (All this time) D E A F#m (Yeah, yeah) I looked out across (All this time) D E A F#m (Yeah, yeah) The river today (All this time) D E A F#m (Yeah, yeah) Saw a city in the fog and (All this time) D E A F#m (Yeah, yeah) An old church town where the seagulls play (All this time) D E (Yeah, yeah) (All this time) A F#m D E (Yeah, yeah) Saw the sad shire horses walking home (All this time) A F#m (Yeah, yeah) In the sodium light (All this time) D E A F#m D E (Yeah, yeah) Two priests on the ferry, october geese (All this time) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TRACK 3 - MAD ABOUT YOU WRITERS: STING -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CAPO: 4 KEY: G#m Em C Em C Em C Em C Em C Em C Em A stone's throw from Jerusalem C I walked a lonely mile in the moonlight Em And though a million stars were shining C My heart was lost on a distant planet Em That whirls around the April moon C Whirling in an arc of sadness Em I'm lost without you B7 I'm lost without you C Am Though all my kingdoms turn to sand Edim B7 And fall into the sea Em I'm mad about you C Em I'm mad about you Em And from the dark secluded valleys C I heard the ancient songs of sadness Em But every step I thought of you C Every footstep only you Em And every star a grain of sand C The leavings of a dried up ocean Em Tell me, how much longer? C How much longer? Em They say a city in the desert lies C The vanity of an ancient king Em But the city lies in broken pieces C Where the wind howls and the vultures sing Em These are the works of man C This is the sum of our ambition Em It would make a prison of my life F#m If you became another's wife C Am With every prison blown to dust Edim B7 My enemies walk free Em I'm mad about you C Em I'm mad about you G D# And I have never in my life Em Felt more alone than I do now F C Although I claim dominions over all I see G It means nothing to me Am There are no victories Bbm B In all our histories, without love Em A stone's throw from Jerusalem C I walked a lonely mile in the moonlight Em And though a million stars were shining C My heart was lost on a distant planet Em That whirls around the April moon C Whirling in an arc of sadness Em I'm lost without you B7 I'm lost without you Em C Em C Em C Em F#m C Am And though you hold the keys to ruin Edim B7 Of everything I see C Am With every prison blown to dust Edim B7 My enemies walk free C Am Though all my kingdoms turn to sand Edim B7 And fall into the sea Em I'm mad about you C Em I'm mad about you -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TRACK 4 - JEREMIAH BLUES (PART 1) WRITERS: STING -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NO CAPO KEY: Em Bm E Bm A It was midnight, midnight at noon G Everyone talked in rhyme E Bm A Everyone saw the big clock ticking F#m Nobody knew, nobody knew the time E Bm A Elegant debutantes smiled G Everyone fought for dimes E Bm A Newspapers screamed for blood F#m It was the best of times Cm Every place around the world it seemed the same Cm Can't hear the rhythm for the drums Cm Everybody wants to look the other way Cm E When something wicked this way comes G A Sometimes they tie a thief to the tree E Sometimes I stare E Bm Sometimes it's me E Bm A Everyone told the truth G All that we heard were lies E Bm A A pope claimed that he'd been wrong in the past F#m This was a big surprise E Bm A Everyone fell in love G A cardinal's wife was jailed E Bm The government saved a dying planet A F#m When popular icons failed Cm Every place around the world it seemed the same Cm Can't hear the rhythm for the drums Cm Everybody wants to look the other way Cm E When something wicked this way comes G A Sometimes they tie a thief to the tree E Sometimes I stare, sometimes it's me E Sometimes I stare, sometimes it's me -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TRACK 5 - WHY SHOULD I CRY FOR YOU? WRITERS: STING -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CAPO: 1 KEY: G# G G C Under the dog star sail G C Over the reefs of moonshine G C Under the skies of