"Caged Bird" (from Songs in A Minor) Alicia Keys General Tab Structure: (I play it with the Hendrix type chord with my thumb on the low E string): e-|--------------------------------------------| b-|--------------4-----2-----1-----------------| g-|--------------5-----3-----2-----------------| D-|--------------6-----4-----3-----------------| A-|--------------------------------------------| E-|---1-2---3----4-----2-----1-----------------| Right now I feel like a bird Caged without a key Everyones comes stearing me With so much joy and revelry * e-|--------------------------------------------| b-|--------------6-----4-----8-----------------| g-|--------------6-----5-----8-----------------| D-|--------------8-----6-----8-----------------| A-|--------------------------6-----------------| E-|---3-4---5----6-----4-----------------------| They don't know how I feel inside Through my smile I cry They don't know what they do to me Keeping me from flyin' (Thats why I say that) I know why the caged bird sings Only joy comes from song She's so rare and beautiful to others Why not just set her free So she can fly, fly, fly Spreadin' her wings and her song Let her fly, fly, fly For the whole world to see [interlude] She's like a caged bird Fly fly Oh, she's a little fly, She's a little fly, She's a little fly ** Spread wings, Spread beauty * you may want to try varying the Eb by using x6888x, x6534x, or 3x134x ** you may want to finger the Fmaj7 with 1x221x, x 8 10 9 10 x, or x8755x Tips: Watch the third verse, since it alternates between the two chord progressions, you want to use the two lead-ins alternatively during that verse.