PACING THE CAGE
Jimmy Buffett
(Cockburn)
From the CD: Beach House On The Moon
1999, Maiboat Records
Submitted by: Christopher R.

Capo III Fret

Intro

(C) Sunset (G/B) is an angel (F9/A) weeping 
(C) Holding (G/B) out a bloody (F9/A) sword 
(C) No matter (G/B) how I squint I (F9/A) cannot 
(C) Make out (G/B) what it's pointing (F9/A) toward 
(F2) Sometimes you feel like you've (G) lived too long 
The (Am7) days drip slowly on the page (Am11) 
(F) (Fmaj9) And you catch yourself (G11) 
Pacing the (F) cage (Fmaj9) (G)   

I've proved who I am so many times,
The magnetic strip's worn thin
And each time I was someone else
And everyone was taken in.
Powers chatter in high places
Stir up eddies in the dust of rage
Set me to pacing the cage.

I never knew what you all wanted
So I gave you everything.
All that I could pillage
All the spells that I could sing
It's as if the thing were written
In the constitution of the age
Sooner or later you'll wind up
Pacing the cage

Guitar Solo : (C/G) (Em7) (F9/A) (C/G) (Em7) (F9/A) x 2 

Sometimes the best map will not guide you
You can't see what's round the bend.
Sometimes the road leads through dark places
Sometimes the darkness is your friend.
Today these eyes scan bleached-out land,
For the coming of the outbound stage
Pacing the cage...