fall G C D North-northwest, the Stones of Faroe G C Under the Arctic fire G C Over the seas of silence G C Hauling on frozen ropes G C D For all my days remaining G C D But would north be true? G C All colours bleed to red G C Asleep on the ocean's bed G C Drifting on empty seas G C D For all my days remaining G C D But would north be true? Em C Why should I? D Why should I cry for you? G Em C Dark angels follow me G Em C Over a godless sea G Em C Mountains of endless falling G C D For all my days remaining G C D What would be true? Em C Sometimes I see your face Em C The stars seem to lose their place Em C Why must I think of you? Em C Why must I? G Why should I? C G Why should I cry for you? C G Why would you want me to? C And what would it mean to say G C D "I loved you in my fashion"? G C D What would be true? Em C Why should I? D Why should I cry? G C G C G C G C G C G C G C G C G C G C G C G -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TRACK 6 - SAINT AGNES AND THE BURNING TRAIN WRITERS: STING -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NO CAPO KEY: Em Em F#dim D Bm B7 Em F#dim D Bm B7 Am6 Ebdim Em D Am B7 Am6 Ebdim Em D Am B7 Em F#dim D Bm B7 Em F#dim D Bm B7 Am6 Ebdim Em D Am B7 Am6 Ebdim Em D Am B7 Em E Am Bm B7 Em Em F#dim D Bm B7 Em -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TRACK 7 - THE WILD WILD SEA WRITERS: STING -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NO CAPO KEY: G F# C# Cm7 Dm7 Eb F I saw it again this evening Cm7 F G Black sail in a pale yellow sky Cm7 Dm7 Eb F And just as before in a moment Cm7 Am7 G It was gone where the grey gulls fly Bb Dm7 Eb F If it happens again I shall worry F Am Gm That only a strange ship could fly Cm7 Dm7 Eb F And my sanity scans the horizon Cm7 F G In the light of the darkening sky F G C G That night as I walked in my slumber F G D G D I waded into the sea strand F G C G And I swam with the moon and her lover C D G Until I lost sight of the land F G C G I swam till the night became morning F G D G D Black sail in a reddening sky F G C G Found myself on the deck of a rolling ship Cm7 Dm7 G So far where no grey gulls fly F G C G All around me was silence Dm G C As if mocking my frail human hopes F G C G And a question mark hung in the canvas Bb D G For the wind that had died in the ropes F G C G I may have slept for an hour F G C I may have slept for a day F G C G For I woke in a bed of white linen Cm7 Dm7 Cm F And the sky was the colour of clay Cm F Cm F Cm F G Gm C Gm Cm7 Dm7 Eb F At first just a rustle of canvas Cm7 Dm7 G And the gentlest breath on my face Cm7 Dm7 Eb F But a galloping line of white horses Cm7 Dm7 G Said that soon we were in for a race F G C G The gentle sigh turned to a howling F G D G D And the grey sky she angered to black F G C G And my anxious eyes searched the horizon Cm7 Dm7 G With the gathering sea at my back F G C G Did I see the shade of a sailor F G D On the bridge through the wheelhouse pane? F G C G Held fast to the wheel of the rocking ship Cm7 Dm7 G As I squinted my eyes in the rain F G C G For the ship had turned into the wind F G D Against the storm to brace F G C G And underneath the sailor's hat Cm7 Dm7 I saw my father's face G Am Bb Cm G Am Bb Cm G Am Bb Cm G Am Bb Cm Dm G C G If a prayer today is spoken Dm G C Please offer it for me Dm G C G When the bridge to heaven is broken Cm7 Dm7 G And you're lost on the wild wild sea Cm7 Dm7 G And you're lost on the wild wild sea Cm7 Dm7 G And you're lost on the wild wild sea Cm7 Dm7 G And you're lost on the wild wild sea -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TRACK 8 - THE SOUL CAGES WRITERS: STING -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NO CAPO KEY: Am Gm C Gm C Gm C Gm C Gm C The boy child is locked in the fisherman's yard Gm C There's a bloodless moon where the ocean died Gm C A shoal of nightstars hang fire in the nets Gm C And the chaos of cages where the crayfish lie Gm C Where is the fisherman, where is the goat? Gm C Where is the keeper in his carrion coat? Gm C Eclipse on the