Franz Ferdinand - Paper Cages

      Intro                  Verse + Chorus     Outro
------------------     --------------     ----------
Gm  355xxx             Dm  x57765         Dm  x57765
A   577xxx             Gm  355333         Bb  688766
Bb  688xxx             Bb  688766         Gm  355333
C   8-10-10-x-x-x      F   133211         A   577655
C#  9-11-11-x-x-x
D   10-12-12-x-x-x

(Main riffs shown at bottom)


[Intro]
     Gm        A
Step out, step out of our cages
Bb                C            C#        D
Out of our cages, out of our cages, step out


[Verse 1]
Dm  Gm  Bb  F
           Dm
I like the look of your place, yes I love your construction
        Gm
Did you carve the wee key from the soap in your kitchen
   Bb
To turn in a lock of your own penal fiction?
          F
You’re so good at freein’ your imagination


[Chorus 1]
         Dm
Step out,-- step out of our cages
      Gm
Step ah-ah-out, of our paper cages
      Bb
Step ah-ah-out, step out of our cages
      F
We’re living our lives in paper cages


[Verse 2]
         Dm
When you took on your bid, did you make up your number?
       Gm
Did you walk like a punk to the screws at your counter?
        Bb
Did you say you can’t win, but you are the system
F
  That contains in paper cages


[Chorus 2]
         Dm
Step out,-- step out of our cages
      Gm
Step ah-ah-out, of our paper cages
      Bb
Step ah-ah-out, step out of our cages
      F
We’re living our lives in paper cages


[Bridge]
F
Living our lives in paper cages
F
Living our lives in paper cages
F
Living our lives in paper cages


[Outro]
         Dm
Step out,-- step out of our cages
      Bb
Step ah-ah-out, of our paper cages
      Gm
Step ah-ah-out, step out of our cages
      A
We’re living our lives in paper cages
        Dm
Step ah-out


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  Main riffs
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Guitar 1
    Dm                                  Gm                                Bb             
e|------5-------5\------5-------5\---|------3-------3\------3-------3--|------6-------6\------6-------6\--|
B|------6-------6\------6-------6\---|------3-------3\------3-------3--|------6-------6\------6-------6\--|
G|------7-------7\------7-------7\---|------3-------3\------3-------3--|------7-------7\------7-------7\--|
D|------7-------7\------7-------7\---|------5-------5\------5-------5--|------8-------8\------8-------8\--|
A|--5---------5-----5---------5------|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|--3---------3-----3---------3----|--6---------6-------6-------6-----|

Guitar 2
e|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|----6-6-------------6-6---------6--|----6-6-------------6-6----------|--------------------8-8-8-8-------|
G|----7-7-5-7-5-7-----7-7-5-7-5-7----|----7-7-5-7-5-7-----7-7-5-7-5-7--|--5--7-7---7-5-7------------7-7---|
D|--0---------------0----------------|--3---------------3--------------|----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
          . . .           . . .               . . .           . . .       .  . .            . . .   .

Guitar 1 + 2
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-6-x--5-x--3-x---------------------|
G|----------------5-x--3-x--2------0-|
D|-----------------------------3-----|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|

\ = slide down 
. = staccato 
x = mute string