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      [Intro]

A F#m E


[Verse 1: ]

C#m                                A        E
Well I don't feel better when I'm fucking around
C#m                                A            E
And I don't write better when I'm stuck in the ground, so don't
C#m                           A            E
Teach me a lesson cause I've already learned
C#m                                  A             E
Yeah the sun will be shining and my children will burn
       C#m    A            E
Oh the heart beats in its cage


[Instrumental]

E -- optional bass notes climb up from E to E/F# E/G#
A F#m E

Then figure out the ["diddly diddly" triplets] OR just skip to:

C#m / Optional rapid triplet bursts C#m - C#m/E


[Verse 2:]

C#m                                A              E
I don't want what you want I don't feel what you feel
       C#m                        A         E
See I'm stuck in this city but I belong in a field
           C#m                      A           E
Whoa we gets left, left, left, left, left, left, left,
         C#m                              A       E
Now it's three in the morning and you're eating alone

        C#m    A           E~
Oh the heart beats in its cageā€¦


[Bridge:]

E                                    A  B A [A/G#/F#]
All our friends, they're laughing at us
E                A           B     A [A/G#/F#]
All the ones you love you mistrust
E            A            B    A [A/G#/F#]
Help me I am not quite myself
E                   A           B       Cm [rapid burst]
Look around there's no one else left


[Verse 3:]

C#m                         A                  E
I went to the concert and I fought through the crowd
       C#m                      A                 E
Guess I got too excited when I thought you were around
             C#m                     A       E
Oh I get left, left, left, left, left, left, left
        C#m                                                               
And I'm sorry you were thinking that I
        A          E
would steal your fire
  
      C#m    A              E
Oh the heart beats in its cage
          C#m    A              E
OH-oh the heart be-eats in its cage

[Instrumental]

A F#m E


C#m / Optional rapid triplet bursts C#m - C#m/E

    C#m    A              E
The heart beats in its cage
    

Source: https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/punch_brothers/heart_in_a_cage_chords_1823950

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