moon when the dark bird flies Gm C Where is the child with his father's eyes? Gm C Gm C Gm C He's the king of the ninth world Gm C The twisted son of the fog bells toll Gm C In each and every lobster cage Gm F A tortured human soul Bb These are the souls of broken factories Bb The subject slaves of the broken crown Bb The dead accounting of old guilty promises Bb C These are the souls of the broken town Gm C These are the soul cages Gm C These are the soul cages Gm C These are the soul cages Gm C These are the soul cages Am7 Cm7 Am7 Cm7 Am7 D 'I have a wager' the brave child spoke Am7 C The fisherman laughed, though disturbed at the joke Am7 D 'You will drink what I drink but you must equal me Am7 D And if the drink leaves me standing, a soul shall go free' Am7 D 'I have here a cask of most magical wine Am7 D A vintage that blessed every ship in the line Am7 D It's wrung from the blood of the sailor's who died Am7 D Young white bodies adrift in the tide' Am7 D 'And what's in it for me, my pretty young thing? Am7 D Why should I whistle, when the caged bird sings? Am7 D If you lose a wager with the king of the sea Am7 D You'll spend the rest of forever in the cage with me Am7 D These are the soul cages Am7 D These are the soul cages Am7 D These are the soul cages Am7 D These are the soul cages Am7 D A body lies open in the fisherman's yard Am7 D Like the side of a ship where the iceberg rips Am7 D One less soul in the soul cages Am7 D One last curse on the fisherman's lips Am7 D These are the soul cages Am7 D These are the soul cages Am7 G These are the soul cages F#m F These are the soul cages Am7 G These are the soul cages F#m F These are the soul cages A D F#m And he dreamed of the ship on the sea A It would carry his father and he D F#m To a place they could never be found A To a place far away from this town D Bm A A Newcastle ship without coals D E F#m B They would sail to the island of souls F#m B F#m B F#m B F#m B F#m B F#m B F#m These are the soul cages (These are the soul cages) B F#m B F#m These are the soul cages (These are the soul cages) B F#m B F#m These are the soul cages (These are the soul cages) B F#m B F#m These are the soul cages (These are the soul cages) B These are the soul cages -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TRACK 9 - WHEN THE ANGELS FALL WRITERS: STING -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NO CAPO KEY: Gm Cm Eb Cm Eb Cm Eb Cm Eb Cm G Em So high above the world tonight Eb Cm The angels watch us sleeping G Em And underneath a bridge of stars Eb Cm We dream in safety's keeping Gm But perhaps the dream Em Is dreaming us Eb Cm Soaring with the seagulls Gm Perhaps the dream Em Is dreaming us Eb Cm Astride the backs of eagles Gm When the angels fall D Shadows on the wall F In the thunder's call Em Something haunts us all Eb Cm When the angels fall Eb Cm When the angels fall G Take your father's cross Em Gently from the wall Eb Cm A shadow still remaining G See the churches fall Em In mighty arcs of sound Eb Cm And all that they're containing Gm Yet all the ragged souls Em Of all the ragged men Eb Cm Looking for their lost homes Gm Shuffle to the ruins Em From the levelled plain Eb Cm To search among the tombstones Gm When the angels fall D Shadows on the wall F In the thunder's call Em Something haunts us all Eb Cm When the angels fall Eb Cm When the angels fall Eb Cm When the angels fall G These are my feet F These are my hands D These are my children D And this is my demand G Bring down the angels F Cast them from my sight D I never want to see D A million suns at midnight Em Your hands are empty G The streets are empty D You can't control us D G Em You can't control us anymore C G Em When the angels fall C G Em When the angels fall C G Em When the angels fall C G Em When the angels fall C G Em When the angels fall C G Em When the angels fall C G Em When the angels fall C G When the angels fall C G When the angels fall C G When the angels fall C G When the angels fall C G When the angels fall C G When the angels fall C G C G